More of our customers now ask an AI assistant to find the right lever, closer or hinge before they order. A good answer depends on good data, so we run a catalog service that assistants can read directly. Prices, stock states and product details then come from our catalog, not from a guess.
The service is read-only. It never sees who you are, holds no customer data and takes no payments. Every order is placed here on our site, at checkout, as usual.
What an assistant can do with it
- Search the catalog by words, SKU, brand or part number.
- Read the full details of a product: finish, grade, dimensions and weight, order multiples and documents.
- Compare up to 10 products side by side.
- Check availability, with the meaning of each stock state.
- Browse categories.
- Read our shipping, returns, warranty and payment policies.
- Prepare links to the product pages, so you can order on our site.
For developers and AI assistants
The service follows the Model Context Protocol.
- Endpoint (Streamable HTTP): https://mcp.thebuilderssupply.com/mcp
- Description for assistants: https://mcp.thebuilderssupply.com/llms.txt
- Server card: https://mcp.thebuilderssupply.com/mcp/server-card
Rules of use
The service is there to help one person choose and buy. Quoting our prices and stock in an answer to that person, with a link to the product page, is welcome.
Without written consent from Builders Area, it may not be used to scan, scrape or bulk download the catalog, prices or stock information, to build a price list or a price tracker, to republish the data, or to train artificial intelligence models. Requests are limited, and traffic that looks like copying can be refused. The full wording is in our Terms and Conditions: https://thebuilderssupply.com/terms-and-conditions.html
Questions about the service: [email protected] or 1-888-800-7789, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM Central Time.
