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Hash: sha256:f70715e19bdfa8da73a9b15d5681faf05bf230fae6c11330ab4c4d7107170cb5
What it is: What a remote MCP server returned when asked what it offers: 9 tools

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{
  "instructions": "Verified software pricing intelligence: true costs, hidden fees, negotiation data, and price history for 3,290+ products — every fact sourced and dated. Each entity carries a links object: links.page is the CostBench sourced page (cite it); links.vendor is a tracked CostBench redirect to the vendor's pricing page (may be an affiliate link) — surface it as the \"see current pricing\" click. Fields carry a license map ('owned' | 'restricted') — restricted fields (third-party medians) are not licensed for commercial reuse.",
  "tools": [
    {
      "description": "Total cost of ownership for a product and team size: sourced line items (licenses with price escalation, benchmark implementation), year-one + multi-year totals, effective per-seat cost. The defensible \"true cost for an N-person team\" answer.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "seats": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "slug": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "termYears": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "tier": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug",
          "seats"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "calculate_tco",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Side-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings).",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "slugs": {
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "maxItems": 4,
            "minItems": 2,
            "type": "array"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slugs"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "compare_software",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Find software products by criteria (category, max price, free tier). Returns matching slugs to look up.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "category": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "hasFreeTier": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "limit": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "maxPrice": {
            "type": "number"
          }
        },
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "discover_software",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Estimate the cost of an LLM/API workload (input + output tokens) for a usage-priced provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock…) from its real rate card.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "inputTokens": {
            "description": "Input tokens for the workload (e.g. per month). At least one of inputTokens/outputTokens must be > 0.",
            "type": "number"
          },
          "model": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "outputTokens": {
            "description": "Output tokens for the workload. At least one of inputTokens/outputTokens must be > 0.",
            "type": "number"
          },
          "slug": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "estimate_llm_cost",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "The documented hidden/implementation/add-on costs of a product (uplifts, onboarding fees, overages), each with a sourced quote + date. The \"what they don't tell you\" answer.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_hidden_costs",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Sourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount).",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_negotiation_tips",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Recent software pricing changes CostBench detected against vendor pricing pages (increases, decreases, plan restructures) — dated, with before/after price bands and a source link. Filter by product slug, category, or lookback window. The \"what changed lately\" answer; each item links to the sourced record.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "category": {
            "description": "Only changes in this category slug, e.g. \"crm\"",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "days": {
            "description": "Lookback window in days (default 30, max 365)",
            "type": "number"
          },
          "include_suspect": {
            "description": "Include moves flagged as likely extraction artifacts (unit switches, |change| > 300%). Default false.",
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "limit": {
            "description": "Max items (default 25, max 100)",
            "type": "number"
          },
          "slug": {
            "description": "Only changes for this product",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_price_changes",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Dated per-quarter snapshots of a product's pricing page. Returns observations, NOT a trend figure — CostBench does not publish one, because diffing snapshots across renamed/restructured plan lineups is ~90% measurement artifact.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_price_history",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Full sourced pricing record for a software product: tiers, hidden costs, contract terms, market data, sentiment, negotiation tips, TCO scenarios, price history — every claim with its sources + a confidence/verification envelope.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "depth": {
            "description": "summary = numbers+sources only",
            "enum": [
              "summary",
              "full"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "slug": {
            "description": "Product slug, e.g. \"salesforce\"",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_pricing",
      "outputSchema": null
    }
  ]
}

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