Connect an assistant

Getting started

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client, then run your first report.

Getting started

Connecting takes about a minute. You approve which reports the assistant may run, and it can then run them on your behalf and charge them to your balance.

Start at ai.marketcheck.com/install, which has the current one-click flow for each client plus a short walkthrough video.

Claude

Use Add to Claude on the install page. You will be asked to sign in and approve access, and that is the whole flow.

Two things that trip people up:

Claude only offers the Add button on plans that support custom connectors. If you do not see it, that is a plan limitation rather than a problem with the connection.

If a report comes back saying "Missing permissions", the connector was approved without that report's scope. Reconnect and enable it, or adjust it under your account connections. Nothing was charged.

ChatGPT

Use Add to ChatGPT. It is added as a custom connector and needs a paid plan: Plus, Pro, Team, Business or Enterprise. The Free plan cannot add connectors.

You will land on a consent page to sign in and approve access before it works.

Any other MCP client

The endpoint is:

https://ai.marketcheck.com/mcp

It speaks Streamable HTTP with OAuth 2.1. Discovery documents live at the standard well-known paths, so a client that implements the spec will find the authorization server, register itself, and walk you through consent without further configuration.

Your first report

Ask for something specific. The assistant picks the tool, asks for anything it needs, tells you the price, and runs it.

What is VIN 1GNSKBKC5MR123456 worth at 68,000 miles in ZIP 07701?

Run a stocking guide for 2022 RAV4 XLEs in 60601, 15% target margin, $1,500 recon.

Generate the factory window sticker for VIN 4T3R6RFV7MU015349.

Each run tells you what it cost and what your balance is afterwards. Amounts are always in dollars.

Adding a balance

You need a balance before a paid report will run. Top up in your account, or just ask the assistant to do it: add_credits is one of the free system tools.

While you are there, switch on auto top-up. It refills the balance when it drops below a threshold you set, which saves a report stopping halfway through a conversation.

Larger top-ups earn a discount on the effective per-report cost. See Billing.

Branding your documents

If you will send reports to customers, set your dealership name, logo, address, phone and colour at account/brand. Window stickers and hosted reports then carry your branding instead of neutral MarketCheck branding.

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