thumbtack-mcp
Unofficial Thumbtack MCP server — search local service pros, and read their profiles, ratings, reviews and credentials.
Read-only and anonymous. Thumbtack's consumer pages and its GraphQL endpoint answer without a login, so this server needs no account, no API key and no browser extension. It also cannot write: Thumbtack's write paths sit behind a reCAPTCHA-gated login that no server-side client can pass.
Thumbtack has no public consumer API. This server reads its server-rendered pages and anonymous GraphQL endpoint, and may break or violate their ToS. Developed and maintained by AI (Claude). Use at your own discretion.
Install
// .mcp.json
{ "mcpServers": { "thumbtack": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@chrischall/thumbtack-mcp"] } } }
No configuration — there are no environment variables.
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
thumbtack_search_pros | Search pros by trade + US ZIP. Returns up to 10 with rating, review count, lifetime hires, mean response time, profile URL. |
thumbtack_resolve_service | Canonicalise a loose service name (plumbing → plumbers) by asking Thumbtack. |
thumbtack_get_pro | A pro's profile: name, description, location, aggregate rating, credentials, section inventory. |
thumbtack_get_pro_reviews | Reviews on a pro's profile — stars, author, date, text. |
thumbtack_graphql | Escape hatch for arbitrary read-only GraphQL. Mutations refused. |
thumbtack_healthcheck | Probes the page and GraphQL surfaces separately and reports the response shape still matches. |
thumbtack_search_pros returns the full upstream records by default; pass
compact: true for slim summaries. The full records are large and mostly
tracking metadata, so compact: true is usually what you want when an agent
is browsing or ranking.
Shell-only alternative
skills/thumbtack/ is a self-contained skill covering the same surface with
plain curl + jq — no server process. Use it for one-shot lookups and
scripts.
How it works
Three verified surfaces, all pinned in docs/THUMBTACK-API.md:
- Search pages — results embedded in
__NEXT_DATA__. - Profile pages —
window.__APOLLO_STATE__(a bare JS assignment, so it needs balanced-brace extraction) plus schema.org JSON-LD. - GraphQL (
app.thumbtack.com/graphql) — accepts ad-hoc anonymous queries; introspection is disabled.
Two things that bite anyone reading these pages:
- JSON-LD
@typeis the trade-specific subtype, notLocalBusiness— a plumber's node is"@type":"Plumber". Match by shape, not by type name. - GraphQL returns HTTP 200 with an
errors[]body. Status alone is never sufficient.
Not covered
- Your own Thumbtack account (projects, messages, quotes) — the login is reCAPTCHA-gated, so there is no server-side password login.
- The Partner Platform API (
developers.thumbtack.com) — real and documented, but gated behind partner credentials ("Request Access"). It is a seller surface, not a consumer one.
Development
npm install
npm run build
npm test # unit + server-boot smoke tests
npm run test:coverage
Coverage is enforced at 100%.
License
MIT