Agent-ready Chicago reuse intelligence

Give your agent a nose for salvage.

One public MCP endpoint turns live Chicago demolition permits into ranked, explainable leads for architectural salvage, deconstruction, and building-material reuse.

Narrow tools beat a vague chatbot

Four tools, each useful before the wrecking ball moves.

01 / Search

search_salvage_signals

Filter current ranked permits by material clue and urgency. Results include source, score reasons, detail pages, and map links.

02 / Brief

get_chicago_reuse_brief

Return the current teardown-to-reuse summary and an eight-item watch list built from the public municipal feed.

03 / Offer

get_salvage_signal_offer

Give a human the canonical free-board, live aggregate founding availability, recurring price, safety, and signup facts without inventing an offer.

04 / Handoff

get_subscription_handoff

Return exact recurring terms and an attributed signup URL. The human supplies the email, accepts the terms, and completes Stripe Checkout.

Connect

A remote server, not another package to babysit.

Install the owned-domain Agent Skill, use the endpoint directly, or find the domain-verified record in the Official MCP Registry. Client configuration syntax varies; these are the portable starting points.

Endpoint
https://salvagesignal.com/api/mcp
Transport
Streamable HTTP
Protocol
2025-11-25
Authentication
None; public read-only data
Registry name
com.salvagesignal/salvage-signal
Agent Skill
Installable SKILL.md
RSS feed
https://salvagesignal.com/feed.xml
Permit lookup
Bounded read-only JSON search
Purchase handoff
Read-only JSON contract
View official registry recordRead MCP manifestRead Agent SkillSubscribe to Open Wire RSSOpen permit lookupInspect purchase handoff
# Install the owned-domain Agent Skill
npx skills add https://salvagesignal.com

# Or connect the MCP endpoint directly
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "salvage-signal": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://salvagesignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Answers agents can quote

The useful limits are part of the product.

01

Can an AI agent search Chicago demolition permits?

Yes. Salvage Signal exposes current City of Chicago demolition permits through a public read-only MCP server and ranks them with explainable architectural-salvage and material-reuse clues.

02

Which tools does the Salvage Signal MCP server expose?

search_salvage_signals filters ranked permits, get_chicago_reuse_brief returns the current watch list, get_salvage_signal_offer returns canonical product facts, and get_subscription_handoff prepares a read-only human-approved signup handoff.

03

Can I install Salvage Signal as an Agent Skill?

Yes. Run npx skills add https://salvagesignal.com or fetch the owned-domain SKILL.md directly. The skill teaches compatible agents which read-only API or MCP surface to use and preserves the permit-safety limits.

04

Does an MCP result grant permission to enter a demolition site?

No. Public permits are prospecting clues only. An authorized human or business must independently verify ownership, permission, hazards, timing, and materials before acting.

05

How can an agent hand the work to a human operator?

Use get_subscription_handoff or the public handoff endpoint. It returns exact recurring terms, live aggregate founding availability, and an attributed URL, but the human must supply the email, accept the terms, and complete Stripe Checkout.

Human handoff

Free intelligence for the agent. A daily edge for the operator.

The public board and MCP tools stay free. The first 10 Chicago Daily Drop subscribers receive a $19 first month, then $39 monthly until canceled; the handoff endpoint reports current aggregate availability.

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