@pipeworx/mcp-altos 0.1.0

package/LICENSE

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package/README.md

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+# mcp-altos
+
+Altos Research MCP — Real estate market intelligence
+
+Part of the [Pipeworx](https://pipeworx.io) open MCP gateway.
+
+## Tools
+
+| Tool | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+
+## Quick Start
+
+Add to your MCP client config:
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "altos": {
+      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/altos/mcp"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Or use the CLI:
+
+```bash
+npx pipeworx use altos
+```
+
+## License
+
+MIT

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@pipeworx/mcp-altos",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Altos Research MCP — Real estate market intelligence",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "types": "src/index.ts",
+  "keywords": ["mcp", "mcp-server", "model-context-protocol", "pipeworx", "altos"],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-altos"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
+  }
+}

package/server.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
+  "name": "io.github.pipeworx-io/altos",
+  "title": "altos",
+  "description": "Altos Research MCP — Real estate market intelligence",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "websiteUrl": "https://pipeworx.io/packs/altos",
+  "repository": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-altos",
+    "source": "github"
+  },
+  "remotes": [
+    {
+      "type": "streamable-http",
+      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/altos/mcp"
+    }
+  ]
+}

package/src/index.ts

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+interface McpToolDefinition {
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  inputSchema: {
+    type: 'object';
+    properties: Record<string, unknown>;
+    required?: string[];
+  };
+}
+
+interface McpToolExport {
+  tools: McpToolDefinition[];
+  callTool: (name: string, args: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<unknown>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Altos Research MCP — Real estate market intelligence
+ *
+ * BYO key: requires an Altos Research API key from https://altosresearch.com
+ * Passed via _altosKey parameter.
+ *
+ * API returns gzipped CSV files. We decompress and parse them into structured data.
+ * Dates must be Fridays — the helper lastFriday() finds the most recent one.
+ *
+ * Tools:
+ * - altos_market_stats: aggregated market statistics for a region
+ * - altos_inventory_trend: inventory trend over multiple weeks
+ * - altos_active_listings: active listing-level data for a region
+ * - altos_pending_sales: pending sales (under contract) for a region
+ * - altos_new_listings: new listings (on market less than a week)
+ * - altos_list_files: list available data files for a region
+ */
+
+
+// ── Helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function getAuth(apiKey: string): string {
+  return `Basic ${btoa(apiKey + ':')}`;
+}
+
+function lastFriday(): string {
+  const d = new Date();
+  const day = d.getDay();
+  const diff = (day + 2) % 7; // days since last Friday
+  d.setDate(d.getDate() - (diff === 0 ? 7 : diff));
+  return d.toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+}
+
+function fridayNWeeksAgo(n: number): string {
+  const d = new Date();
+  const day = d.getDay();
+  const diff = (day + 2) % 7;
+  d.setDate(d.getDate() - (diff === 0 ? 7 : diff));
+  d.setDate(d.getDate() - n * 7);
+  return d.toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+}
+
+function parseCSV(text: string): Record<string, string>[] {
+  const lines = text.trim().split('\n');
+  if (lines.length < 2) return [];
+  const headers = lines[0].split(',').map(h => h.trim().replace(/^"|"$/g, ''));
+  return lines.slice(1).map(line => {
+    const values = line.split(',').map(v => v.trim().replace(/^"|"$/g, ''));
+    const row: Record<string, string> = {};
+    headers.forEach((h, i) => { row[h] = values[i] ?? ''; });
+    return row;
+  });
+}
+
+function extractKey(args: Record<string, unknown>): string {
+  const key = args._altosKey as string;
+  delete args._altosKey;
+  if (!key) throw new Error('Altos Research API key required. Get one at https://altosresearch.com and pass via _altosKey.');
+  return key;
+}
+
+async function fetchAltosCSV(apiKey: string, params: Record<string, string>): Promise<Record<string, string>[]> {
+  const url = new URL('https://intel.altosresearch.com/api/data');
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(params)) {
+    url.searchParams.set(k, v);
+  }
+  const res = await fetch(url.toString(), {
+    headers: { Authorization: getAuth(apiKey) },
+  });
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const text = await res.text();
+    throw new Error(`Altos API error (${res.status}): ${text}`);
+  }
+
+  // Response may be gzipped — try to decompress
+  const contentType = res.headers.get('content-type') || '';
+  const contentEncoding = res.headers.get('content-encoding') || '';
+
+  let text: string;
+  if (contentType.includes('gzip') || contentEncoding.includes('gzip') || res.url.endsWith('.csv.gz')) {
+    const ds = new DecompressionStream('gzip');
+    const decompressed = res.body!.pipeThrough(ds);
+    const reader = decompressed.getReader();
+    const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
+    while (true) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+      if (done) break;
+      chunks.push(value);
+    }
+    const totalLength = chunks.reduce((a, c) => a + c.length, 0);
+    const merged = new Uint8Array(totalLength);
+    let offset = 0;
+    for (const chunk of chunks) {
+      merged.set(chunk, offset);
+      offset += chunk.length;
+    }
+    text = new TextDecoder().decode(merged);
+  } else {
+    text = await res.text();
+  }
+
+  return parseCSV(text);
+}
+
+async function fetchAltosJSON(apiKey: string, path: string, params: Record<string, string>): Promise<unknown> {
+  const url = new URL(`https://intel.altosresearch.com/api${path}`);
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(params)) {
+    url.searchParams.set(k, v);
+  }
+  const res = await fetch(url.toString(), {
+    headers: { Authorization: getAuth(apiKey) },
+  });
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const text = await res.text();
+    throw new Error(`Altos API error (${res.status}): ${text}`);
+  }
+  return res.json();
+}
+
+// ── Tool definitions ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const tools: McpToolExport['tools'] = [
+  {
+    name: 'altos_market_stats',
+    description:
+      'Get aggregated market statistics for a region — inventory, new listings, median price, days on market, and market action index.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object' as const,
+      properties: {
+        _altosKey: { type: 'string', description: 'Altos Research API key' },
+        region: { type: 'string', description: 'Region code (e.g., "us_national", "ca_los-angeles", "ca_94105")' },
+        date: { type: 'string', description: 'Date (must be a Friday, YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to most recent Friday.' },
+        res_type: { type: 'string', description: 'Residential type filter: "single_family" or "multi_family". Default: single_family.' },
+        quartile: { type: 'string', description: 'Price quartile: "ALL", "FIRST", "SECOND", "THIRD", "FOURTH". Default: ALL.' },
+      },
+      required: ['_altosKey', 'region'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'altos_inventory_trend',
+    description:
+      'Get inventory trend over multiple weeks — tracks inventory, new listings, days on market, median price, and percent price decreased over time.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object' as const,
+      properties: {
+        _altosKey: { type: 'string', description: 'Altos Research API key' },
+        region: { type: 'string', description: 'Region code (e.g., "us_national", "ca_los-angeles")' },
+        weeks: { type: 'number', description: 'Number of weeks to look back (default 12, max 52)' },
+      },
+      required: ['_altosKey', 'region'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'altos_active_listings',
+    description:
+      'Get active listing-level data for a region — individual property details including address, price, beds, baths, and square footage.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object' as const,
+      properties: {
+        _altosKey: { type: 'string', description: 'Altos Research API key' },
+        region: { type: 'string', description: 'Region code (e.g., "ca_los-angeles", "ca_94105")' },
+        date: { type: 'string', description: 'Date (must be a Friday, YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to most recent Friday.' },
+        limit: { type: 'number', description: 'Max rows to return (default 100)' },
+      },
+      required: ['_altosKey', 'region'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'altos_pending_sales',
+    description:
+      'Get pending sales (under contract) for a region — properties that have accepted offers but have not yet closed.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object' as const,
+      properties: {
+        _altosKey: { type: 'string', description: 'Altos Research API key' },
+        region: { type: 'string', description: 'Region code (e.g., "ca_los-angeles", "ca_94105")' },
+        date: { type: 'string', description: 'Date (must be a Friday, YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to most recent Friday.' },
+        limit: { type: 'number', description: 'Max rows to return (default 100)' },
+      },
+      required: ['_altosKey', 'region'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'altos_new_listings',
+    description:
+      'Get new listings (on market less than a week) for a region — freshly listed properties.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object' as const,
+      properties: {
+        _altosKey: { type: 'string', description: 'Altos Research API key' },
+        region: { type: 'string', description: 'Region code (e.g., "ca_los-angeles", "ca_94105")' },
+        date: { type: 'string', description: 'Date (must be a Friday, YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to most recent Friday.' },
+        limit: { type: 'number', description: 'Max rows to return (default 100)' },
+      },
+      required: ['_altosKey', 'region'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'altos_list_files',
+    description:
+      'List available data files for a region — returns the catalog of downloadable data files from Altos Research.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object' as const,
+      properties: {
+        _altosKey: { type: 'string', description: 'Altos Research API key' },
+        region: { type: 'string', description: 'Region code (default: "us_national")' },
+        type: { type: 'string', description: 'Data type: "stats", "listings", "listings-new", "pendings" (default: "stats")' },
+      },
+      required: ['_altosKey'],
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+// ── callTool dispatcher ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+async function callTool(name: string, args: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<unknown> {
+  const key = extractKey(args);
+
+  switch (name) {
+    case 'altos_market_stats': {
+      const region = args.region as string;
+      const date = (args.date as string) || lastFriday();
+      const resType = (args.res_type as string) || 'single_family';
+      const quartile = (args.quartile as string) || 'ALL';
+
+      const rows = await fetchAltosCSV(key, {
+        region,
+        date,
+        type: 'stats',
+        columnset: 'classic',
+      });
+
+      // Filter rows by res_type, quartile, and 7-day rolling average
+      const filtered = rows.filter(r =>
+        (!r.res_type || r.res_type === resType) &&
+        (!r.quartile || r.quartile === quartile) &&
+        (!r.rolling_average || r.rolling_average === '7-day')
+      );
+
+      const result = (filtered.length > 0 ? filtered : rows.slice(0, 5)).map(r => ({
+        date: r.date ?? date,
+        inventory_total: r.inventory_total ?? '',
+        new_listings_total: r.new_listings_total ?? '',
+        listings_absorbed_total: r.listings_absorbed_total ?? '',
+        days_on_market_median: r.days_on_market_median ?? '',
+        price_median: r.price_median ?? '',
+        percent_price_decreased_median: r.percent_price_decreased_median ?? '',
+        market_action_median: r.market_action_median ?? '',
+        months_of_inventory_median: r.months_of_inventory_median ?? '',
+        estimated_sales_total: r.estimated_sales_total ?? '',
+      }));
+
+      return { region, date, res_type: resType, quartile, stats: result };
+    }
+
+    case 'altos_inventory_trend': {
+      const region = args.region as string;
+      const weeksRaw = Math.min(Math.max((args.weeks as number) || 12, 1), 52);
+
+      // Limit actual API calls: fetch at most 6 snapshots, sampling evenly
+      const maxCalls = 6;
+      const datesToFetch: string[] = [];
+
+      if (weeksRaw <= maxCalls) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < weeksRaw; i++) {
+          datesToFetch.push(fridayNWeeksAgo(i));
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Sample evenly across the range
+        const step = Math.floor(weeksRaw / maxCalls);
+        for (let i = 0; i < maxCalls; i++) {
+          datesToFetch.push(fridayNWeeksAgo(i * step));
+        }
+      }
+
+      const snapshots = await Promise.all(
+        datesToFetch.map(async (date) => {
+          try {
+            const rows = await fetchAltosCSV(key, {
+              region,
+              date,
+              type: 'stats',
+              columnset: 'classic',
+            });
+
+            const match = rows.find(r =>
+              (!r.res_type || r.res_type === 'single_family') &&
+              (!r.quartile || r.quartile === 'ALL') &&
+              (!r.rolling_average || r.rolling_average === '7-day')
+            ) || rows[0];
+
+            if (!match) return null;
+
+            return {
+              date,
+              inventory: match.inventory_total ?? '',
+              new_listings: match.new_listings_total ?? '',
+              days_on_market: match.days_on_market_median ?? '',
+              price_median: match.price_median ?? '',
+              pct_price_decreased: match.percent_price_decreased_median ?? '',
+            };
+          } catch {
+            return null;
+          }
+        })
+      );
+
+      return {
+        region,
+        weeks_requested: weeksRaw,
+        snapshots_fetched: datesToFetch.length,
+        trend: snapshots.filter(Boolean),
+      };
+    }
+
+    case 'altos_active_listings': {
+      const region = args.region as string;
+      const date = (args.date as string) || lastFriday();
+      const limit = Math.min((args.limit as number) || 100, 500);
+
+      const rows = await fetchAltosCSV(key, {
+        region,
+        date,
+        type: 'listings',
+        columnset: 'classic',
+      });
+
+      const listings = rows.slice(0, limit).map(r => ({
+        property_id: r.property_id ?? '',
+        street_address: r.street_address ?? '',
+        city: r.city ?? '',
+        state: r.state ?? '',
+        zip: r.zip ?? '',
+        price: r.price ?? '',
+        type: r.type ?? '',
+        beds: r.beds ?? '',
+        baths: r.baths ?? '',
+        floor_size: r.floor_size ?? '',
+        lot_size: r.lot_size ?? '',
+        built_in: r.built_in ?? '',
+        days_on_market: r.days_on_market ?? '',
+      }));
+
+      return { region, date, total_available: rows.length, returned: listings.length, listings };
+    }
+
+    case 'altos_pending_sales': {
+      const region = args.region as string;
+      const date = (args.date as string) || lastFriday();
+      const limit = Math.min((args.limit as number) || 100, 500);
+
+      const rows = await fetchAltosCSV(key, {
+        region,
+        date,
+        type: 'pendings',
+        columnset: 'classic',
+      });
+
+      return { region, date, total_available: rows.length, returned: Math.min(rows.length, limit), pendings: rows.slice(0, limit) };
+    }
+
+    case 'altos_new_listings': {
+      const region = args.region as string;
+      const date = (args.date as string) || lastFriday();
+      const limit = Math.min((args.limit as number) || 100, 500);
+
+      const rows = await fetchAltosCSV(key, {
+        region,
+        date,
+        type: 'listings-new',
+        columnset: 'classic',
+      });
+
+      return { region, date, total_available: rows.length, returned: Math.min(rows.length, limit), new_listings: rows.slice(0, limit) };
+    }
+
+    case 'altos_list_files': {
+      const region = (args.region as string) || 'us_national';
+      const type = (args.type as string) || 'stats';
+
+      return fetchAltosJSON(key, '/list', { region, type });
+    }
+
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`Unknown tool: ${name}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export default { tools, callTool, meter: { credits: 25 } } satisfies McpToolExport;

package/tsconfig.json

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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "declaration": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}