RentCast

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for connecting Claude with the RentCast API. It provides tools for accessing property data, valuations, and market statistics through the RentCast API.

- Python 3.12 or higher
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) Python SDK
- httpx
- python-dotenv

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/rentcast-mcp-server.git cd rentcast-mcp-server

3. Create and activate a virtual environment

# Create virtual environment uv venv # Activate virtual environment # On macOS/Linux: source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# Option 1: Using uv (recommended) uv sync # Option 2: Using pip with requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt # Option 3: Install as editable package uv pip install -e .

Create a.envfile in the project root with your RentCast API key:

Then add this server to your Claude Desktop configuration file (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonon macOS):

{ "mcpServers": { "RentCast": { "command": "/Users/<USERNAME>/.local/share/uv/tools/mcp/bin/mcp", "args": ["run", "/full/path/to/rentcast-mcp-server/src/rentcast_mcp_server/server.py"] } } }

Important: Replace/full/path/to/with the actual absolute path to yourrentcast-mcp-serverdirectory.

Restart Claude Desktop after saving the configuration.

Once configured, Claude Desktop will have access to these RentCast tools:

- get_property_data: Get detailed property data for a specific property ID
- get_property_valuation: Get property value estimates
- get_rent_estimate: Get rent estimates for a property
- get_market_statistics: Get market statistics for a ZIP code area
- get_property_listings: Get active property listings in a ZIP code area

- "Get market statistics for ZIP code 90210"
- "Show property listings in ZIP code 10001"
- "What are the market trends in ZIP code 02101?"

Install development dependencies and run the test suite with:

To start the server manually (useful when developing or testing), run:

Alternatively, you can run it directly with:

uv run python src/rentcast_mcp_server/server.py

If you want to usemcp runcommands, install the MCP CLI globally:

mcp run src/rentcast_mcp_server/server.py

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