Construction takeoff & estimating
Run construction takeoffs and estimates from Claude
Connect Exayard to Claude with a single MCP link. Once it's added as a connector, Claude can run takeoffs, pull live vendor pricing, and draft bids across your construction projects — just by asking in plain English.
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What is Claude?
Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available in the Claude desktop app and at claude.ai. Add the Exayard MCP server as a custom connector and Claude can do real estimating work — measuring plans, pricing materials, and drafting bids — without you leaving the chat.
Built for autonomous estimating
Exayard exposes every takeoff, pricing, and bid action as a tool Claude can call, so it does the work you would normally click through by hand.
Estimate in plain English
Describe the outcome and Claude drives Exayard for you — no clicking through screens, no glue code.
Real catalog and vendor pricing
Claude searches your product catalog and live vendor prices, so every estimate is built on real numbers.
Takeoff to bid in one request
Chain detection, approval, estimating, and bid generation into a single turn instead of an afternoon of work.
What you can do with Claude
Once Claude is connected, you can drive Exayard with plain-language prompts.
Install in 60 seconds
Four short steps to wire Claude to your Exayard projects.
- 1
Open your Claude config
On macOS, open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. On Windows, open %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. For claude.ai, go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
- 2
Add the Exayard MCP server
Paste the snippet below into your config (or use the URL directly in the claude.ai custom connector form).
{ "mcpServers": { "exayard": { "url": "https://api.exayard.com/mcp" } } } - 3
Restart Claude and authorize
Restart Claude Desktop (or refresh claude.ai). On first use, Claude will open the OAuth consent screen — sign in with your Exayard account and approve the scopes Claude requests.
- 4
Try a prompt
Click the tools icon in Claude to confirm Exayard tools are listed, then try one of the example prompts below.
Example prompts
Drop any of these into Claude after connecting.
You
Create a project named "Maple Heights renovation" and upload my plan PDFs.
You
Run a takeoff on page 3 of the Smith Residence plans and show me the proposed receptacle count.
You
Generate a bid from the approved Smith Residence takeoff, with a 15% markup.
You
Search the product catalog for 12-gauge copper wire and show me the cheapest vendor.
You
Compare estimated cost vs. last quarter for projects tagged "kitchen remodel".
Built-in workflows
Exayard ships MCP slash-commands so Claude can run end-to-end workflows in a single turn.
/takeoff_from_plans
Run a takeoff end-to-end on uploaded plans.
/generate_bid_from_takeoff
Price an approved takeoff and emit a bid document.
/review_estimate_line_items
Audit an existing estimate for outliers and missing prices.
/create_project_from_upload
Scaffold a project and attach files from a chat upload.
Keep a human in the loop
Destructive tools (archive, remove, cancel, approve) are gated behind a propose_destructive_action step that surfaces in Claude and waits for your explicit confirmation before running.
Long-running calls like create_estimate and create_bid take 30–60 seconds — Claude will warn you before invoking them.
Frequently asked questions
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