Used-Mac market: quality-gated listings with deep links, asking-price stats, trust checks, alerts.
If you already use Macfax, the macfax mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Used-Mac market: quality-gated listings with deep links, asking-price stats, trust checks, alerts.
MCP server for the used-Mac market, by Macfax. Six tools an AI assistant needs to help someone buy or sell a used Mac:
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
ChatGPT — Settings → Developer mode → add the URL (directory listing pending review)Cursor — Install in CursorMACFAX_API_KEY — a free key raises rate limits about 10x. Mint one with curl -X POST https://macfax.com/api/v1/keys (no email needed)search_mac_listings — Live listings across eBay, Craigslist, OfferUp, Swappa, Facebook and Reddit. Scam clusters, junk titles, classified-ad bait, auctions and stale/soldget_mac_price_stats — What an exact configuration actually sells for — verified-sale percentiles (basis direct) or an estimate scaled from the asking band by a disclosedcheck_mac_listing — One listing's trust picture: known to Macfax, still live, flags, ask vs the typical band, the platform's own seller reputation where it exists (eBaylookup_mac_serial — Serial to model and year for any Mac, including 2021+ randomized serials. Also cross-references verified Macfax reports. Human twinget_mac_report — A verified Macfax condition report (Activation Lock, MDM, serial-match checks) as datacreate_mac_alert — A standing watch: daily email when new matching listings appear. Human-confirmed: nothing sends until the email's owner clicks the confirmation linkConfiguration is passed through the environment: MACFAX_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
Among the team communication options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Macfax's toolset — ChatGPT, Cursor, MACFAX_API_KEY and 6 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by com.macfax; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Settings → *Developer mode* → add the URL (directory listing pending review). |
| Cursor | [Install in Cursor](cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=macfax&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21hY2ZheC5jb20vbWNwIn0=) |
| MACFAX_API_KEY | a free key raises rate limits about 10x. Mint one with curl -X POST https://macfax.com/api/v1/keys (no email needed). |
| search_mac_listings | Live listings across eBay, Craigslist, OfferUp, Swappa, Facebook and Reddit. Scam clusters, junk titles, classified-ad bait, auctions and stale/sold rows are already filtered out; every result deep-links to the source. |
| get_mac_price_stats | What an exact configuration actually sells for — verified-sale percentiles (basis direct) or an estimate scaled from the asking band by a disclosed clearance ratio (basis calibrated) — plus the asking median/p25/p75 with |
| check_mac_listing | One listing's trust picture: known to Macfax, still live, flags, ask vs the typical band, the platform's own seller reputation where it exists (eBay feedback, Swappa rating), verified report attached. |
| lookup_mac_serial | Serial to model and year for any Mac, including 2021+ randomized serials. Also cross-references verified Macfax reports. Human twin: [macfax.com/lookup](https://macfax.com/lookup). |
| get_mac_report | A verified Macfax condition report (Activation Lock, MDM, serial-match checks) as data. |
| create_mac_alert | A standing watch: daily email when new matching listings appear. Human-confirmed: nothing sends until the email's owner clicks the confirmation link. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"macfax": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "macfax-mcp"],
"env": {
"MACFAX_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MACFAX_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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