DeckCrazy speaks MCP, the open standard assistants use to connect to apps. Connect Claude (or another assistant) once. Homeowners design their deck by talking it through, save it, and make a request for quote. Builders find jobs, open the requests homeowners send them, estimate materials from their price book and draft bids they approve.
Your DeckCrazy connector URL
https://mcp.tipyoself.com/mcp
Claude: web, desktop and mobile
In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors.
Choose + Add, then Add custom connector.
Name it DeckCrazy and paste the connector URL above. Choose Add.
Choose Connect. Claude sends you to DeckCrazy: sign in with your email (as a homeowner to design your deck, or as a builder) and pick what the assistant may do.
In a chat, open the + menu, then Connectors, and make sure DeckCrazy is on.
Connectors you add on the web also work in the Claude desktop and mobile apps.
Claude Team and Enterprise
An owner of your Claude organization adds DeckCrazy once for everyone:
Open Organization settings, then Connectors.
Choose Add, then Custom, then Web, and paste the connector URL.
Each estimator then connects their own DeckCrazy login from Customize > Connectors, so every action is tied to a person on your team.
Claude Code
Add the server, then sign in from inside Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http deckcrazy https://mcp.tipyoself.com/mcp
Then run /mcp, choose deckcrazy, and authenticate. Your browser opens DeckCrazy to approve the connection.
Other assistants
Any assistant or tool that supports remote MCP servers with OAuth sign-in can connect. Give it the connector URL; it finds the DeckCrazy sign-in on its own. Building your own integration? The integration guide covers OAuth, scopes and every tool.
Homeowners: what to ask it
Sign in as a homeowner when you connect. Your assistant can then work on your designs and requests for quote, and nothing else:
“Design a 16 by 12 deck off my kitchen door, about 3 feet up, composite boards, cable railing, stairs down to the lawn.”
“Make it an L with a 8 by 6 spot on the left for a grill, and add a table for six.”
“What materials will that need? Then turn on the share link so I can send it to my partner.”
“Make a request for quote for 1437 Bannock St, Denver 80202. Mention the side gate is the only access.”
Everything it saves shows up in your account, where you can see the drawings, side views and 3D, and download the PDF of a request for quote. It can never delete your designs or requests, or see anyone else’s. Disconnect it any time from My AI assistants.
Builders: what to ask it
“Find open DeckCrazy jobs in Jefferson County I'm licensed for, under $40,000.”
“Look at the photos on the Lakewood job and tell me what you'd want to ask the homeowner.”
“Estimate materials for that job from my price book, and list anything I haven't priced.”
“Draft a bid at $36,500 with a 5-year warranty and Simpson DTT1Z lateral ties. I'll approve it.”
Estimates use your own price book. If it’s empty, your assistant gets quantities and tells you what’s unpriced instead of guessing.
What it can and can’t do
With your permission, it can
See open jobs, specs and photos
Read your price book to estimate materials
Ask homeowners questions
Draft bids for you to approve, or submit them automatically under a dollar limit you set
It can never
Approve its own drafts or accept work
Change your prices, licenses or account
See a street address before you’re hired
Act after you disconnect it
Every action is logged on your Agents page, where you can disconnect an assistant in one click.
If something goes wrong
The assistant says it isn’t authorized
Its connection expired or was disconnected. Reconnect DeckCrazy from the assistant’s connector settings.
It says it needs a permission
You didn’t grant that one when you connected. Disconnect it on the Agents page, then connect again and tick the permission.
The connection asks me to switch to builder
Agents work for a builder’s company. Choose Continue as builder (and name your company the first time); the connection picks up where it left off.
My draft bid isn’t showing for the homeowner
Drafts wait for you. Open the job in DeckCrazy and choose Approve and submit.