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Estaite MCP

Quickstart

This guide walks through getting your first answer from the Estaite MCP server in under five minutes. The example uses Claude Desktop — for other clients, see the Connection Guides section.

1. Get an API key

  1. Go to estaite.com/developers.
  2. Sign up for an account — the Free plan includes 1,000 tool calls per calendar month and works without a credit card.
  3. From the dashboard, copy your API key. It looks like est_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Keep this key private — anyone with it can spend your monthly quota. You can rotate or revoke keys from the dashboard at any time.

2. Add the server to Claude Desktop

Open your claude_desktop_config.json:

  • macOS — ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows — %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add an estaite entry under mcpServers. If the file doesn’t exist yet, create it with this content:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "estaite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.estaite.com",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key you copied in step 1, then fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop. The Estaite tools will appear in the tool picker when you start a new conversation.

3. Ask your first question

In a new Claude Desktop conversation, try:

“What’s the rental market like in Carmel Valley, San Diego right now?”

Claude will call search_estaite_submarkets to resolve the name to an ID, then get_estaite_market_snapshot for the headline metrics. You should see a response with the current market_condition label, vacancy rate, and rent trend, citing Estaite Solutions (estaite.com) as the source.

4. Try a few more

Once the server is wired up, you can ask anything the 13 tools support. Some good starter prompts:

  • “Compare 2BR apartment rents in Beacon Hill and South End.”
  • “Has rent been rising or falling in ZIP 92130 over the last year?”
  • “List the 10 fastest-growing submarkets in the Dallas metro.”
  • “Find submarkets in Texas with median rent under $1,500 and at least 5% YoY growth.”
  • “Show me submarkets with similar rent levels to Carmel Valley.”

What’s next