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          "name": "lookup_mac_serial",
          "title": "Look up a Mac serial number",
          "description": "Resolve a Mac serial number to its exact model, including 2021+ randomized serials whose characters encode nothing (so no character-decoder can read them). Also returns what that model is worth (the market block: sale estimate and asking band per configuration) and whether a verified Macfax report exists for the serial. Lookup is advisory and cannot verify condition, Activation Lock, or possession; a Macfax report can.",
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          "name": "get_mac_price_stats",
          "title": "Get used-Mac price statistics",
          "description": "What a used Mac configuration actually sells for AND what sellers are asking right now. The sold slice is the headline: verified-sale percentiles when the config has enough recent sales (sold.basis 'direct'; n and window ride along), else the asking band scaled by a measured clearance ratio (sold.basis 'calibrated', ratio disclosed). The asking band (median/p25/p75 with sample size), per-channel medians with net-to-seller after fees, launch MSRP retention and Apple trade-in floor ride along as seller guidance. Use the sold estimate as the price of the Mac; use asking to set a list price. The slices are separate and never blended — preserve the basis label when quoting.",
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                "description": "Macfax config key: family[-screen]-chip-year, optionally -RAMgb-STORAGEgb. Examples: macbook-pro-14-m3pro-2023, mac-studio-m2ultra-2023-192gb-1024gb.",
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          "title": "Get what a Mac model is worth",
          "description": "What a used Mac is worth, from the name Apple gives the model, e.g. \"MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)\" or \"MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)\". Returns every Apple Silicon configuration the name can mean, each with its sale estimate (verified sales, or the asking band scaled by a measured clearance ratio; basis labeled) and its live asking band, plus an estimate across them: a single mid when the name pins one configuration, a low-to-high range when Apple's name leaves the chip open. Apple Silicon Macs only. Use the sale estimate as the price of the Mac; asking is seller guidance.",
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          "title": "Search live used-Mac listings",
          "description": "Live used-Mac listings aggregated across eBay, Craigslist, OfferUp, Swappa, Facebook and Reddit, with scam clusters, junk titles, classified-ad bait, auctions and stale/sold rows already filtered out. Every result deep-links to the source listing where the purchase happens. Filter by configuration, family, chip, RAM, storage, price ceiling, and verified-report tier.",
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                "description": "e.g. m3, m3pro, m4max, m3ultra",
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                "description": "Macfax config key: family[-screen]-chip-year, optionally -RAMgb-STORAGEgb. Examples: macbook-pro-14-m3pro-2023, mac-studio-m2ultra-2023-192gb-1024gb. The year may be omitted when the rest pins one build: mac-studio-m3ultra resolves to mac-studio-m3ultra-2025.",
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                "description": "Coarse browse by product family.",
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                  "mac-studio",
                  "mac-mini",
                  "mac-pro",
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                  "imac-pro"
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                "type": "integer"
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              "max_price_usd": {
                "type": "integer"
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                "description": "free/premium = only listings with a verified Macfax report attached.",
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                  "free",
                  "premium"
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                "type": "integer"
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                "type": "string"
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          "title": "Check a used-Mac listing before trusting it",
          "description": "The trust picture for one specific listing, by URL (eBay/Craigslist/OfferUp/Swappa/Facebook/Reddit) or Macfax listing id: whether Macfax knows it, whether it still passes every quality gate, scam/junk/classified/auction flags, when a scan last verified it live, its ask against the configuration's typical asking band, the platform's own seller-reputation figures where the marketplace has them (seller_signals: eBay feedback, Swappa rating; null elsewhere), and whether a verified Macfax report is attached. Facts, not verdicts.",
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                "description": "A Macfax listing id (from search results).",
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                "description": "The listing's URL on the source marketplace.",
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            "title": "Check a used-Mac listing before trusting it"
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          "name": "get_mac_report",
          "title": "Fetch a verified Macfax report",
          "description": "A verified Macfax condition report as structured data: hardware-verified identity, Activation Lock / MDM / serial-match checks, coverage status, and the signing chain. Use when a listing or seller shares a macfax.com/r/ link and the buyer wants the facts behind it. status \"superseded\" means the same Mac was re-verified more recently under a newer report; treat the payload as historical state, not current.",
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                "description": "The 8-character report id from a macfax.com/r/\u003cid\u003e URL.",
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            "openWorldHint": false,
            "readOnlyHint": true,
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          "title": "Create a standing used-Mac listing alert",
          "description": "Watch the market for a configuration: Macfax emails the given address when new matching listings appear. CONSENT CONTRACT: create an alert only for a user who explicitly asked for this alert on this email address. The first alert for a new email stays inactive until the email's owner clicks the confirmation link Macfax sends; nothing is emailed before that, and every alert email carries manage and unsubscribe links.",
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                "description": "Macfax config key: family[-screen]-chip-year, optionally -RAMgb-STORAGEgb. Examples: macbook-pro-14-m3pro-2023, mac-studio-m2ultra-2023-192gb-1024gb.",
                "type": "string"
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                "description": "The user's own email address. Confirmation is required before anything sends.",
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                "description": "Only alert under this asking price.",
                "type": "integer"
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                  "free",
                  "premium"
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                "type": "integer"
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                "description": "Only listings under the configuration's typical asking range.",
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              "config"
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            "destructiveHint": false,
            "idempotentHint": false,
            "openWorldHint": true,
            "readOnlyHint": false,
            "title": "Create a standing used-Mac listing alert"
          }
        },
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          "name": "get_macfax_credit_balance",
          "title": "Check Macfax resolution credits",
          "description": "How many serial resolutions this API key has left, and what actually costs a credit. Only a brand new resolution is billed: a 2021+ (10 character) serial Macfax has never resolved and that this key has not looked up in the last 24 hours. Cached serials, pre-2021 serials, repeats within 24 hours and every other tool are free at every tier. Call this before a large batch of serials to find out whether it can be finished. Without a key it reports the anonymous allowance instead.",
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            "idempotentHint": true,
            "openWorldHint": false,
            "readOnlyHint": true,
            "title": "Check Macfax resolution credits"
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    "note": "Indexed from the official MCP registry: facts and our own checks, not reviewed, so no score, grade or rank.",
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        "url": "https://macfax.com/mcp"
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    "slug": "macfax",
    "source": "the official MCP registry",
    "sourceUrl": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=com.macfax/macfax",
    "summary": "Used-Mac market: quality-gated listings with deep links, asking-price stats, trust checks, alerts.",
    "updatedAt": "2026-07-20T19:11:02Z",
    "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/macfax",
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    "vendorUrl": "https://macfax.com/developers",
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