CommercialBuses is a remote MCP server that gives an AI agent 13 tools, among them answer_bus_question, check_cdl_requirement, check_vehicle_rules. It answers at https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 4 of 4 times since 23 September 2026; the last check, on 7 November 2026, succeeded.
Used buses for sale, skoolie auctions, bus prices, CDL rules and board proposals. Free.
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
answer_bus_question | Answers to the questions people ask when buying a used or new commercial bus: CDL and licensing, federal school bus and accessibility rules, inspecting a used bus, title, registration and insurance, financing and grants, delivery, and buses Inputs: question, limit |
check_cdl_requirement | Whether a bus needs a commercial driver's license under US federal rules, which class (B or C), and which endorsements (passenger, school bus), from the passenger count, weight rating and whether it carries students. Returns a link to buses Inputs: passengers, weight, carries_students |
check_vehicle_rules | The US federal rules and published guidance that apply to a church, school, camp, senior living community, medical transport (NEMT) operator or hotel buying a bus: CDL, the school bus rule for new vehicles, insurer guidance on 15-passenger Inputs: organization_type, passengers, weight_over_26000_lb, carries_students, new_vehicle |
compare_own_vs_outsource | Yearly cost of owning a bus against charter, a contracted shuttle or rideshare, using only figures the caller supplies. Spreads the purchase over the years kept less resale, adds insurance, maintenance, fuel and driver pay, and names any ow Inputs: trips_per_year, bus_price_usd, years_kept, resale_usd, insurance_per_year_usd, maintenance_per_year_usd |
draft_board_proposal | Write a bus purchase proposal for a church, school, camp or senior living board: the need, the bus, why not a 15-passenger van, the driver and license plan, a five-year cost table from the buyer's own figures, funding to ask about, an inspe Inputs: organization, organization_type, bus, listing_url, passengers, wheelchair_lift |
find_skoolie_bus | Find a bus to convert into a skoolie (a school bus or shuttle turned into a camper or tiny home). Returns used school, activity, shuttle and cutaway buses listed by dealers here, live federal surplus auction lots, and ready-made searches on Inputs: zip, radius_miles, state, max_price_usd, limit |
get_bus | One listed bus in full public detail, by its listing URL or slug, plus how to ask about it. Says plainly when the unit is no longer listed. Inputs: listing |
get_bus_category | One bus category in full, by slug, including the related categories worth considering instead. Inputs: slug |
get_buying_context | How sourcing works here, what capacity bands and fuel types mean in practice, and what the service does and does not do. Read this before telling a buyer what to expect. |
get_used_bus_prices | Median asking prices and mileage for used buses by model year, measured from current dealer listings on CommercialBuses, with the listing and dealer count behind every figure. Prices cover school, cutaway and paratransit buses; mileage also Inputs: bus_type |
list_bus_categories | The commercial bus categories, each with what it actually is, typical passenger capacity, what operators use it for, and whether it needs a CDL endorsement. |
request_bus | Send a buyer's bus requirements to a CommercialBuses person, who searches participating dealer inventory and replies by email. Use only when the buyer has asked you to, with their real name and email: they will be contacted. Free for the bu Inputs: buyer_name, buyer_email, buyer_phone, organization, bus_types, min_seats |
search_buses | Search the commercial buses currently listed for sale by participating dealers. Filter by bus type, seats, wheelchair lift, condition and state. Returns public listing summaries with a link to each listing page. Dealer names and exact price Inputs: bus_type, min_seats, wheelchair_lift, condition, state, query |
Every block below points at https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http commercialbuses https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"url": "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"url": "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"serverUrl": "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"url": "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}name: CommercialBuses
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: CommercialBuses
type: streamable-http
url: https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"httpUrl": "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commercialbuses": {
"url": "https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommercialbuses.com%2Fapi%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=commercialbuses&name=CommercialBuses
It answered our last check on 7 November 2026 in 291 ms. Over 4 checks since 23 September 2026 it answered 4. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
Yes. It is published by commercialbuses.com and served from commercialbuses.com, the vendor's own domain: https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp.
13, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 12 November 2026: answer_bus_question, check_cdl_requirement, check_vehicle_rules, compare_own_vs_outsource, draft_board_proposal, find_skoolie_bus, get_bus, get_bus_category, and 5 more.
It answered our last check on 7 November 2026 in 291 ms. Over 4 checks since 23 September 2026 it answered 4.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: com.commercialbuses. Endpoint host: commercialbuses.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:com.commercialbuses:mcp:commercialbuses.
First indexed 21 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.