Connector

The Spool List connector

Use The Spool List from any assistant app that supports remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) connectors. Find independent makers, see live job requests, search shop items and designs, find local services, get a ballpark price, and prepare a job post — in plain language, without leaving your conversation. It is free, read-only and needs no account.

Connector URL

https://api.thespoollist.com/mcp/public

Transport	Streamable HTTP (stateless)
Sign-in	None — every tool reads public marketplace data
Access	Read-only. Nothing is posted, bought or changed on your behalf
Cost	Free

Set it up

Open your assistant app's connectors (sometimes called integrations or tools) settings.
Choose to add a custom connector. Name it The Spool List and paste the URL above.
Leave authentication off — the connector needs no sign-in.
Start a conversation and ask for what you need. The app calls the right tool and shows the results with links back to The Spool List.

Some apps list The Spool List in their connector directory, so you can add it in one click instead of pasting the URL.

Things to ask

“Find makers who do resin miniatures in the UK.”
“What open cosplay jobs are there right now?”
“Roughly what would 6 hours of CNC work cost?”
“I need a replacement knob for my oven — help me post a job on The Spool List.”

Tools

Tool	What it does	Inputs
`search_makers`	Find makers by skill, material, name or shop, optionally in a country or city.	query, country, city, limit
`get_maker_profile`	A maker's public profile: tier, verification, badges, stats and shop link.	handle
`browse_open_jobs`	Live job requests makers can quote on — title, country, budget, posted date. No buyer details.	keyword, country
`search_shop_items`	Ready-made items makers sell in the shop (the Forge), with price and item link.	query, limit
`search_design_library`	Printable and fabrication designs, with designer, licence and design page link.	query, free_only, limit
`find_local_services`	Local service businesses in or near a city, optionally by category. Contact details stay on the listing page.	city, country, category, limit
`estimate_job_cost`	Ballpark price range from our rate cards. Indicative only — makers set their own prices.	discipline, hours_estimate, complexity, material_cost, quantity
`create_job_request_link`	Turns a description into a pre-filled job post link. Nothing is posted until you open it and post it yourself.	category, description, quantity, budget_usd, deadline
`list_categories`	Job categories, estimate disciplines with base rates, and shop markets.	—

Posting a job

create_job_request_link never posts anything. It returns a link to the job composer on app.thespoollist.com with your brief pre-filled. Open it, sign in or create a free account, check the details, add reference photos or files, and post. Posting is free for buyers; makers send quotes, and payment protection covers you until the job is delivered.

Privacy & data

Your app sends only the search terms and filters each request needs. We do not receive your conversation, name, email or account details.
Results contain only information that is already public on thespoollist.com: public maker profiles (the city a maker chose to show, never an exact location), open-job summaries without buyer details, shop items, designs, and local service listings without contact details.
We keep an anonymous usage log (tool, success, response time, broad filters such as category or country — never your search text) for 90 days.
Links carry tags showing they came from the connector, so we can count visits and sign-ups from it.

Full details: Privacy Policy — The Spool List connector.

Limits & freshness

Results are cached briefly for speed: open jobs for up to 1 minute, searches for up to 2 minutes, designs and estimates for up to 10 minutes.
Very high request rates receive HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header; apps retry automatically.
If a tool cannot answer (for example during maintenance) it returns a short message asking to try again, never partial or invented data.

Support

Questions or problems: support@thespoollist.com. Security reports: the same address, subject “Security”.

Changelog

2026-11-09
Launch
- Nine read-only tools: makers, profiles, open jobs, shop items, design library, local services, cost estimates, job request links and categories.