Portravo Construction Takeoff
Server Details
Preflight approved takeoffs with existing credits; review source gaps and export reviewed estimates.
- Status
- Healthy
- Uptime
- 100.0% over the last 24 hours
- Last Tested
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP · MCP 2025-11-25
- URL
- ChatGPT
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- Claude
- Portravo
TDQS
Scored across 10 tools
The tools map cleanly onto distinct stages of the takeoff lifecycle, and create_project, attach_plan_pdf, preflight_takeoff, and run_takeoff are clearly separated. The main possible overlap is between get_takeoff and get_takeoff_status, but the descriptions distinguish extracted quantities/review state from asynchronous run progress.
All tool names use snake_case and follow an action-oriented verb_noun pattern, such as create_project, get_profile, list_projects, and run_takeoff. preflight_takeoff is slightly less conventional as a verb, but fits the same naming style and is clear in context.
Ten tools is well-scoped for this workflow, covering account lookup, market discovery, preflight, project creation, plan attachment, takeoff execution, status polling, result retrieval, listing, and export. Each tool has a clear place and no obvious filler.
The core lifecycle from account verification and project creation through plan attachment, takeoff execution, review retrieval, and final export is covered. Minor gaps exist around canceling or deleting projects/takeoffs and updating project metadata, but the main workflow has no dead ends.
Available Tools
10 toolsattach_plan_pdfAttach a construction plan PDFAIdempotentInspect
Attach a PDF the user selected in this conversation as the first plan for a new Portravo project. Plan PDFs must be 10 MiB or smaller. Accepts exactly one of plan, a host-provided download_url and file_id, or plan_inline, canonical base64 of the exact user-uploaded PDF bytes with file_name and application/pdf mime_type, up to 32 KiB. A PDF with no file link above 32 KiB, or any PDF above the direct limit, is uploaded in the browser at the project's reviewUrl instead. That browser path streams up to 50 MiB for the selected automatic trades. Projects that already have a plan or review work are refused, so existing work is never replaced. Repeating a call with the same idempotency_key returns the original result. Stores the selected PDF privately in the connected account; does not extract or consume credits.
Inputs: project_id (required), idempotency_key (required), plan, plan_inline. Returns: status, reviewUrl, planFileId
create_projectCreate a takeoff projectAIdempotentInspect
Create a new construction estimate project in the connected Portravo account from a project name, an explicit trades selection returned by preflight_takeoff, an optional address and an optional supported metro_code. Trades are required. Repeating a call with the same idempotency_key returns the original project instead of creating another. Returns reviewUrl, the project page where the user can also upload a plan PDF in the browser. Does not run extraction or consume estimate credits.
Inputs: name (required), idempotency_key (required), trades, address, +1 more. Returns: id, status, reviewUrl
export_reviewed_estimateDownload a reviewed estimate workbookARead-onlyIdempotentInspect
Get a short-lived Excel XLSX download for an owned Portravo estimate after every takeoff line has been reviewed and the estimate is priced or final. If review is incomplete, the call returns a review_required error with the Portravo review link, where quantities, assembly mappings and pricing are completed. Never exports unreviewed estimates.
Inputs: project_id (required). Returns: filename, mimeType, expiresAt, reviewUrl, +1 more
get_profileConnected Portravo accountARead-onlyIdempotentInspect
Use first after connecting to confirm which Portravo account you are acting on: returns the account id, name and email. Read-only; the remaining takeoff credits are in preflight_takeoff.
Inputs: no named parameters. Returns: id, name, email
get_takeoffRead a plan takeoffARead-onlyIdempotentInspect
Read an owned construction project's plan files (attached from chat or uploaded in Portravo) and extracted takeoff quantities, trades, confidence and human review status. reviewRequired reports whether any line still needs estimator review. Quantities require estimator review before pricing or bidding.
Inputs: project_id (required). Returns: files, lines, metro, project, +2 more
get_takeoff_statusRead takeoff progressARead-onlyIdempotentInspect
Read an owned project and its latest asynchronous takeoff progress, completion limitations and review link. Never advances or restarts a run, uses credits or changes billing. Poll this tool after run_takeoff returns a running result.
Inputs: project_id (required). Returns: run, projectId, reviewUrl, projectStatus, +1 more
list_pricing_marketsSupported pricing marketsARead-onlyIdempotentInspect
List the regional construction pricing markets supported by Portravo. The returned markets are the accepted metro_code values for create_project. Works before account linking (the standard markets by code, name and state, marked accountLinked false; a linked account also sees local markets and cost indexes).
Inputs: no named parameters. Returns: note, metros, accountLinked
list_projectsList construction projectsARead-onlyIdempotentInspect
Find construction projects in the connected Portravo account, including draft, review, priced and final estimates. Returns 50 projects per page; nextOffset is the offset of the next page, or null on the last page.
Inputs: offset. Returns: projects, nextOffset
preflight_takeoffCheck trade availability and existing creditsARead-onlyIdempotentInspect
Before creating or starting a takeoff, inspect current automatic/team-assisted trades, the exact existing-credit requirement, balance, upload limits, published prices and review link. Supply either project_id or proposed trades, or neither to discover availability. Works before account linking without project_id: trades, credit rule and prices only, with existingCreditsAvailable null and accountLinked false. Published prices: $75 per trade on one project, $149 for the whole job, or plan takeoffs (one per trade, three for the whole job). Does not reserve credits, start work, buy anything or bill overage.
Inputs: trades, project_id. Returns: trades, catalog, pricing, mayStart, +3 more
run_takeoffExtract a construction plan takeoffAIdempotentInspect
Starts a paid takeoff on a project whose plan PDF was attached with attach_plan_pdf or uploaded by the user on the project page in Portravo. Each trade uses one takeoff credit (bought at $75); the whole job uses three ($149 pay as you go). Uses only existing plan allowance and purchased credits, never billed overage. Prerequisites: preflight_takeoff, the user's approval of its trades and creditsRequired, and an attached plan; set confirmed_trades to the approved selection and max_credits to the approved ceiling (defaults to one for older clients). A changed selection/cost or insufficient balance is refused before starting. Repeating a call with the same idempotency_key does not charge again. Returns asynchronous progress; use get_takeoff_status until done, then get_takeoff for source-linked human review. A completed run is not a bid-ready estimate. Failed provider runs refund the reservation; existing review work cannot be overwritten.
Inputs: project_id (required), idempotency_key (required), confirm_credit_use (required), max_credits, +1 more. Returns: ok, lines, sheets, scopeNotes
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