The nine sourcing strategies, with readiness
sourcing_strategiesThe nine sourcing strategies as data — read this BEFORE running `sourcing_search` in strategy mode. Each preset publishes its thesis, its filters (every key overridable, with the default and the unit), its ranking components with weights and scales, the feature columns it reads, the data gaps that limit it, and its version.
Same call over REST
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Reference
What sourcing_strategies answers
Pass area as a local-authority GSS code (E09000032) to get data_ready per strategy for that authority: ready, partial, not_ready or unknown, with the coverage share behind the verdict. A partial verdict is usable — say the share when you report the results. Do not run a preset over an authority marked not_ready without telling the user what is missing. UK only.
Inputs
Arguments sourcing_strategies takes
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
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| area | string | No |
Usage
How to run sourcing_strategies in your assistant
Ask your assistant in plain English, for example:
"Use the MarketCode tool sourcing_strategies for <address or area>.
Show the result and the credits charged."The connect steps for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor and Claude Code are on the MCP page.
Price and licence
What it costs, and where the data comes from
sourcing_strategies is free over MCP and over REST, and the two surfaces share one credit balance. Free calls need a signed-in account or an API key and appear in your usage, but they never touch your balance.
Credits are granted on sign-up and bought in packs; the pricing page lists every call.
Related
Tools used with sourcing_strategies
- Search land or units by criteria8 credits
sourcing_searchFind land parcels or residential units matching investment criteria — the sourcing tool. Give a `location` (place or area name) or a `bbox`.Named in the description - Build cost: index, regional factor, estimateFree
build_costBuild cost for a scheme: the sector's cost index with its 1- and 5-year movement, the regional location factor (`region`: NATIONAL, LONDON, SOUTH_EAST — an error lists what is loaded), the editorial on-cost percentages (prelims, contingency, overheads & profit, professional fees) and, given `gia_m2` and `rate_gbp_m2` (your BCIS or in-house base rate, with `rate_period` in the series' own format, e.g. 2024Q1), an estimate: the rate carried through the index to the latest period, localised, multiplied out, with totals at low / mid / high on-costs. The £/m² benchmark leg says `not_available` until a tender benchmark is loaded — no rate is invented, and nothing here is a modelled number. UK only.Same category - Construction cost index seriesFree
cost_indexConstruction cost index series for a development appraisal's cost side: `basis` is tender (tender price indices), output (output price indices), deflator (the construction deflator) or labour. Optional `sector` (residential, commercial, industrial, infrastructure, all, …), `freq` (monthly | quarterly | annual) and an inclusive period window in the series' own format (2014Q1, 2014M01, 2014). Each series carries its base period and method. UK-wide; regional factors come with the site appraisal. UK only.Same category - Adjacent parcels, owners and the combined site2 credits
land_assemblyThe parcels adjacent to one parcel and who owns each — the first question of a site assembly. Returns each neighbour with its area, land use, constraints and registered proprietor, plus a `combined` block: total area in m² and hectares, the number of distinct owners, how many neighbours already share the subject's proprietor (the parcels needing no second negotiation), how many have no linked owner, and every constraint present across the whole assembly.Same category - One parcel: owner, units, plot, constraints1 credit
parcel_lookupOne land parcel in full: its INSPIRE id, title number and OS id, area and land use, the registered proprietor where a title links, the units standing on it, plot utilisation, and every constraint flag.Same category - Site appraisal dossier5 credits
site_appraisalEverything known about ONE site, assembled and judged — the site dossier.Same category
FAQ
Questions about sourcing_strategies
How much does The nine sourcing strategies, with readiness cost?
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sourcing_strategies is free over MCP and over REST, and the two surfaces share one credit balance. Free calls need a signed-in account or an API key and appear in your usage, but they never touch your balance.
Which assistants can run `sourcing_strategies`?
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Any MCP client: Claude (claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Claude Code), ChatGPT in developer mode, Codex and Cursor, each documented on the MCP page. You sign in with your MarketCode account over OAuth; there is no key to paste, and the connection is read-only.
Where does the data come from?
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The answer is computed by MarketCode. Coverage is the UK.
Does `sourcing_strategies` change anything?
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No. The tool is annotated read-only on the server, so it never writes to your data or ours and an assistant can call it without a confirmation step.
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