Licensed House Painters

Find licensed house painters, with dated license status. A connector for AI assistants.

Ask an AI assistant for licensed house painters in a US city. It searches state licensing-board records in 11 states and shows each license status with the date it was read from the board's own file, next to the board's lookup page, so you can re-check before you hire. Active licenses come first. With your agreement, the assistant can also record a request for a painting estimate.

Connect

Server URL
https://house-painters.ottobot.agency/mcp

Streamable HTTP, no sign-in. Listed in the MCP registry as agency.ottobot/licensed-house-painters.

Claude: open Settings, then Connectors, choose Add custom connector, and paste the server URL.
ChatGPT: with developer mode turned on in ChatGPT's settings, add the server URL.
Other MCP clients: add it as a remote server with the server URL.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_painters` read-only	Finds licensed painters in a city: business name, license number, the license status and the date it was read, the phone and website the board lists, the board's lookup page, and a profile link. Active licenses come first; up to 25 results.
`get_painter` read-only	One painter's record, including the address the board lists.
`request_estimate` stores one request	Records a homeowner's request for a painting estimate, after the homeowner agrees to share it. It needs a name, a phone number or email, the city, and a description of the work. The reply lists licensed painters to contact directly.

Coverage

Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Virginia and Washington.

Not covered: Utah, Texas and Colorado. Texas and Colorado issue no state license for painting contractors, so there is no license record to show.

Where the data comes from

Each state licensing board's own published file. Every license status shows the date it was read. A license missing from two complete reads of the board's file is shown as "Not in the state's current license file", with the last status it had. A status can change after the date shown, so confirm with the board before hiring. A listing is not a rating or an endorsement.

Estimate requests

The assistant has to show you what will be shared and get your agreement first. The tool refuses a request without it.
The request is stored. No painter is assigned automatically and a reply is not guaranteed. For an estimate now, contact the licensed painters the reply lists.
Limits: 3 requests per phone number or email a day, and 100 a day in total.
Requests are deleted automatically 365 days after we receive them. To see or delete yours sooner, email hello@ottobot.agency.

Try asking

"Find three licensed house painters in Sacramento, California."
"Which painters in Seattle have a current license?"
"Tell me more about the first one."
"Is there a licensed painter in Tampa, Florida?"
"I'd like an estimate to repaint my living room in Portland, Oregon."

If something goes wrong

Answer	Meaning
`state_not_covered`	The state is not one of the 11 covered states. The answer lists them.
`none_found`	No painters on file for that city. The answer suggests similar city names and gives the board's lookup page.
`not_found`	No painter has that ID. Search again for a current one.
`invalid_input`	A field is missing or malformed. The reason says which.
`busy`, `duplicate_limit`	A daily request limit was reached. Contact painters from the search results directly.

Still stuck? Email hello@ottobot.agency.