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Construction Markup Calculator

Bid price, markup and true margin from direct costs, overhead and target margin.

Free tier eligible — 500 calls/month with a free key from /pricing; x402 pay-per-call above quota.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
labor_costnumberoptionalDirect labor cost in USD
material_costnumberoptionalMaterial cost in USD
equipment_costnumberoptionalEquipment cost in USD
sub_costnumberoptionalSubcontractor cost in USD
overhead_pctnumberoptionalOverhead as a percent of direct cost
margin_pctnumberoptionalTarget net margin percent
bid_pricenumberoptionalOptional: a fixed bid price to reverse-solve margin

Call it over MCP (JSON-RPC 2.0)

curl -s https://wingmanprotocol.com/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": {"name": "markup", "arguments": {"labor_cost": 100, "material_cost": 100, "equipment_cost": 100}}}'

Or plain HTTP

curl -s https://wingmanprotocol.com/tools/markup \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"labor_cost": 100, "material_cost": 100, "equipment_cost": 100}'

Try it live

Edit the JSON and run it — this POSTs to https://wingmanprotocol.com/tools/markup from your browser.

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