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Verify a Contractor Before Hiring

Check a contractor's registration, accreditations, and trading history before signing any contract or making a deposit.

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Rogue traders and insolvent contractors are among the most costly risks in any building project. Homeowners lose thousands every year to builders who take deposits and disappear, or who complete work that fails inspection because they were never qualified to do it in the first place.

Construction Manager lets you verify any company's registration status, trading history, and relevant accreditations before signing anything. You can also find vetted local tradespeople for specific tasks rather than starting from scratch with a Google search.

Homeowners use this before paying any deposit, project managers use it to vet subcontractors before bringing them on site, and commercial developers use it to run quick checks during the tender process.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Give Claude the contractor's company name, registration number if you have it, and the type of work they are being hired for.
  3. Ask Claude to run `verify_company` via the construction-manager tool.
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Provide the contractor's details and the scope of work they are being hired for.
  3. Run `verify_company` via construction-manager.
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Provide the contractor details and the project they are being considered for.
  3. Run `verify_company` via construction-manager.
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Build your input list — one contractor company name and number per row.
  3. Run `verify_company` via construction-manager across all contractors in the batch.
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