TexasRatedPros Rankings

Texas service-company rankings, profiles, comparisons, score breakdowns, and methodology.

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What it can do

  • List Metros: The metropolitan areas with published rankings, and which service categories each one covers. Call this first to learn the slugs the other tools expect.
  • List Categories: Every service category the site ranks, with a note on what Texas does and does not license for that trade.
  • Get Rankings: The ranked list of independent companies for one category in one metropolitan area, with scores, verification status, and the reasons any tracked company is unranked. Franchise and chain

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Texas service-company rankings, profiles, comparisons, score breakdowns, and methodology. Free, read-only, and no authentication required.

How to connect

How to connect TexasRatedPros Rankings to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://rankings--texasratedpros.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect TexasRatedPros Rankings to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://rankings--texasratedpros.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect TexasRatedPros Rankings to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://rankings--texasratedpros.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (8)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

list_metrosThe metropolitan areas with published rankings, and which service categories each one covers. Call this first to learn the slugs the other tools expect.
list_categoriesEvery service category the site ranks, with a note on what Texas does and does not license for that trade.
get_rankingsThe ranked list of independent companies for one category in one metropolitan area, with scores, verification status, and the reasons any tracked company is unranked. Franchise and chain locations are excluded by editorial policy.
get_business_profileEverything published about one company: score breakdown by pillar, what was verified and with which authority, what could not be verified, review figures with the date they were read, and every ranking it appears in.
search_businessesFind tracked companies by name, metropolitan area, category, or minimum score.
compare_businessesCompare two to four companies side by side, pillar by pillar, with a one-sentence verdict naming which pillar separates them.
get_score_breakdownReturn one company's score in one metro/category ranking, including rank, all five weighted pillars, each pillar's point contribution, and provenance.
get_methodologyThe exact weights, thresholds, eligibility rules, data sources, and stated limitations behind every score. Read this before characterising what a TRP Score means.