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How to Connect Claude to BigFlippa (MCP Guide)

The BigFlippa Team 4 min read

TL;DR: Connecting Claude to BigFlippa takes about five minutes. You add the BigFlippa connector URL inside Claude, sign in to link your account, then just chat to spin up your first radar. Once it is wired up, you can ask Claude to watch Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for underpriced listings, and every alert lands with an upfront profit estimate. Here is how to connect Claude to BigFlippa, start to finish. (Last updated February 2026.)

What does connecting Claude to BigFlippa actually do?

BigFlippa is an AI sourcing agent. It scans Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist and pings you when a listing matches your plain-English criteria (we call these radars). The catch that makes it useful: every alert comes with a profit estimate, market value against the asking price, so you can see the margin before you message the seller.

When you connect Claude over MCP (Model Context Protocol), you get to run all of that from a chat window. No dashboards, no forms. You just tell Claude what you want to flip, and it creates and manages your radars for you. Think of it as talking to your sourcing agent instead of clicking through menus.

For a closer look, see set up your first BigFlippa radar.

What do you need before you start?

Not much, honestly. A couple of things and you are good to go.

  • A BigFlippa account. The 7-day free trial is enough to test the whole flow, and the plan runs $10/month after that.
  • Access to Claude, either claude.ai on the web or Claude Code in your terminal.
  • The BigFlippa connector URL, which you will find in your BigFlippa account settings under connectors.

How do you connect Claude to BigFlippa on claude.ai?

This is the path most people take. It lives entirely in your browser.

Once the connector shows as connected, Claude can read and write your radars. That is the whole handshake.

  • Open claude.ai and go to Settings, then Connectors.
  • Click Add custom connector and paste in the BigFlippa connector URL from your account.
  • Claude will prompt you to sign in to BigFlippa. Sign in and approve access so the two accounts are linked.
  • Back in a chat, look for BigFlippa in the connector list and toggle it on for that conversation.

How do you connect Claude Code to BigFlippa?

If you live in the terminal, Claude Code works too. The idea is the same, you register the BigFlippa MCP server so Claude Code can call it.

Add the BigFlippa connector as an MCP server using its URL, then run the auth step when prompted so your BigFlippa account is linked. After that, ask Claude Code to list your radars to confirm the connection is live. If it reads them back, you are set. If it does not, double-check that the URL matches the one in your BigFlippa settings and that you finished the sign-in.

How do you create your first radar by chat?

Here is the fun part. Once connected, you do not fill out a single field. You just describe what you are after in plain English and let Claude handle the rest.

Try something like: “Watch Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist near Austin for a used PS5 under $300 in good condition.” Claude will translate that into a radar, confirm the details with you, and set it running. From then on you get real-time alerts, usually within about five minutes of a listing going up, each one carrying that profit estimate so you know whether it is worth chasing.

Want to tweak it later? Just say so. “Bump the price ceiling to $350” or “pause my truck radar” both work. It is genuinely that conversational.

What if the connection does not work?

A few things trip people up. If Claude cannot see your radars, the sign-in step probably did not complete, so revisit the connector and re-authorize. If the connector will not add at all, make sure you copied the full URL with no trailing spaces. And if alerts are not arriving, confirm your radar is active and that your notification settings inside BigFlippa are switched on. Nine times out of ten it is one of those three.

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Claude to BigFlippa?

In claude.ai, open Settings then Connectors, add a custom connector using the BigFlippa connector URL from your account, sign in to link the two, and toggle BigFlippa on in a chat. In Claude Code, register the same URL as an MCP server and complete the auth step.

Do I need a paid plan to use the Claude connector?

You can test the full connector flow during BigFlippa’s 7-day free trial. After that, the plan is $10/month, which keeps your radars and alerts running.

What can I ask Claude to do once it is connected?

You can create, edit, pause, and list radars entirely by chat. For example, ask Claude to watch Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for a specific item under a set price, and it will build the radar and send alerts with profit estimates.

How fast are alerts after I set up a radar?

Alerts typically arrive within about five minutes of a matching listing being posted, which is usually fast enough to be first in the seller’s inbox.

Wire up Claude and start sourcing

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