ShearQuery — Barber & Beauty Industry Data

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Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shearquery-barber-beauty-industry-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shearquery.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

139 tools

• compare_barber_cosmetology_schools

  Rank barber or cosmetology schools by real 2026 state licensing exam outcomes — written and practical pass rates, first-attempt rate, average attempts to pass, students tested, and tuition. Optionally filter to one city. This data is not published by Google, school websites, or r

• compare_barbershops_salons

  Find barbershops and salons ranked by weekly booth rent, with chairs available, Google rating, review count and hiring status. Answers what a chair costs in a given city and which shops have one free. Booth rent is quoted directly by shops rather than scraped, so coverage is part

• texas_licensee_counts

  Count active Texas licensees from the TDLR public record by licence type, optionally limited to those whose licence expires before a given date. Answers how many people a rule change, CE requirement or fee change actually affects — the number is not published anywhere in this for

• audit_google_business_profile

  Score a named barbershop, salon, barber/cosmetology school or beauty supply store's public Google Business Profile and return what is missing, ranked. Compares photos, reviews, rating, hours, website and phone against other listings in the same city — the local median is computed

• verify_texas_license

  Look up a Texas barber, cosmetology, school or establishment licence in the state regulator's own licensee record — by licence number, or by name with an optional city. Returns the licence type, number, expiry and whether it had expired as of the data snapshot. Texas only. This r

• booth_rent_for_city

  Return what barbershops and salons in a city actually charge for a chair or suite — median weekly rent, the range, how many venues report a rate, how many chairs they hold, and how many are hiring. Built from rents collected per venue in the ShearQuery directory — deepest in Hous

• which_shearquery_account

  Help someone choose and create the right ShearQuery account: the account types (client, student, barber, cosmetologist, barbershop, salon, supply store, school, agency), what each gets, and the questions that tell them apart. In Claude, the way to sign up is my_shearquery_account

• what_shearquery_does

  What a ShearQuery account gets, per account type (barbershop, salon, barber, cosmetologist, school, supply store, student, client): what's on the website, what they can do in Claude, and whether each Claude feature is AVAILABLE NOW or still IN TESTING. Use it when an agency is pi

• compare_booking_app_cost

  Work out what a barber, stylist, shop or salon pays Booksy, theCut, Mindbody each month, and set it beside ShearQuery's price for their account type. Use it when someone asks what they would save, mentions fees or commission on their booking app, or asks how ShearQuery's price co

• shearquery_training

  ShearQuery's FREE training: the LIVE online training every Monday at 3 PM Eastern (Google Meet, with Q&A) on running a barber, beauty or wellness business with AI, the next session someone can register for, the registration link, and the YouTube channel. Use it whenever anyone as

• register_for_live_training

  Register someone for ShearQuery's FREE live training (Mondays 3 PM Eastern, Google Meet). Ask for their first name, email and mobile number first — all three are required — and register them only when they've said they want a seat. It signs them up for the next session still open

• set_my_account_type

  Set the signed-in person's ShearQuery account type when it hasn't been set yet (my_shearquery_account shows it). Ask the which_shearquery_account questions first and confirm the answer with them. Refuses if a type is already set.

• my_shearquery_account

  Report who this ShearQuery connection is signed in as: their account type, the claimed directory listing, whether Google Business Profile is connected, and what this connection may do. Call this first before any other my_* or propose_* tool. ALSO THE WAY TO SIGN SOMEONE UP OR IN

• my_google_profile_audit

  Run the complete authenticated Google Business Profile audit for the owner this connection belongs to: every check, the score, what is failing, and the specific fix for each one. This sees what only the profile owner can see — attributes, secondary categories, services, the busin

• my_photo_coverage

  Break down the owner's Google Business Profile photos by category and name exactly which ones are missing or thin — cover photo, outside, inside, work you've done, the team — in the order they are worth filling, with specific guidance on what to shoot for each. Use this when the

• my_wallet

  The signed-in member's plan (Free, Manage or Autopilot), how many website chat questions they have used this month, their wallet balance and what it buys, whether auto-reload is on, and recent wallet activity. Use it before offering to load the wallet, buy a plan or make an image

• checkout_link

  Get a secure Stripe checkout link for the signed-in member, for one of two things. for: "wallet" loads their wallet with $5, $10, $25 (amount_dollars). for: "plan" buys the Manage or Autopilot plan (plan) at their account type's monthly price; say that price, from the result, whe

• my_studio

  The signed-in member's Studio: the images and videos they have made, newest first, each with its id and a private link that works for one hour; anything still being made; and whether they have set up their own AI avatar and voice (their clone). Use it to find the id of an image b

• studio_make

  Make something in the signed-in member's Studio. EVERY KIND SPENDS FROM THEIR WALLET, charged only when the result is made and saved: say the price and get a yes before calling it, and make one thing per request. kind "image" ($0.05): one image from a description. Say what should

• delete_my_clone

  Permanently delete the signed-in member's own AI avatar and voice: from ShearQuery, from its storage and from its provider. Videos they already made stay in their Studio. It cannot be undone, and making a new one costs the set-up price again. Only when the member has clearly aske

• my_google_profile

  Read the owner's Google Business Profile exactly as Google has it now: business name, phone, website, address, weekly hours, upcoming special/holiday hours, description, primary and additional categories (with ids), services, and booking links (with ids). Call this before draftin

• my_reviews

  List the owner's Google reviews, newest first, with each review's id, star rating, text and any existing reply. Unanswered reviews are listed first by default. Use a review id with propose_review_reply. Write replies yourself in the owner's voice: two or three sentences, thank th

• my_posts

  List the owner's recent Google posts (newest first) and any posts queued to publish later. Use this before propose_post to avoid repeating a recent post.

• my_photos

  List the photos on the owner's Google listing with each photo's id, category and upload date, newest first. Use a photo id with propose_photo_removal. For which categories are missing, use my_photo_coverage instead.

• find_google_categories

  Search Google's list of business categories (for example "hair salon", "barber", "nail"). Returns each category's id, ranked with the most relevant for this trade first. Use the ids with propose_categories.

• my_service_options

  List the services Google offers for this business's categories, with each service's id and whether the listing already offers it, plus any custom services the owner wrote. Use the ids with propose_services.

• my_attribute_options

  List the attributes Google offers for this business's category — facts like wheelchair accessibility, walk-ins, LGBTQ+ friendly, Black-owned, Wi-Fi — each with its id and current answer. Only the owner knows which are true: ask them, never assume. Use the ids with propose_attribu

• my_changes

  List recent changes to the owner's Google profile — pending drafts, published changes, failures and undos — with each change's id. Use it to find a draft to publish or discard, or a published change to undo.

• propose_description

  Draft a new Google business description (up to 750 characters; 250+ reads best). Google suspends listings over this field, so the draft is refused if it contains a link, phone number, email, prices or offers, HTML, all-caps shouting, or repeated keywords. Write it about what the

• propose_regular_hours

  Draft new weekly hours for the days named. Days not named stay exactly as they are. Give a day two entries for a split shift. Overnight hours are not supported. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this returns, word for word, and publish it

• propose_holiday_hours

  Draft special hours for specific dates — a holiday closure, shorter hours, or removing a special date so the usual weekly hours apply. Other special dates already on the listing are kept. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this returns, wor

• propose_contact_details

  Draft a change to the listing's website and/or primary phone number. Additional phone numbers are kept. These are how customers reach the business, so confirm every character with the owner. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this returns,

• propose_categories

  Draft adding and/or removing ADDITIONAL categories, using ids from find_google_categories or my_google_profile. The primary category is never changed from here. Google allows 9 additional categories. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this

• propose_services

  Draft adding or removing services, using ids from my_service_options, plus custom services Google does not list. Every service not named stays on the listing. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this returns, word for word, and publish it wi

• propose_attributes

  Draft yes/no answers to attributes from my_attribute_options. Each is a factual claim about the business, so only draft answers the owner has confirmed in this conversation. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this returns, word for word, an

• propose_review_reply

  Draft a public reply to one review, using its id from my_reviews. Replaces any existing reply. Two or three sentences in the owner's voice; never offer discounts, argue, or share personal details. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this ret

• propose_booking_link

  Draft a change to the link behind the listing's Book button. Links set by a booking provider cannot be changed here. Social media and Google links are refused because they are not booking pages. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this retur

• propose_post

  Draft a Google post (up to 1500 characters) with a button, optionally a photo, optionally an offer with dates and a code, and optionally a time to publish in the future. Base it on something true about the business — a service, a real review, holiday hours — never an invented pro

• propose_photo

  Draft adding a photo to a category (COVER, EXTERIOR, INTERIOR, AT_WORK, TEAMS, PROFILE, LOGO) from a public https link to a JPEG, PNG or WebP. For a photo on the owner's phone or computer, use upload_photo instead. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner

• propose_photo_removal

  Draft deleting one photo from the listing, using its id from my_photos. This one cannot be undone. Creates a DRAFT only — nothing on Google changes. Show the owner the draft this returns, word for word, and publish it with publish_change only after they say yes.

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