Auction House Plugin

For Wholesale Auction Operators

DMA market intelligence, run list pricing, consignment lead sourcing, geographic arbitrage detection, and dealer buyer targeting — built for wholesale auction operators who need data before the gavel drops.

Skills

Agents

Commands

Audience

Who It's For

Auction House Owners

Wholesale auto auction operators and executives

Lane Managers

Sale day operations and lane sequencing

Consignment Sales Teams

Sourcing inventory from dealers for auction

Wholesale Market Analysts

DMA-level market intelligence and pricing

Skills

6 Skills, Activated by Natural Language

Just ask questions — skills trigger automatically based on your intent. No slash commands needed.

Skill	Trigger Phrases	What It Does
market-intelligence	"market snapshot", "what's selling in my market", "supply and demand"	Active supply, sold volume, price distribution, brand mix, and demand-to-supply signals for your auction's DMA
run-list-analyzer	"price these VINs", "run list", "sale pricing"	Batch VIN pricing for sale run lists with retail estimates, hammer price targets, sell-through probability, and lane sequencing
consignment-sourcer	"consignment leads", "aged inventory", "who needs to sell"	Identifies dealers with aged inventory (DOM >60) in your market with consignment pitch scripts and floor plan burn calculations
geographic-arbitrage-finder	"arbitrage opportunities", "source cheap sell expensive", "market price gaps"	Identifies price gaps between sourcing and selling markets with per-unit arbitrage profit after transport costs
dealer-targeting	"find buyers", "dealer buyer targets", "invite to sale"	Finds dealers in your DMA who need inventory they don't have via market mix gap analysis for targeted buyer outreach
depreciation-tracker	"depreciation rate", "fastest depreciating", "consignment timing"	Depreciation rates by model year and make to identify which vehicles are losing value fastest for consignment timing

Commands

3 Slash Commands

Command	Usage	What It Does
/onboarding	/onboarding	Auction house profile setup — location, DMA, sale frequency, primary vehicle segments
/vin-lookup	/vin-lookup VIN	Full VIN decode + market value + retail/wholesale comparable pricing for individual units
/setup-mcp	/setup-mcp API_KEY	Configure MarketCheck MCP connection with your API key

Live Examples

Real Market Data Outputs

All examples use real market data from the Kansas City metro (ZIP 64101). Auction house persona “Heartland Auto Auction” is fictional — used for illustration.

DMA MARKET SNAPSHOT: Kansas City Metro
Heartland Auto Auction · ZIP 64101 · Mar 7, 2026
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DMA OVERVIEW
  Active Supply (100 mi):      28,172 units
  Median Asking Price:         $22,175
  Top DMA States:              MO, KS, IA, NE, IL

SUPPLY BY MAKE (Active, 100 mi)
┌────┬────────────────┬─────────┬────────┐
│  # │ Make           │  Count  │  %     │
├────┼────────────────┼─────────┼────────┤
│  1 │ Ford           │  5,148  │ 18.3%  │
│  2 │ Chevrolet      │  3,835  │ 13.6%  │
│  3 │ Toyota         │  2,089  │  7.4%  │
│  4 │ Jeep           │  1,951  │  6.9%  │
│  5 │ Honda          │  1,517  │  5.4%  │
│  6 │ GMC            │  1,418  │  5.0%  │
│  7 │ KIA            │  1,094  │  3.9%  │
│  8 │ Hyundai        │  1,058  │  3.8%  │
│  9 │ RAM            │  1,035  │  3.7%  │
└────┴────────────────┴─────────┴────────┘

SOLD VOLUME BY MAKE (past 90 days, MO)
┌────┬────────────────┬──────────┐
│  # │ Make           │ Sold 90d │
├────┼────────────────┼──────────┤
│  1 │ Ford           │  44,763  │
│  2 │ Chevrolet      │  40,621  │
│  3 │ Toyota         │  22,140  │
│  4 │ Jeep           │  16,841  │
│  5 │ Honda          │  13,030  │
└────┴────────────────┴──────────┘

AUCTION OPPORTUNITY SIGNALS
  → Toyota: 7.4% of supply → 8.2% of sold = UNDER-SUPPLIED
    High sell-through probability on quality Toyota units
  → F-150/Silverado dominate — deep bidder pool for trucks
  → KIA/Hyundai: over-supplied vs sold volume (be selective)

Agents

2 AI Agents, Orchestrated in Waves

W1Wave 1 — Parallel

portfolio-scanner

Batch VIN run list pricing

brand-market-analyst

Brand-level market intelligence

W2Wave 2 — Depends on Wave 1

sale-optimizer

Lane sequencing + buyer targeting

Workflows

Built for Your Auction Rhythm

Pre-Sale Market Prep

~5 min

$"Give me a market snapshot for Kansas City for our Thursday sale"

DMA supply/demand analysis, brand mix, opportunity signals, and under-supplied makes to feature in your run

Run List Pricing

~30 sec/VIN

$"Price these 5 VINs from our Thursday sale run list"

Hammer price estimates, sell-through probability, and lane sequencing recommendations for every unit

Consignment Outreach

~3 min

$"Who has aged inventory I can pitch consignment to this week?"

Dealers with 60+ DOM units, floor plan burn calculations, and ready-to-use pitch scripts

Buyer Invitations

~3 min

$"Find dealers to invite to our sale — who needs inventory?"

Market mix gap analysis identifying which dealers need what you're running, with outreach priorities

Ready to Get Started?

Install the auction house plugin and start getting wholesale market intelligence in under 2 minutes.

# Install auction house plugin
$ claude plugin add https://github.com/MarketcheckHub/marketcheck-cowork-plugin.git --plugin auction-house