Dealership Group PluginHeavySkillv0.12.3

Dealer Performance Intelligence

Benchmark each dealer location against the full 400+ group industry cohort

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Heavy
Complexity
8–15
API Calls
$0.015 – $0.05
MC API Cost
$0.14 – $0.35
Total Cost

Purpose

Most dealer groups measure performance in isolation — this month vs. last month, this store vs. their own historical average. This internal benchmarking misses the most important question: how does the group perform relative to the full universe of ~400 dealer groups operating in the US market?

Dealer Performance Intelligence benchmarks the group against the full industry cohort on volume, pricing, and velocity — then provides named comparisons to the 8 publicly traded dealer groups (AN, LAD, PAG, SAH, GPI, ABG, KMX, CVNA). The output is a structured report identifying competitive strengths to reinforce and improvement opportunities ranked by estimated dollar impact.

Audience:Dealer principalsGroup CEOsStrategic planningInvestors and board members

How It Works

Execution flow. MCP tool calls are shown inline on each step.

01
Profile Load & Date Setup

Load group profile, extract all locations and brands. Compute current month, prior year same month, and trailing quarter date ranges from currentDate context.

↔ Parallel Execution

02
Cohort Benchmarkingget_sold_summary

Pull get_sold_summary ranked by dealership_group_name for current and prior periods — extract target group metrics and full cohort distribution for percentile calculation.

03
Public Peer Extractionget_sold_summary

From the same cohort pull, extract all 8 named public peers (AN, LAD, PAG, SAH, GPI, ABG, KMX, CVNA) as named benchmarks.

04
Inventory Scansearch_active_cars

Pull active inventory signals per location to assess current lot health as part of the overall performance picture.

05
Intelligence Report

Produce a structured report: executive summary, location scorecards, percentile rankings vs. full cohort and public peers, competitive strengths, and prioritized improvement opportunities.

MCP Tool Calls

ToolCallsPurpose
get_sold_summary3–5Cohort benchmarking across periods
search_active_cars1 per locationActive inventory health per store

Example Output

DEALER PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE — Sunrise Auto Group | February 2026
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Sunrise Auto Group ranks in the top 18% of ~400 US dealer groups on volume.
Operational velocity (DOM) is a clear strength — 24% faster than industry median.
Pricing realization is the primary improvement opportunity.

COHORT PERCENTILE RANKINGS:
  Volume Rank:        Top 18%    (industry median: 28 units/month, you: 142)
  Avg DOM:            Top 12%    (industry: 38 days, you: 29 days) ★ STRENGTH
  Avg Transaction:    42nd %ile  (industry: $28,400, you: $31,200)

PUBLIC PEER COMPARISON:
  AutoNation (AN):    18,421 units | $33,800 avg | 32 DOM
  Lithia (LAD):       16,204 units | $32,100 avg | 35 DOM
  You (Sunrise):         142 units | $31,200 avg | 29 DOM

COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS:
  1. Inventory velocity — 29-day DOM is best-in-class relative to your size tier.
  2. Volume growth momentum — +3.4% MoM outpacing industry +1.1%.

IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
  1. PRICING: $2,600 gap to AutoNation avg transaction. 1% improvement ≈ $180K/year.
  2. ORLANDO SOUTH: Underperforming location dragging group averages. Priority fix.

Cost Estimate

TierHeavy
API Calls8–15
MC API — best$0.015
MC API — worst$0.05
Claude — best$0.12
Claude — worst$0.30
Total range$0.14$0.35

4 performance reports/month ≈ $1–2

Limitations

  • Group identification relies on dealership_group_name in MarketCheck data — non-standard group names may need a profile override field (dealer_group_name_mc).
  • Benchmarking covers operational metrics only — financial KPIs (gross profit, F&I, service revenue) are not available.
  • Public peer comparisons are transaction-data derived, not sourced from financial filings or earnings reports.
  • US market only.
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