Dealership Group PluginHeavySkillv0.12.3

Stocking Guide

Auction and wholesale buying guide for the entire group

“what should we buy at auction”“stocking guide for the group”“buying targets this week”“which cars to source”“group buying plan”“auction targets across stores”

Heavy

Complexity

12–24

API Calls

$0.018 – $0.07

MC API Cost

$0.14 – $0.35

Total Cost

Purpose

Dealer groups buying at auction often operate with informal buying criteria that vary by buyer, lane, and store. This leads to duplicate buys across locations, missed opportunities in undersupplied segments, and overpaying on vehicles that are already oversupplied in the target market.

Stocking Guide produces a concrete, data-backed buying list for each location's upcoming auction run — specifying target segments, make/model priorities, price ceilings based on live market data, and which vehicles to avoid entirely based on current supply levels.

Audience:Used vehicle directorsAuction buyersGroup inventory managersDealer principals

How It Works

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

Inventory Gap Analysisget_sold_summary

Run inventory intelligence logic per location to identify undersupplied segments and target segments for each store's market.

↔ Parallel Execution

Price Ceiling Calculationsearch_active_cars

For each target segment, pull active comp pricing and 90-day sold averages to compute max bid prices with target margin baked in.

Supply Checksearch_past_90_days

Cross-reference each target vehicle against current active listings to confirm it is genuinely undersupplied before including in buying list.

Buying Guide Assembly

Produce a per-location buying guide with priority tiers (Buy Aggressively / Buy Selectively / Avoid), max bid guidance, and buy volume targets.

MCP Tool Calls

Tool	Calls	Purpose
`get_sold_summary`	2–3 per location	Segment velocity for gap analysis
`search_active_cars`	1–2 per location	Active supply and retail pricing
`search_past_90_days`	1 per location	Sold comps for bid ceiling calc

Example Output

STOCKING GUIDE — Sunrise Auto Group | Week of March 17, 2026
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ORLANDO NORTH — Auction Targets
  BUY AGGRESSIVELY:
    Honda CR-V 2021–2023 (any trim)   Max Bid: $21,500   Target: 4 units
    Toyota RAV4 2020–2022 XLE         Max Bid: $24,000   Target: 3 units
  BUY SELECTIVELY:
    Toyota Camry 2022+                Max Bid: $19,000   Target: 2 units
  AVOID:
    BMW 3-series, Audi A4 (oversupplied, MoS 4.8)

TAMPA WEST — Auction Targets
  BUY AGGRESSIVELY:
    Honda Odyssey 2019–2022           Max Bid: $22,000   Target: 2 units
    Honda Civic 2021+                 Max Bid: $17,500   Target: 3 units

Cost Estimate

TierHeavy

API Calls12–24

MC API — best$0.018

MC API — worst$0.07

Claude — best$0.12

Claude — worst$0.28

Total range$0.14 – $0.35

4 buying runs/month ≈ $1–2

Limitations

Max bid guidance is market-derived and does not include reconditioning cost estimates.
Auction lane availability and vehicle condition are not factored in.
Buying list is refreshed on demand — run the day before or morning of auction for freshest data.
US market only.

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