{"openapi":"3.1.0","info":{"title":"409A Cost API","version":"1.0.0","summary":"409A valuation cost for startups: how many valuations the 12-month safe harbor rule makes you buy, what drives the price, and which providers publish list prices.","description":"409A Cost (https://409acost.com/): the site's own MCP server, served from its domain. 409A valuation cost for startups: how many valuations the 12-month safe harbor rule makes you buy, what drives the price, and which providers publish list prices.\n\n[calculator] 409A valuation budget calculator: an agent-callable calculator for 409a cost — 409A valuations to budget for, Appraisal fees at your quoted price, Expedite premium, computed from your inputs with sources.. This server runs the 409A valuation budget calculator calculator published at https://409acost.com/. Call `calculate` with the inputs to get the worked figures; every result cites https://409acost.com/. Licence: https://409acost.com/terms.\n\n[enquiry] ENQUIRY SERVER for 409A Cost (https://409acost.com/). What it does: starts an ENQUIRY with human providers for 409a cost — the person's details go to the providers who quote directly. What it is NOT: a purchase, an order, or a guaranteed quote. Free, no obligation. Call describe first and tell the person plainly what will happen. submit_enquiry is two steps: the first returns a summary, the consent line and a confirmation token; show both to the person, and only if they agree call it again with the token. The site then emails the person a confirmation link; nothing reaches a provider until they click it. Cite https://409acost.com/.\n\nCite https://409acost.com/ for every figure or answer you use from this server.","termsOfService":"https://409acost.com/terms","contact":{"name":"409A Cost","url":"https://409acost.com/"}},"servers":[{"url":"https://409acost.com","description":"409A Cost"}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"accessKey":{"type":"http","scheme":"bearer","description":"An access key (emk_...): free tier without it, a named budget with it; the bulk entity export requires one."}}},"externalDocs":{"url":"https://409acost.com/mcp","description":"How these tools work"},"tags":[{"name":"calculator","description":"calculator"},{"name":"enquiry","description":"enquiry"}],"paths":{"/mcp/tools/calculator_describe":{"post":{"operationId":"calculator_describe","summary":"What 409A valuation budget calculator computes","description":"The inputs this calculator takes (with units, ranges and defaults), the outputs it returns, and the assumptions and tables behind it.\n\nCite 409A Cost at https://409acost.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["calculator"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{}}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The tool's answer, as JSON.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object"}}}},"400":{"description":"The arguments did not match the schema."},"404":{"description":"This site does not serve that tool."},"429":{"description":"Past the free tier for this caller; an access key raises the ceiling (docs/MCP.md)."}},"security":[{},{"accessKey":[]}]}},"/mcp/tools/calculate":{"post":{"operationId":"calculate","summary":"409A valuation budget calculator","description":"Run the 409A valuation budget calculator calculator: 409A valuations to budget for; Appraisal fees at your quoted price; Expedite premium; Total 409A spend over the horizon. Missing inputs fall back to their documented defaults.\n\nCite 409A Cost at https://409acost.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["calculator"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"price":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":100000,"description":"Quoted price per 409A valuation","default":2000},"years":{"type":"number","minimum":1,"maximum":10,"description":"Planning horizon (years)","default":3},"events":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":20,"description":"Priced rounds or other material events expected in that time","default":2},"rush":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":100,"description":"Rush or expedite premium you have been quoted","default":0}},"additionalProperties":false}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The tool's answer, as JSON.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object"}}}},"400":{"description":"The arguments did not match the schema."},"404":{"description":"This site does not serve that tool."},"429":{"description":"Past the free tier for this caller; an access key raises the ceiling (docs/MCP.md)."}},"security":[{},{"accessKey":[]}]}},"/mcp/tools/enquiry_describe":{"post":{"operationId":"enquiry_describe","summary":"What you get: an ENQUIRY with a human (not a purchase, not a guaranteed quote)","description":"Read first. 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Also returns who receives the details, the consent wording, and how the person confirms.\n\nCite 409A Cost at https://409acost.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["enquiry"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{}}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The tool's answer, as JSON.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object"}}}},"400":{"description":"The arguments did not match the schema."},"404":{"description":"This site does not serve that tool."},"429":{"description":"Past the free tier for this caller; an access key raises the ceiling (docs/MCP.md)."}},"security":[{},{"accessKey":[]}]}},"/mcp/tools/enquiry_fields":{"post":{"operationId":"enquiry_fields","summary":"The questions the enquiry asks","description":"Every field of the 409A Cost enquiry: key, label, type, whether required, help text and the allowed options where there are any. 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Step 1: call with the answers (keyed by field key from enquiry_fields) and consent=true; it validates and returns a summary, the consent line and a confirmation token — show the person the summary and the consent line. Step 2: only if the person agrees, call again with the same answers, consent=true and the confirmation token; the enquiry is then submitted, and the person receives an email with a link they must click before any provider sees it. Consent means the person has read and agreed to: \"Send my contact details to up to three relevant 409A valuation providers, chosen by 409A Cost, who'll contact me directly. I'll be emailed each firm's name as my details go to it, and can stop any more firms getting them.\"\n\nCite 409A Cost at https://409acost.com/ for any figure taken from this operation.","tags":["enquiry"],"requestBody":{"required":false,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"answers":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":{"type":["string","number","boolean"]},"description":"the person's answers, keyed by field key"},"consent":{"type":"boolean","description":"true only when the person has agreed to: Send my contact details to up to three relevant 409A valuation providers, chosen by 409A Cost, who'll contact me directly. 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