# estimate_home_cleaning_cost

Use this when a user wants a free planning estimate for cleaning a US house, apartment, condo, or townhouse. Returns price range, labor hours, crew size, duration, assumptions, and a visual report. Do not present it as a binding quote.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `estimate_home_cleaning_cost`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp/estimate-home-cleaning-cost

## Facts

- Tool: `estimate_home_cleaning_cost`
- Server: 11fgb Cleaning Tools (`kossik/11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/kossik/11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 10 (2 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pets` | integer | no |  |
| `add_ons` | array | no |  |
| `bedrooms` | integer | no |  |
| `bathrooms` | number | no |  |
| `condition` | string | no |  |
| `frequency` | string | no |  |
| `postal_code` | string | yes | US ZIP code used to select local or national rates. |
| `square_feet` | integer | yes | Total interior square footage. |
| `cleaning_type` | string | no |  |
| `property_type` | string | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "estimate_home_cleaning_cost",
    "arguments": {
      "postal_code": "<postal_code>",
      "square_feet": 0
    }
  }
}
```

## Why estimate_home_cleaning_cost is rated Low

Even though estimate_home_cleaning_cost only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

Risk signals: High parameter count (10 properties)

## Use case

AI agents call estimate_home_cleaning_cost to retrieve information from 11fgb Cleaning Tools without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches 11fgb Cleaning Tools:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "estimate_home_cleaning_cost": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on 11fgb Cleaning Tools (3)

- `calculate_cleaning_chemical_usage` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp/calculate-cleaning-chemical-usage.md
- `estimate_cleaning_time_and_crew` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp/estimate-cleaning-time-and-crew.md
- `estimate_office_cleaning_cost` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp/estimate-office-cleaning-cost.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/11fgb-cleaning-tools-mcp