Before the Lot

Name: Before the Lot
Author: com.beforethelot

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Car-buying math and state rules: out-the-door prices, quote checks, leases and trade-ins

by com.beforethelothomepage ↗v1.0.0

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what_can_i_afford — Works out the budget ceiling from a monthly payment: the most that can be financed, the highest out-the-door price after the trade-in tax credit, that ceiling a
out_the_door — Itemizes an out-the-door estimate for a vehicle price: rebates, doc fee, add-ons, the state's sales tax (with its rules on rebates and caps), title and registra
check_quote — Reads a dealer's out-the-door quote, pasted as text (up to 8 KB) or given as line items, and checks it line by line: the out-the-door total, the doc fee against
compare_quotes — Ranks two to ten itemized dealer quotes by out-the-door price, with each one's gap to the lowest and to the walk line, and (with a state) each doc fee against t
rebate_vs_apr — Compares a maker's cash rebate taken with the person's own loan against the maker's special APR (with any cash that combines with it): each side's payment, inte
loan_payment — The monthly payment, total interest and total paid on a car loan, with what a term over 60 months adds in interest compared with 60.
lease_check — Works a lease quote from MSRP, selling price, residual and money factor (or the lease's APR): the depreciation and rent charges, the payment with tax (and a sta
refinance_check — Compares a car loan as it stands with a new loan at a quoted rate, by default over the same months left so a lower payment cannot hide a longer loan, with any f
trade_in_position — From written trade-in offers and the payoff: the best offer still open (the floor a dealer's trade number is compared with), the equity or negative equity, and,
payoff_plan — A payoff plan for a car loan, for paying it off early with an extra payment each month: the months and total interest at the regular payment, and with an extra
get_method — The Before the Lot method: an overview and its seven stages (what to collect, what each produces, which guides, tools and email templates apply, and when the st
state_rules — A state's rules on dealer doc fees, sales tax (state rate, local add-on range, cap), trade-in tax credit, how a maker's rebate is taxed, and cancellation rights
dealer_email — Fills one of the six Before the Lot email templates (request a quote, make an offer, a competing quote, confirm the deal, decline, tell a lender) with the detai
offers_page — Where a maker lists its own current offers (and a model's own page where one can be built), with whether the maker lists national offers at all.
desk_script — The Before the Lot line for a moment at the desk. Pass a script id (monthly-payment, trade-first, down-payment, credit-check, numbers-changed, preinstalled-add-
plan_link — Builds a Before the Lot planner link that opens with the numbers given already filled in. The plan travels in the link itself, so nothing is stored. Numbers and

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Field history (6 recent events)

2 d ago · declared · summary → "Car-buying math and state rules: out-the-door prices, quote checks, leases and trade-ins"
2 d ago · declared · description → "Car-buying math and state rules: out-the-door prices, quote checks, leases and trade-ins"
2 d ago · declared · publisherName → "com.beforethelot"
2 d ago · declared · homepageUrl → "https://beforethelot.com"
2 d ago · declared · version → "1.0.0"
2 d ago · declared · protocols → ["mcp"]

when	check	result	http	latency	detail
7 min ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	272 ms	server Before the Lot 1.0.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 16 tools
9 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	162 ms	server Before the Lot 1.0.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 16 tools
18 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	160 ms	server Before the Lot 1.0.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 16 tools
26 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	1148 ms	server Before the Lot 1.0.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 16 tools
34 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	101 ms	server Before the Lot 1.0.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 16 tools

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