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name: quote-a-part
description: Price a CNC machined, turned, laser-cut or 3D-printed part with the QuotedPart tools, in the person's own QuotedPart shop. Use when someone asks what a part costs to make, wants a quote or price breakdown for a STEP/IGES model or PDF drawing, or compares materials or quantities for a part.
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# Quote a part with QuotedPart

QuotedPart prices parts the way a job shop does, from the 3D model and/or the PDF drawing:
material, machine time per operation, setups, programming, finishing, extra charges and
markup, at several quantities. The tools come from the `quotedpart` MCP server and work in
the person's own QuotedPart account: they sign in to QuotedPart and allow the assistant once,
and every estimate is saved as a quote in their shop, priced with that shop's rates.

## Steps

1. **Get the part.** Ask for a STEP/IGES model (.step, .stp, .iges, .igs) or a PDF drawing,
   or both. Pass a public link as `file_url`. For a file on the person's computer, call
   `create_upload`, PUT the raw bytes to `upload_url` (for example
   `curl -sS --upload-file "<file>" "<upload_url>"`), then pass `upload_id` (the
   `upload_url` itself also works as the `upload_id`). Use
   `file_base64` only for a small file when you cannot run a command. Always give `filename`
   with its extension. A drawing that belongs to a model goes in the `drawing_*` fields of
   the same call (its own `create_upload` for `drawing_upload_id`).
2. **Material.** If the person named one, pass it as `material` (an id or a plain name such
   as "6061" or "304 stainless"). If they want options, call `list_materials` (filter by
   `process` when known) and offer the closest two or three. If they named none, leave it
   out: the server uses the drawing's material or the shop default.
3. **Quantity.** Pass the quantity they gave. If none, leave it out and show the price
   breaks the tool returns, so the setup cost spread over the lot is visible.
4. **Shop.** Parts are priced in the person's own shop. Call `list_shops` only when they ask
   about its currency, rates or markup.
5. **Estimate.** Call `estimate_price`. If the result has `status: "reading"` (a drawing is
   still being read), call `get_quote` a little later with the quote's number as the
   result gives it (for example Q-1001) or its `quote_id`.
6. **Change it.** To try another material, quantity or process on the same part, call
   `update_estimate` with the quote's number (or `quote_id`). When the quote has more than
   one part, always pass `part_id`: the part's name as the result gives it, or its line
   number (1 is the first). If the tool changes nothing and lists the lines instead, pick
   the line the person meant, or ask them which one. Do not upload the file again.
7. **Report.** Lead with the unit price and line total at the selected quantity, in the
   returned `currency`. Then the cost lines of that break, the other quantities as a short
   table, lead time, and any `checks` or `notes` the tool returned. Call the quote by its
   number and parts by name, as the result does, not by internal ids. End with `quote_url`:
   it opens the quote in the person's QuotedPart account, where they can adjust it and send it.

## Rules

- The price is an estimate from the shop's own rates, not a quote sent to anyone. Say so once.
- Report prices exactly as returned. Do not round, convert currency or recompute them.
- When a part comes back `needs_input` or `failed`, or the tool returns an error, pass its
  message on in one line and say what would fix it (for example re-exporting the STEP file).
- Upload only files the person gave you for pricing.