mac-bid-claude

A Claude Code workspace for researching auction lots on mac.bid. Hand Claude a URL or a question; it pulls listing data, finds eBay comps, computes a recommended max bid, analyzes the product photos, and writes a markdown report. Then it stays available for follow-up questions.

This is an interactive workspace, not an application. Claude does the research, you ask follow-ups, findings land in files.

Claude never places bids. Research and recommendations only.

See PROJECT.md for the full design rationale, data sources, formulas, and conventions.

Setup

• Clone and open in Claude Code

• Cache eBay credentials (one-time, avoids Touch ID prompts on every comp lookup)

Reads from 1Password ( ) and writes a 0600 cache to ~/.config/mac-bid-claude/ebay.env`. Re-run after key rotation.

• (Optional) Open the project root in Obsidian to browse reports and the watchlist as a vault. cache/, scripts/, .claude/ are hidden from Obsidian via .obsidian/app.json.

How to use it

Just talk to Claude. Common asks:

The mac-bid skill routes all of these. You don't need to invoke it explicitly — just describe what you want.

Defaults worth knowing

• Home warehouses: building IDs 15, 16, 6, 1 (Pittsburgh-area PA)
• Discount threshold: 30% off eBay sold median
• Buyer's premium: 15% · Lot fee: $3 · Sales tax: ~6% PA
• Transfer cost: +$10 · Remote: +$25 · Home: $0
• Resell flag: net proceeds ≥ 2× all-in cost