Ridge Pack: how to connect
Free tools a UK roofer's AI assistant uses on the job: roof take-offs and materials, pitch and headlap checks, weather windows by postcode, building regulations and Part L, working at height plans and storm damage triage.
Ridge Pack is a remote MCP server: a set of tools your AI assistant can call. You do not open it like a website. You add its address to your AI app once, then just talk to your assistant as normal.
Server address: https://ridge-pack.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp
Sign-in: None. No account, no key and no sign-in: add the address and use it.
Connect it in Claude
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app) and go to Settings, then Connectors.
- Choose Add custom connector. Name it Ridge Pack and paste
https://ridge-pack.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcpas the URL. - Save, then turn it on in a chat from the tools menu.
Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http ridge-pack https://ridge-pack.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp
Connect it in ChatGPT
- In ChatGPT go to Settings, then Apps and connectors, then Advanced settings, and switch on Developer mode (needed for any custom connector).
- Back in Apps and connectors, choose Create. Name it Ridge Pack, paste
https://ridge-pack.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcpas the MCP server URL and pick No authentication. - Tick that you trust the app and press Create. Then pick it from the tools menu in a new chat.
Other MCP apps (Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI and more)
Add a remote server with the Streamable HTTP transport. Most apps take a JSON block like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ridge-pack": { "type": "http", "url": "https://ridge-pack.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp" }
}
}
Three things to try
The tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
list_capabilities | What Ridge Pack can do Lists Ridge Pack's tools, what it covers (nations, roof shapes, coverings, job types) and what it deliberately does not do. |
roof_takeoff | Roof area and materials take-off Works out a pitched roof's slope area, rafter length, ridge, hips, eaves and verges from the plan size and pitch, then a materials list: tiles or slates, battens, underlay rolls, ridge and hip tiles, hip irons, valleys, nails, eaves trays,... |
check_pitch_headlap | Pitch, headlap and gauge sanity check Checks a roof covering type against the pitch, the headlap and the batten gauge: is the pitch below the typical minimum for that kind of tile or slate, is the headlap enough for the exposure, does the gauge leave the headlap you want. |
weather_window | Weather window for roof work Gets the hourly forecast for a UK postcode (today and up to 8 days ahead, from MET Norway) and checks each working hour against wind, gusts, rain, frost and the material's limits for the job type (tiling, membranes and sheets, torch-on,... |
check_building_regs | Building regulations, Part L and planning flags England and Wales. Says whether a roofing job is notifiable to building control (re-covering 25% or more of a roof, a change of covering, structural work, rooflights, dormers, solar, new roofs), whether Part L wants the whole roof... |
work_at_height_plan | Working at height checklist and job risk note Builds the working at height and scaffold checklist for a roofing job (hierarchy of controls, scaffold to TG20 with guardrails, 7-day inspections, ladders only for short work, roof ladders, flat roof edges, fragile surfaces, power lines,... |
storm_triage | Storm damage and leak triage Triage for storm damage and roof leaks. |
trade_profile | Check the roofer's business details Checks the roofer's own business details (Nero Trade Profile v1: trading name, Companies House number, competent person scheme and number, postcode, contact) and returns them cleaned, with a stable `nero_trade_ref` computed from the scheme... |
Good to know
- Built for UK roofers. Every answer shows its working and sources and lists what the trade must check. The trade doing the work stays responsible for it.
- Free forever: no sign-up, no key, no daily cap, no paid plan.
- What is stored and how to delete it: see Privacy.
Support
Email founder@neroengine.com. Say which tool you used and what you asked; we reply within 2 working days.
Nero Engine Group Ltd (company 16521432, England and Wales), trading as Nero Labs. Page updated 12-11-2026.