Dubai Car Index

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name: check-a-used-car-price
description: Judge whether a used car's asking price in Dubai is fair, using Dubai Car Index's modelled fair range for the model year and mileage. Use when the user shares a used-car listing, an asking price, or asks what a used car is worth.
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# Check a used car's asking price

Explicit user instructions take priority over this workflow.

1. Identify brand, model, model year, mileage and asking price. If the brand or
   model slug is unclear, call `search` with the user's words.
2. With an asking price, call `check_asking_price`. Without one, call
   `get_used_value` with the year (and `km` if known).
3. If a result says `found: false`, use one of its `suggestions`; never guess.

Report:

- The verdict and the fair range (low, fair, high) at the stated mileage. If
  `kmAssumed` is true, say the range uses typical mileage for the year.
- That the range is modelled from the entry trim's list price and a
  depreciation curve, in average condition. A higher trim, low mileage or a
  full dealer history can justify more; an accident record or missing history
  justifies less.
- The page `url`, and the advice to inspect the car and check its RTA history
  before paying.

Do not present the fair value as a market price, an offer or a valuation of
this specific car.

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---
name: cite-car-prices
description: Quote and cite a Dubai car price from Dubai Car Index correctly — which kind of figure it is, its date and a link to its page. Use whenever writing up new-car prices, used values, rental rates or repair costs from the Dubai Car Index tools.
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# Cite a car price

1. Say which kind of figure it is. `figure: "published"` is a UAE list price:
   give its source (`evidence.url`) and checked date. `figure: "modelled"` is
   an estimate built by the method at `methodology`: call it a guide.
2. Keep the qualification with the number: a list price is the published
   starting price, VAT inclusive, before dealer discounts, options,
   registration and insurance. A rental rate is typical for that hire length.
   A repair band is VAT and labour included for that brand's service tier.
3. Give the data date (`asOf`) and link the result's `url`.
4. When a result says `verified: false`, pass on `unverifiedBecause`.
5. Never fill in a figure a tool did not return.

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---
name: get-started
description: Set up Dubai Car Index after installation, check its connection when requested, and help the user try a first Dubai car-price question. Use for get started, onboarding, setup, connection checks, or questions about what the plugin covers.
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# Get started with Dubai Car Index

Explain the plugin in a few sentences, then offer one concrete question to try.
Explicit user instructions take priority over this guidance.

## Choose the requested path

- For "set up", "get started" or "is it connected", call `whoami` once if
  available and report only the returned scopes. `mcp:read` confirms access.
- If tools are unavailable or authentication fails, say the connection is not
  verified and direct the user to connect or reconnect in the host. Do not
  claim the plugin is ready merely because this skill is present.
- If the user already asked a car-price question, answer it with the tools
  instead of suggesting that same question.

## What to say

- Dubai Car Index publishes what a car in Dubai should cost: UAE new-car list
  prices by trim, used values by model year and mileage, a fair-price check
  for an asking price, rental rates by day, week and month, and dealer versus
  independent garage repair costs.
- Every list price links to its source and the date it was checked. Used
  values, rental rates and repair bands are modelled from those prices and
  published quotes, and are labelled as such.
- Every tool reads published data. Nothing is bought, booked or sent anywhere.

## What it cannot do

It covers the UAE only. It does not value a specific car's condition or
accident history, quote insurance or finance, or buy, sell or book anything.

## Suggested first questions

- "Is AED 165,000 a fair price for a 2021 Toyota Land Cruiser with 80,000 km?"
- "Which SUVs can I buy new in Dubai for under AED 150,000?"
- "What does a Mercedes-Benz major service cost at the dealer versus an independent garage?"

Do not quote a figure from memory; figures come only from tool results.