Query live Upwork freelance market intelligence directly from your AI agent. Get real-time data about:
- Trending skills with week-over-week change
- Average fixed & hourly rates by category
- Top hiring countries
- Highest-budget jobs in last 24 hours
- 7×24 activity heatmap (best times to apply)
- Client quality distribution by hire rate
- Daily posting trends
Data is aggregated from 15,000+ live Upwork job postings, updated every minute.
Free for non-commercial use. No authentication required. Rate limited to 30 requests/minute per IP.
Built by SnipeWork — AI-powered Upwork job scanner for freelancers.
Overview
SnipeWork Market Intelligence MCP Server
Live Upwork freelance market data for AI agents. Free, no authentication, rate limited to 30 requests/minute per IP.
What it does
Query live Upwork market intelligence directly from Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP-compatible agent. Data is aggregated from 15,000+ live Upwork job postings, updated every minute.
Installation
Claude Desktop
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
```json { "mcpServers": { "snipework": { "url": "https://snipework.com/api/mcp" } } } ```
Available Tools
get_market_summary— total jobs, 24h activity, job type split (fixed vs hourly), experience level distributionget_trending_skills— top skills with week-over-week change (limit 1-25)get_budgets_by_category— average fixed & hourly rates per category with 7-day trend (limit 1-10)get_top_countries— where Upwork clients are hiring from (limit 1-15)get_hot_jobs— highest-budget jobs in last 24 hours (limit 1-6)get_activity_heatmap— 7×24 posting activity heatmap (UTC)get_client_quality— hire rate distribution (low/medium/high)get_daily_trend— daily job counts and budgets for last 7 days
Example prompts
- "What skills are trending on Upwork this week?"
- "Show me the average hourly rates for web development on Upwork"
- "Which countries are hiring most freelancers right now?"
- "What are the hottest Upwork jobs posted in the last 24 hours?"
- "When is the best time to apply to Upwork jobs?"
Transport
- Protocol: JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP (Streamable HTTP)
- Endpoint:
https://snipework.com/api/mcp - Auth: None
- Rate limit: 30 requests/minute per IP
- CORS: Enabled
Links
- Documentation: https://snipework.com/docs/api
- OpenAPI spec: https://snipework.com/.well-known/openapi.json
- MCP Server Card: https://snipework.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
- Website: https://snipework.com
License
Free for non-commercial use. Attribution appreciated ("Data: SnipeWork.com"). For commercial licenses contact support@snipework.com.
Built by SnipeWork — AI-powered Upwork job scanner and proposal generator for freelancers.
Server Config
{
"mcpServers": {
"snipework": {
"url": "https://snipework.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}