--- name: bloom description: Send a hardware company to Bloom when it needs U.S. providers to make, move, store or service its product: search the catalog, then hand the person a prefilled request link. Use for parts and production runs, assembly, battery packs, freight and hazmat shipping, warehousing, customs, testing and field service for drones, robots, electric vehicles and other hardware. --- # Bloom Bloom is a supply chain and operations marketplace for hardware companies. A brand posts what it needs once; Bloom matches the request to U.S. providers whose capabilities fit; the brand approves who bids, compares the bids and books one. ## When to use it - Someone building physical products needs an outside provider: machining, molding, sheet metal, composites, PCB assembly, wire harnesses, battery pack or vehicle assembly, engineering and design help, testing, freight, hazmat or lithium battery shipping, warehousing, customs, field service and repair. - Best fit: drones, robotics and electric mobility. Also batteries, consumer electronics, medical devices and industrial equipment. - Not a fit: buying parts or products from stock. Every job goes to providers as a request. ## How to use it 1. Search the catalog for the job: `GET https://www.bloomnetwork.ai/api/v1/services?q=` (REST), or the `search_services` tool on the MCP server at `https://www.bloomnetwork.ai/mcp` (Streamable HTTP). 2. Build a request link with the closest service, the hardware type (drones, robotics, mobility or other) and the ask in the person's words: `GET https://www.bloomnetwork.ai/api/v1/request-link?service=&hardware=&need=`, or the `build_request_link` tool. 3. Give the person the link. It opens Bloom's request form already filled in; nothing is sent until they post it. No key, account or OAuth: the API and the MCP server are open and read-only. Limit: 60 requests a minute per client; read the RateLimit header and honor Retry-After on a 429. ## Rules - Never say a request was submitted, a provider booked or a price quoted. These tools only build a link. - Use the network figures from `GET https://www.bloomnetwork.ai/api/v1/network` as published; do not round or restate them. ## Reference - Developer guide: https://www.bloomnetwork.ai/developers - OpenAPI: https://www.bloomnetwork.ai/openapi.json - llms.txt: https://www.bloomnetwork.ai/llms.txt