# Instilus Business Tools Muse connector

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## Instilus Business Tools

Calculate business valuation, EBITDA, break-even, margins and freelance rates for small business decisions.

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/instilus-business-tools
- Category: Finance & Bills
- Developer: Instilus (https://www.instilus.com)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 210ms, checked 2026-10-29T12:00:54Z
- Endpoint: https://www.instilus.com/mcp/v1
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-10-28T22:21:25Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (com.instilus.www/business-tools) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=com.instilus.www%2Fbusiness-tools

Provides financial analysis tools for small business owners: valuation estimates using EBITDA multiples, break-even analysis, profit margin calculations, freelance rate setting, and acquisition affordability checks. No professional appraisal or tax advice.

Example request: "What should I charge per hour as a freelancer to earn $80,000 a year after business costs?"

How to connect: Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use Instilus Business Tools to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://www.instilus.com/mcp/v1. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.

Tools:
- forge_business_valuation_estimate: Estimate what a small business is worth using Normalised EBITDA and typical small-business earnings multiples. Answers "how much is my business worth?" from real figures — revenue, cost of goods sold, operating expenses, owner pay and a fair-market salary for the owner role — rat
- forge_ebitda: Calculate EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA for a small business. Answers "what is my EBITDA?" and "what is my adjusted EBITDA after add-backs?" from real figures — revenue, cost of goods sold, operating expenses, and add-backs such as owner pay above a market salary, one-off costs and 
- forge_break_even: Work out how many sales a month a business needs to cover its costs, and how many to hit a target profit. Answers "what is my break-even point?" from fixed monthly costs, price per sale and variable cost per sale.
- forge_profit_margin: Convert between profit margin and markup, and work out the price a target margin requires. Answers "what is my profit margin?", "what is the difference between margin and markup?" and "what should I charge for a 40% margin?" from cost and price.
- forge_freelance_rate: Work out the hourly or day rate a freelancer or consultant needs to charge, once unbillable time is accounted for. Answers "what should I charge per hour?" from target annual income, business costs, working weeks and realistic billable hours.
- forge_acquisition_affordability: Check whether a business being bought can pay for its own purchase out of profit, and what happens if it underperforms. Answers "can I afford to buy this business?" from asking price, deposit, loan terms and the annual profit of the business being bought.
- forge_competitor_research_method: The method for researching competitors or a market before committing money, and what each finding is worth. Answers "how do I do a competitor analysis?", "how do I research a market before entering it?" and "what will an investor ask me about competitors?" — returns the steps, th
- forge_shopify_store_audit: Audit a real Shopify store from its public pages and score it out of 100 for speed, SEO, trust and product pages. Answers "why is my Shopify store not converting?", "how fast is my store?" and "what should I fix on my Shopify store first?" — reads only what a shopper can see, nee

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 783ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (www.instilus.com not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (6 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (Domain registered 103 days ago)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)