• PENDING
  • HOLD
  • RISK
  • HUMAN

How to audit active trade offers with your AI

Connect your Steam account to your AI client to monitor your trade queue and catch long holds before they happen.

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Short answer

How can I audit my active trade offers using AI?

Your AI pulls your current trade queue and checks the specific hold duration for each offer. You'll see exactly which deals are ready and which ones are stuck in a hold.

Trade audit outcomes

Where your data lands.

The AI processes your Steam data into these specific views.

PENDING

Active offer list

The AI uses get_active_trade_offers to pull every pending deal. You get a clean list of what's waiting for your attention.

HOLD

Hold duration alerts

The AI checks get_trade_hold_duration for each item. You'll know exactly how long a trade is locked before you hit accept.

RISK

Flagged trade deals

Your agent identifies offers that don't match your usual patterns or have unexpected holds. This helps you avoid bad trades.

HUMAN

Final decision making

The AI provides the data, but you make the call. You decide whether to accept, decline, or ignore the flagged offers.

The workflow

What your AI does when the trade arrives.

The AI handles the data retrieval so you can focus on the value of the items.

  1. Fetch trade queue

    The AI looks at your Steam account to find every trade offer currently sitting in your queue.

    get_active_trade_offers

  2. Check hold status

    For every offer found, the AI checks how long the trade will be held by Steam.

    get_trade_hold_duration

  3. Identify delays

    The AI compares the hold times against your needs to see if any trades are stuck.

    get_trade_hold_duration

  4. Summarize offers

    The AI presents a clear summary of what is incoming and what is outgoing.

    get_active_trade_offers

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to begin your audit.

Starting points

These are opening lines. You can swap in specific offer IDs or item names to get more detail.

Steam Economy Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_pnosoV9MD6T5bQ1ooqGaOKLRKn3o21T4kaOLfrD4/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Steam Economy capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "steam-economy-market-intelligence-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_pnosoV9MD6T5bQ1ooqGaOKLRKn3o21T4kaOLfrD4/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Show me all my active trade offers.

  • Are any of my current trade offers under a hold?

  • Check the hold duration for my latest incoming trade offer.

  • List my outgoing offers and tell me if any have a long hold duration.

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Connect Steam Economy & Market Intelligence once, then ask.

Just link the MCP to your client. Your login stays encrypted and secure, and you can start asking questions immediately.

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FAQ

How the audit behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI accept trades for me?

    No. The AI can only read your trade data and check hold times. You must manually accept or decline every trade in Steam.

  • 02

    Can the AI change my Steam password?

    No. This MCP only has permission to read trade offer data and hold durations.

  • 03

    How does the AI know about holds?

    It uses the get_trade_hold_duration tool to check the specific status of your offers.

  • 04

    Does the AI see my inventory?

    It sees the items involved in your active trade offers to help you audit the deals.

  • 05

    Can the AI cancel a trade?

    No. The AI cannot perform any actions that modify your Steam account or cancel pending offers.

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