Austin MLS in your AI

10 Austin MLS Prompts Every Realtor Should Bookmark

Copy these into Claude, ChatGPT, or Perplexity. Run any of them in seconds. No saved searches, no spreadsheets, no Zillow tabs.

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Why Prompt-Driven Workflows Beat Saved Searches

If you have been an Austin agent for more than a year you have a graveyard of saved searches in MLS Online and Realtor.com. Half of them ping you constantly, half are stale, and none of them know which client you are working with this week.

Prompt-driven workflows fix that. Each prompt is one sentence in plain English. You paste it into your AI, the connector runs the search, and you get a clean answer in your preferred format. Need to tweak the radius, raise the price, swap the ZIP? Edit the sentence and run again. No filter UI, no saved-search dropdowns, no waiting for the email digest.

The free tier of the Austin MLS connector covers all 10 of the prompts on this page. Active listings only, 10 results per query, 100 queries per month. That is more than enough for a working agent doing daily searches across multiple clients. Closed comps, price-drop trackers, market stats, and off-market intel all live on the Active Buyer tier ($200 per month, credited at closing).

Build the connector once, save the prompts, and you have a personal Austin MLS shortcut bar that lives inside the AI you already use.

The 10 Prompts

Replace the bracketed bits with your real values. Each prompt assumes the Austin MLS connector is already installed in your AI. Need help with that step? See the install instructions on the hub page.

1. Just-listed this week in your zone, under your price ceiling

Use first thing Monday morning to scan the weekend's new inventory in the area you cover.

Search the Austin MLS for active listings in [Lakeway, Bee Cave, Spicewood], listed in the last 7 days, max price $1.5M, minimum 3 beds. Sort by newest. Show address, price, beds, baths, square feet, days on market, and the listing link.

2. Stale listings ripe for a price-cut conversation

Pulls active listings sitting on the market 60-plus days. Great for showing motivated sellers, or for talking to your buyer about negotiation room.

Find active Austin MLS listings in [78738], minimum days on market 60, max price $1.2M. Sort by days on market descending. Show address, price, original list price, days on market, and link.

3. No-HOA finds for buyers who hate fees

A quick-win prompt for the buyer who tells you on the first call “I want zero HOA dues.”

Search the Austin MLS for active homes in [78737, 78735, 78739] with zero HOA dues, max price $850,000, minimum 3 beds. Show address, lot size, HOA status, and link.

4. Hill Country ranches on 5-plus acres

For your land buyers and 1031 exchange clients chasing acreage west of town.

Find active Austin MLS listings in Dripping Springs, Wimberley, and Spicewood with at least 5 acres, max price $3M. Sort by acreage descending. Show address, acres, price, beds, baths, and link.

5. New construction by year-built window

Pulls anything built 2022 or newer in the area, regardless of how the listing is labeled. Useful when the “new construction” flag is inconsistent.

Search the Austin MLS for active homes in [Leander, Cedar Park, Liberty Hill] built in 2022 or later, max price $750,000, minimum 3 beds. Show address, year built, price, square feet, and link.

6. School-district search for buyers prioritizing a district

Plug in any Austin-area district. Eanes, Lake Travis, Round Rock, Westlake-feeder zones, your call.

Find active listings in Eanes ISD, 4 plus beds, 3 plus baths, between $1M and $2M, minimum 2,800 square feet. Single story preferred. Include school information for each result.

7. Subdivision-specific watch

Steiner Ranch, Barton Creek, Avana, Rough Hollow. Pull every active listing inside a single subdivision in two seconds.

Show me every active Austin MLS listing in the [Steiner Ranch] subdivision. Sort by price ascending. Include address, price, beds, baths, square feet, lot size, days on market, and link.

8. Austin waterfront homes by price

Use the waterfront filter to surface lake homes across price tiers. The AI reads the body of water (Lake Austin, Lake Travis, Pedernales River) from each listing description.

Find active Austin-area waterfront listings, max price $5M, sorted by price descending. Show address, price, beds, baths, square feet, lot size, and link. Note the body of water (Lake Austin, Lake Travis, Pedernales River, etc.) from the description if visible.

9. Description-contains text search

Search the listing description text for “casita”, “guest house”, “ADU”, “workshop”, anything that does not have its own filter.

Search active Austin MLS listings in [78704, 78703, 78751] where the description contains "guest house" or "casita" or "ADU". Max price $1.4M. Show address, price, square feet, description snippet, and link.

10. Price-per-sqft window for investor underwriting

When you are working with an investor who underwrites by price per square foot, this prompt narrows the field fast.

Find active Austin MLS listings in [78745, 78744] under $300 per square foot, minimum 1,500 square feet, max price $600,000. Show address, price, square feet, price per sqft, year built, and link.

Save These as a Claude Project or Custom GPT

Pasting the same prompt 30 times a week is not the goal. Save them once, then call them with a single keystroke.

In Claude

Open claude.ai and click Projects → New project. Name it “Austin MLS shortcuts”. Paste each of the 10 prompts into the project description or knowledge area, with a short label above each one (“Stale listings in 78738”, “No-HOA in 78737”, etc.). Then any time you need to run one, open the project and ask “run #2” or “the no-HOA prompt with max price $750K.” Claude reads the saved prompt, swaps in your tweak, and runs the connector.

In ChatGPT

Build a Custom GPT with the same content as the system prompt. ChatGPT calls these “Conversation starters”. Add the 10 prompts there. One click, one search, done.

In Perplexity

Create a Perplexity Space, paste the 10 prompts as Space instructions, and pin it to your sidebar. Same idea, different UI.

If you cover multiple zones for multiple clients, build one project per buyer. Each project has its own saved prompts tuned to that client’s spec.

What You Cannot Do on the Free Tier

The free tier covers active listings, full stop. You can search every active listing in our coverage area as many times as you want within the limits (10 results per search, 10 searches per hour, 100 per month). For a working agent doing daily searches across a few clients, that is plenty.

What the free tier does not include:

Closed comps. Recent sales for CMA work and pricing conversations.
Market statistics. Median price, days on market, and inventory by city, ZIP, or district.
Off-market. Pending, expired, withdrawn, and historical inventory.

If you want any of those, the Active Buyer tier is $200 per month, credited back at closing, and requires a signed buyer representation agreement with Neuhaus Realty Group. It is structured as a service retainer, not a data subscription. We are a VOW licensee, not an MLS data reseller.

Most working agents start on the free tier, get used to running searches in their AI, and only step up to the Active Buyer tier when they have a buyer who needs the deeper data anyway.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can my whole team use this?

Yes. Each agent installs the connector in their own AI account using their own email. The free tier has per-account limits, so 10 agents on free tier means 10 times the search volume across the office. No team plan needed.

Will the connector know which broker I am with?

No. The connector pulls Austin-area MLS data through the Neuhaus Realty Group VOW license and returns listings to your AI. It does not know or care who your sponsoring broker is. The data is yours to use in your client work.

Can I share the AI's response with a client?

Yes. The AI's response is a text summary with links back to NeuhausRE.com listings. You can paste it into an email or text. Do keep in mind the standard MLS rules about how listings are displayed and credited, and remember that the photos and full details live on the linked NeuhausRE.com page, not the AI summary.

Why are some prompts returning fewer than 10 results?

Either the filters are tight enough that fewer than 10 listings match, or you have hit the per-result cap. Tighten or loosen filters and run again. Free tier maxes at 10 results per query, the Active Buyer tier extends to 50.

Does this replace MLS Online or Realtor.com?

Not for everything. You will still pull tax records, run paperwork, and manage offers in your standard tools. The connector replaces the “quick search” and “saved-search” portion of your day. The reduction in tab-switching is the win.

Is the data IDX-compliant?

Neuhaus Realty Group holds a Virtual Office Website license from the Austin Board of REALTORS. The connector is a lighter version of the same data feed that powers neuhausre.com. Each AI response links back to the full listing on neuhausre.com, where full IDX compliance is maintained.

Who built this and why?

Our founder, Ed Neuhaus, an active Austin broker, built the MCP connector on top of the same data pipeline that runs NeuhausRE.com. The free tier is a way to put working tools in front of agents and serious buyers. Want to talk to a real person? Reach out via the contact page or call the office at (512) 366-3270.