Cotality launches Trestle MCP, connecting AI to trusted, governed MLS data
Cotality announces Trestle MCP, now available to MLS organizations on the Trestle platform at no additional cost to the MLS.
- As a trusted data and technology partner, Cotality is helping MLSs extend their existing data governance and controls to AI-powered experiences
- Trestle MCP is a trusted, governed connection between approved AI applications and authoritative real estate data
- For MLSs - your rules, your governance, your controls, and your choice
Cotality is pleased to announce the launch of Trestle MCP, an AI-native access method built on the industry’s premier data distribution platform. Trestle is already trusted by over 100 MLS organizations to securely deliver authoritative listing data to more than 1,200 brokers, portals, and technology providers via RESO-standardized feeds. By extending this proven infrastructure, Trestle MCP allows MLSs to securely connect approved AI applications and agents to authorized data under the same rules, permissions, and controls they already use, supporting rapid innovation without sacrificing data governance.
As AI quickly becomes foundational to how real estate applications are built and used, MLSs and their participants need a reliable way to support these new technologies without giving up control of their data.
Trestle MCP provides the essential, standardized path to support new AI use cases and modern workflows. By connecting approved AI applications directly to authorized MLS data through Trestle, the platform ensures that AI experiences are grounded in real-time, verified listing information rather than separately maintained, static copies.
AI innovation without giving up control
"AI is creating new opportunities across real estate, but innovation only works when it's built on trusted data” explains Kevin Greene, SVP and General Manager, Cotality Real Estate Solutions. “With the introduction of Trestle MCP, we're helping multiple listing organizations connect approved AI applications to their data while maintaining the policies and protections that ensure data is used responsibly."
Trestle MCP extends the permissions, licensing, and controls already established through Trestle to AI-powered experiences. And because enabling new ways to access data also increases the importance of protecting how that data is used, Trestle Defender provides an additional layer of protection and oversight.
Through advanced monitoring, forensic attribution, and digital fingerprinting, Trestle Defender can help identify unauthorized redistribution and provide greater visibility into how listing data is being accessed and shared.
Together, Trestle MCP and Trestle Defender give multiple listing organizations and their participants a practical way to support AI innovation while maintaining control, strengthening licensing compliance, and protecting the data that powers new experiences.
For more information on Trestle, the industry’s leading data distribution platform, visit cotality.com/trestle.