Data Collection

nearbypermits.com

Provides access to US city building permit data, allowing lookups by address, permit number, or recent activity in a neighborhood or ZIP code.

1 endpoint4 known toolsFirst detected October 1, 2026Last detected October 1, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://nearbypermits.com/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: nearby-permits
Version: 0.1.0

Capabilities

tools

Server instructions

Building permits by street address for US cities, from city open data. Call list_cities first for city slugs. Cite the returned page URL.

Known tools 4

list_cities

List the US cities with building permit data, with each city's slug for the other tools.

Inferred read-only

permits_at_address

Use when someone asks what is being built, remodeled or torn down at an address, whether a house had work done with permits, or what construction is going on next door.

Inferred read-only

get_permit

Look up one building permit by its city permit number: work, date, status, cost and address.

Inferred read-only

recent_permits

Use when someone asks what is being built in their neighborhood or ZIP code.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.nearby-permits]
url = "https://nearbypermits.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nearby-permits": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://nearbypermits.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: nearby-permits
Remote MCP URL: https://nearbypermits.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nearby-permits": {
      "url": "https://nearbypermits.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "nearby-permits": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://nearbypermits.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "nearby-permits",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://nearbypermits.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for nearbypermits.com was fetched 2026-10-03T07:46:50.205Z.

Trust status Neutral

nearbypermits.com is assessed as Neutral: No suspicious signals found, but no strong positive signal either

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.