INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

busiest_today

The ten UK level crossings with the most predicted road-closed time today.

mindthegates.uknone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mindthegates.uk/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for busiest_today and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

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

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mind-the-gates]
url = "https://mindthegates.uk/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mind-the-gates": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mindthegates.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: mind-the-gates
Remote MCP URL: https://mindthegates.uk/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": {
    "mind-the-gates": {
      "url": "https://mindthegates.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "mind-the-gates": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mindthegates.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "mind-the-gates",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mindthegates.uk/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

list_crossings — Search UK level crossings by name, URL word or region name (substring, case-insensitive).
crossing_status — Live barrier status, the next-30-minute closure timeline and approaching trains for ONE crossing, as markdown.
crossings_near — Nearest listed level crossings to a point, closest first.