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compare_places

Two UK areas of the same level side by side on the same published figures, each with its own period and source.

openindex.co.uknone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://openindex.co.uk/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for compare_places 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.open-index]
url = "https://openindex.co.uk/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-index": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openindex.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: open-index
Remote MCP URL: https://openindex.co.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": {
    "open-index": {
      "url": "https://openindex.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "open-index": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openindex.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "open-index",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://openindex.co.uk/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

search_places — Find UK places (nations, regions, councils, constituencies, towns, wards, neighbourhoods) and postcodes by name, with each one's official code, level and page URL.
get_place — Published figures for one UK area: key figures by default, or every figure in one topic.
get_ranking — Councils ranked on one measure across the UK, a nation or an English region, for the latest period.
lookup_postcode — The areas a Great Britain postcode sits in (council, constituency, ward, neighbourhood and more) with their codes and pages.
search — Find UK area overview documents by place name for research, with canonical page paths, titles and citation URLs.
fetch — Read one UK area's overview figures by its canonical page path.