INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

find_place

Look up a US city or town by name (free, no key).

close.citynone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mcp.close.city/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for find_place 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.close-api]
url = "https://mcp.close.city/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "close-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.close.city/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: close-api
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.close.city/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": {
    "close-api": {
      "url": "https://mcp.close.city/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "close-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.close.city/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "close-api",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.close.city/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

get_catalog — List the travel modes and the destination-type taxonomy (free, no key).
walkability_summary — Fastest travel time from a location to each destination category, by mode (metered: 1 token per returned row).
nearby_pois — Nearby points of interest and the travel time to each, from a location (metered: 1 token per returned row).
isochrone — The area reachable from a location within a time budget, as GeoJSON contours (metered: 10 tokens per contour).
blocks_in_area — Per-block travel times for every census block in an area (metered: 1 token per returned row).
get_token_balance — Check the token balance of the API key in use, without spending any tokens.
request_sign_in — Start free sign-up for the user: email them a six-digit code.
redeem_code — Complete sign-up with the six-digit code the user received, and return a new API key (shown once).