INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_permit

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

nearbypermits.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://nearbypermits.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_permit 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.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.

list_cities — List the US cities with building permit data, with each city's slug for the other tools.
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.
recent_permits — Use when someone asks what is being built in their neighborhood or ZIP code.