INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

describe_pattern

Return the full dossier for a named pattern: voxel_lead, signal_status (score/direction/horizon/confidence/pips), scope (spatial/temporal/topical/corridors), full exhibits inventory with detection metadata, defensive responses, provenance chain, related briefs, related places, related corridors, audiences, and the canonical surfaces (dossier URL, DefinedTerm @id, DefinedTermSet @id, atlas list URL).

zoningsignal.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Risk classification

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

A tool name or description suggests retrieving external content.

Parent endpoint

zoningsignal.com

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.zoning-signal]
url = "https://zoningsignal.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zoning-signal": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://zoningsignal.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: zoning-signal
Remote MCP URL: https://zoningsignal.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": {
    "zoning-signal": {
      "url": "https://zoningsignal.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "zoning-signal": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://zoningsignal.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "zoning-signal",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://zoningsignal.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

Related tools

describe_zoning_signal — Return the canonical product description for Zoning Signal — what the observatory is, the four artifact types it publishes, the regional scope of current coverage, and the methodology.
list_places — List every place dossier (per-jurisdiction reading) the observatory publishes.
list_corridors — List every published corridor page.
list_patterns — List every named pattern in the Pattern Atlas.
list_entities — List every named entity in the Decoder Index — the smallest citable unit of authority in the corpus.
describe_entity — Return the full structured dossier for a named entity — the canonical citable artifact for any actor, organization, ordinance, or project the corpus references.
meeting_index — Return meeting readings for a specific city across an optional date range.
list_meetings — Return meeting readings across all cities, optionally filtered by date range or jurisdiction substring.