INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

search_projects

Full-text and faceted search over the Civic Tech Field Guide directory (~12,000 curated projects using technology for the common good).

civictech.guidenone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://civictech.guide/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for search_projects 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.civic-tech-field-guide]
url = "https://civictech.guide/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "civic-tech-field-guide": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://civictech.guide/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: civic-tech-field-guide
Remote MCP URL: https://civictech.guide/api/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": {
    "civic-tech-field-guide": {
      "url": "https://civictech.guide/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "civic-tech-field-guide": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://civictech.guide/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "civic-tech-field-guide",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://civictech.guide/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

get_project — Fetch full details for a single project by its slug (as returned by search_projects), including description, org/project type, open-source status, categories, tags, and social links.
list_categories — List directory category names and how many projects each contains — useful for discovering values to pass to search_projects.