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Close API

MCP serverVerified domain · close.cityRemote● LiveAPI key needed

Walk, bike, and transit travel times from every US census block to nearby amenities.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to mcp.close.city. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http close-api https://mcp.close.city/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • find_place — Look up a US city or town by name (free, no key). Returns matches with their census place GEOID and centre point (lon/lat). The entry point:
  • get_catalog — List the travel modes and the destination-type taxonomy (free, no key). Use it to resolve type names to the numeric ids the other tools take
  • walkability_summary — Fastest travel time from a location to each destination category, by mode (metered: 1 token per returned row). One origin: block_geoid or la
  • nearby_pois — Nearby points of interest and the travel time to each, from a location (metered: 1 token per returned row). One origin: block_geoid or lat+l
  • isochrone — The area reachable from a location within a time budget, as GeoJSON contours (metered: 10 tokens per contour). Give block_geoid or lat+lon.
  • blocks_in_area — Per-block travel times for every census block in an area (metered: 1 token per returned row). Give place_geoid (from find_place) for a whole
  • get_token_balance — Check the token balance of the API key in use, without spending any tokens. Works even at a zero balance. Requires the Authorization bearer
  • request_sign_in — Start free sign-up for the user: email them a six-digit code. The user must read the code from their own inbox and give it to you, then call
  • redeem_code — Complete sign-up with the six-digit code the user received, and return a new API key (shown once). Call request_sign_in first. The key grant
  • join_close_plus — Get a Stripe Checkout URL for the Close+ membership ($10/month: 5,000 API tokens granted monthly plus member features on the close.city map)

KitScout test notes

Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.

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