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PermitStack

MCP serverVerified domain · permit-stack.comRemote● LiveAPI key needed

U.S. building permits, permit histories by address and contractors from city and county records.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to mcp.permit-stack.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http permitstack https://mcp.permit-stack.com/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.

  • search_permits — Search U.S. building permits by location (city, state, ZIP code, or a lat/lng radius), category, status, property type, filing or issue date
  • get_permit — Look up a permit by the permit number assigned by the issuing jurisdiction, optionally narrowed by city and state. The number is matched exa
  • get_property_history — Permit history for one property, looked up by street address (house number and street name, e.g. '123 Main St'). Optional city, state and ZI
  • search_contractors — Search contractors by name, city, state or specialty. Returns up to 25 contractors per call with the contractor UUID, name, licence number a
  • get_contractor_permits — List the permits pulled by one contractor, identified by the contractor UUID from search_contractors. Returns up to 25 permits per page with
  • get_coverage — Describe PermitStack's coverage: total permits, jurisdictions (active, archive, frozen) and states. On a signed-in connection it also lists
  • search_inspections — Search inspection logs by place, permit, type, result and date. Summaries and future scheduled inspections are excluded by default; upcoming
  • get_permit_inspections — List inspections linked to a permit UUID. Future scheduled inspections are excluded by default unless result=SCHEDULED or upcoming opts in.
  • search_violations — Search agency findings by place, case number, status, category and date. record_kind defaults to violation; complaints are reports, not conf
  • get_violation — Get a violation or complaint by UUID, including source status and related copies. A complaint is not a confirmed violation. Coverage and pub
  • search_pipeline_cases — Search planning and zoning cases by place, type, status, dates and proposed size. A planning case does not guarantee construction. Sources r
  • get_pipeline_case — Get a planning case by UUID with linked decisions and permits. A permit link matches site and time, not proof it was issued under this case;
  • search_pipeline_decisions — Search council, planning commission and zoning board decisions by place, body, action and meeting date. RECOMMENDED_* is a recommendation, n
  • search_certificates — Search certificates of occupancy or completion. Defaults exclude renewals; co_date_basis states what each date means. Completion certificate
  • get_certificate — Get an occupancy or completion certificate by UUID, including certificate_status and co_date_basis. A duplicate id resolves to its canonical
  • lookup_license — Look up a license number in its issuing state across the public board rosters held, with matching contractors. Coverage and as_of dates vary
  • get_contractor_licenses — List public board licenses linked to a contractor UUID by the API's exact matching rules. Coverage and as_of dates vary by board. Access and
  • get_dataset_coverage — List source and place coverage for inspections, violations, pipeline cases/decisions or certificates. Includes the API's measured freshness,

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