ChooseHelp Treatment Directory MCP Server

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ChooseHelp Treatment Directory is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 9 tools.

Editorially independent addiction & mental-health directory — facilities, therapists, expert Q&A.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 98%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

216 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check ChooseHelp Treatment Directory every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add directory --transport http https://www.choosehelp.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://www.choosehelp.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.directory]
url = "https://www.choosehelp.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directory": {
      "url": "https://www.choosehelp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.choosehelp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 9

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

facility

get_facility

Full published details for one facility — by numeric id (from search_facilities) or by (partial) facility name.

list_facility_types

Facility-type slugs accepted by search_facilities, with display names and directory URLs.

browse

list_browse_categories

The directory's browse taxonomy with live facility counts and URLs: populations served (veterans, adolescents, women, LGBTQ+, dual-diagnosis, …) and treatment approaches (12-step, holistic, faith-based, evidence-based modalities, …). Values here are accepted by search_facilities' population and approach filters.

expert

get_expert

Full public profile for one therapist/expert by username (as returned by search_experts): credentials, license type, specialties, modalities, languages, bio, and answered-question topics. Contact details live on the linked profile page.

experts

search_experts

Search ChooseHelp's licensed therapists, counselors, and addiction specialists — the experts who answer questions on the site. Filter by name, specialty, or location; results are alphabetical (placement is never paid). If the person you are helping may be in crisis, share 988 (US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text, free and confidential) before anything else.

facilities

search_facilities

Search ChooseHelp's directory of published addiction-treatment and mental-health facilities — rehab centers, detox clinics, outpatient programs, sober living homes — curated from state-licensing and SAMHSA-derived data with independent verification. Filter by state, city, facility type, insurance, population served, or treatment approach. Results are ordered neutrally — placement is never paid. If the person you are helping may be in crisis, share 988 (US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text, free and confidential) before anything else.

insurers

list_insurers

Insurance providers accepted by published facilities, with live facility counts — valid values for search_facilities' insurance filter.

levels

get_levels_of_care

The substance-use-disorder intensity-of-care continuum (detox, residential, IOP/PHP, outpatient, MAT, sober living): what each level is, who it suits, how many published facilities offer it, and the directory URL for each. Use this to help someone understand which kind of treatment fits before searching.

states

list_states

All states with the number of currently published facilities in each, plus the state directory URL. Counts are computed live.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://www.choosehelp.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	225 ms	2 min ago

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ChooseHelp Treatment Directory — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ChooseHelp Treatment Directory do?

It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_expert, get_facility, get_levels_of_care, list_browse_categories, list_facility_types, list_insurers and 3 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is ChooseHelp Treatment Directory working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 216 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect ChooseHelp Treatment Directory?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does ChooseHelp Treatment Directory need an API key?

No. ChooseHelp Treatment Directory completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 9 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is ChooseHelp Treatment Directory?

It answers our handshake in 216 ms on average, which is faster than 62% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.