ZoningVerdict MCP Server

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ZoningVerdict is answering right now. Last checked 6 min ago. It exposes 12 tools.

Human-reviewed zoning answers with ordinance citations for covered US municipalities.

Uptime history 51 days of history · worst day 4%

51 days agonow

20.9%

Uptime 24h

19 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

337 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 8

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 8 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

15 Sep 3 tool descriptions were rewritten check_coverage, list_municipalities, resolve_parcel_district

9 Sep a tool appeared issue_free_api_key

8 Sep 4 tools appeared create_preflight, get_preflight_status, get_twin_updates and 1 more

ZoningVerdict does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 88.7% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 6 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://zoningverdict.com/api/mcp?ref=mcp-registry

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://zoningverdict.com/api/mcp?ref=mcp-registry"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://zoningverdict.com/api/mcp?ref=mcp-registry"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://zoningverdict.com/api/mcp?ref=mcp-registry"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://zoningverdict.com/api/mcp?ref=mcp-registry"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 12

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

preflight

create_preflight

Compile an address and structured project intent into a preliminary zoning verdict, cited conditions, approval path, versioned evidence and EdDSA JWS. $3 USDC on Base; pack_gap refusals are never charged. Paid Preflight coverage is narrower than address resolution. Durable workflow status and result retrieval included.

get_preflight_status

Retrieve durable machine Preflight status and, after settlement, its signed result. Free; requires workflow access token.

ask

ask_zoning_question

Look up a published question-and-answer for a municipality and topic. Returns the matching reviewed answer with its citations, or reports honestly that no published answer exists and lists the topics that do have reviewed answers. Never generates new answers; confirm with the municipality before acting.

coverage

check_coverage

Free coverage preflight for an address or municipality string. Returns whether ZoningVerdict covers it, its automatic/manual/unreliable resolve grade, available topics, pack version, and last-reviewed date. It does not identify a parcel's zoning district; use resolve_parcel_district only when the district determination is needed and the grade is not unreliable. Results are for information purposes only.

district

get_district_rules

Get the published rules for one zoning district by topic (setbacks, fences, accessory structures, and so on). District codes come from list_districts or resolve_parcel_district — do not guess them. Every rule carries its ordinance citation and source link plus the pack's last-reviewed date. Summaries for information, not legal advice; confirm with the municipality before acting.

districts

list_districts

List the zoning district codes for one municipality, with each district's name, category, and summary. Use these codes with get_district_rules; do not guess codes. If you have a street address, resolve_parcel_district identifies the district for you. Free, like list_municipalities. Reviewed summaries for information purposes only.

issue

issue_free_api_key

Issue a free-only API key without checkout or a wallet. Accept the current published terms and supply a cryptographically random 64-character hex client_nonce; retain it privately for safe retries. 100 successful metered calls per UTC month, shared across rules, questions and parcel resolve. One issuance per network egress per month; shared networks may hit this limit. Key expires at the next UTC month. No paid overages; $3 compiled Preflights and $1 monitoring remain x402-paid and are not included.

municipalities

list_municipalities

List the municipalities ZoningVerdict covers, with each pack's version, last-reviewed date, and resolve grade. Coverage is reviewed summaries of public zoning ordinances, for information purposes only. Start here when you do not have a street address; with an address, start with check_coverage.

resolve

resolve_parcel_district

Resolve a street address to its municipality and, where a validated GIS path exists, its zoning district. Check coverage first; an unreliable municipality is refused before payment. When a district is returned, pass it to get_district_rules. The response discloses how the district was identified. Parcel boundaries and zoning lines can disagree near edges; confirm with the municipality before acting.

subscribe_to_twin

Attach 30 days of optional Impact Updates to a purchased machine Preflight for $1 USDC via x402. Poll signed, versioned JSON updates using the original workflow access token. No automatic renewal.

twin

get_twin_updates

Poll signed Impact Updates for a purchased machine Preflight, with a version cursor. Free; requires the original workflow access token.

watch

create_watch

Start a $49/month watch on a covered municipality (optionally one topic): an email whenever a human-reviewed rule change is published, with the citation and the updated page. Returns a Stripe checkout URL; the subscription activates only after checkout completes, and every email carries unsubscribe and billing links. Alerts are reviewed summaries for information purposes. Use list_municipalities for coverage.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://zoningverdict.com/api/mcp?ref=mcp-registry	streamable-http	answering	265 ms	6 min ago

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ZoningVerdict — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ZoningVerdict do?

It exposes 12 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: ask_zoning_question, check_coverage, create_preflight, create_watch, get_district_rules, get_preflight_status and 6 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 ZoningVerdict working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 19 of 91 checks got a reply (20.9%), average response time 337 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect ZoningVerdict?

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

Does ZoningVerdict need an API key?

No. ZoningVerdict completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 12 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is ZoningVerdict?

It answers our handshake in 337 ms on average, which is faster than 48% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.