Agentic House Search

UK neighbourhood research from government open data: postcode reports, comparisons, 45 datasets.

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    UK neighbourhood research from government open data: postcode reports, comparisons, 45 datasets.

    How to connect

    How to connect Agentic House Search to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://agentic-house-search.vercel.app/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect Agentic House Search to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://agentic-house-search.vercel.app/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect Agentic House Search to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://agentic-house-search.vercel.app/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (5)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    postcode_reportFull neighbourhood report for one UK postcode, assembled live from UK government open data. Covers eleven categories: demographics (Census 2021), crime (data.police.uk), deprivation (IMD/WIMD/SIMD/NIMDM), property prices (HM Land Registry), broadband and 5G (Ofcom), noise (Defra), transport, amenities (OpenStreetMap), schools (DfE register: name, phase and distance only, no Ofsted grades) and planning constraints (Planning Data platform, Environment Agency). Every figure carries the geography it describes (a postcode, an LSOA of ~1,500 people, or a whole local authority), the period it covers, and a benchmark where one exists. Read those: a crime count describes a 1 km square, and Ofcom mobile coverage describes an entire local authority, not the street. Args: - postcode (string): UK postcode, spaces optional - categories (string[], optional): subset to fetch; omit for all eleven - include_sources (boolean): append publisher and licence per category (default false) - response_format ('markdown' | 'json'): default 'markdown' Returns: Per category: a status, a one-paragraph summary, the facts (label, value, band, benchmark, geography, period, source id) and any caveats. Statuses that are normal rather than failures: - "out_of_coverage": the dataset genuinely does not cover this nation. Census tables are England & Wales; police.uk excludes Scotland; Planning Data, Defra noise and the DfE school register are England-only. The reason and the devolved equivalent are given. - "unavailable": a pre-built extract has not been generated for this area yet (noise, currently). - "partial": some sources answered and some did not; check notes. Examples: - "What's SW11 1AA like?" -> postcode="SW11 1AA" - "Is the broadband any good at M1 1AE?" -> postcode="M1 1AE", categories=["broadband","mobile"] - "Crime and schools near LA23 1AA" -> postcode="LA23 1AA", categories=["crime","schools"] Errors: - "No such postcode" with suggestions when the postcode
    postcode_lookupResolve a UK postcode to its geography — coordinates, local authority, ward, constituency, LSOA/MSOA/output area, police force, rural-urban class and deprivation rank. One fast call with no downstream data fetching. Use it to check a postcode exists, to get the codes needed for other datasets, or when you only need where somewhere is rather than what it is like. Args: - postcode (string): UK postcode, spaces optional - response_format ('markdown' | 'json'): default 'markdown' Returns: Coordinates, administrative geography, statistical geography codes (LSOA/MSOA/OA — these are the keys most UK open datasets are published against), and the deprivation rank with the index it came from. Examples: - "Where is SW11 1AA?" -> postcode="SW11 1AA" - "What LSOA covers M1 1AE?" -> postcode="M1 1AE" - "Is XY1 2AB a real postcode?" -> postcode="XY1 2AB" (returns an error with suggestions) Don't use when: you want data about the area — use postcode_report instead. Note: deprivation ranks are NOT comparable between UK nations. Each nation ranks its own areas against its own index, over a different number of areas; the index and its size are returned so you do not compare them by mistake.
    postcode_compareCompare two to five UK postcodes on chosen categories, aligned measure by measure. Fetches each postcode's report concurrently and lines the facts up in a table, so you can answer "which of these is better connected / quieter / cheaper" in one call instead of several. Args: - postcodes (string[]): 2-5 UK postcodes - categories (string[]): 1-6 of demographics, crime, deprivation, prices, broadband, mobile, noise, transport, amenities, schools, environment - response_format ('markdown' | 'json'): default 'markdown' Returns: One row per measure with a column per postcode, each cell carrying the value, its band, and the category status for that postcode. Caveats collect anything that makes a row not strictly comparable. Comparability warnings you must respect, and which this tool surfaces: - Deprivation ranks from different UK nations are NOT comparable — different indices over different numbers of areas. - A measure missing for one postcode because the dataset does not cover that nation is not a low score; the cell says "out_of_coverage". - Ofcom mobile figures describe a whole local authority, so two postcodes in the same authority will always be identical. - Crime counts describe a 1 km square and depend on each police force submitting data; a very low count can be a gap rather than a quiet street. Examples: - "Which has better broadband, SW11 1AA or M1 1AE?" -> postcodes=[...], categories=["broadband"] - "Compare these three on crime and schools" -> categories=["crime","schools"] Don't use when: you have one postcode (use postcode_report) or want the underlying datasets (use postcode_search_datasets).
    postcode_search_datasetsSearch a curated registry of 45 UK open datasets and APIs for property and neighbourhood research. Each entry records the dataset's home page, its machine-readable endpoint, format, licence, geographic coverage, update cadence, and the concrete questions it can answer. Use it to find the right source for something this server does not report directly — EPC ratings, planning applications, flood risk, council tax bands, bus timetables, air quality, ground stability, land ownership. Args: - query (string, optional): free text over name, publisher, category, endpoint and questions - category (string, optional): category prefix, e.g. "Crime", "Transport", "Environment" - limit (number): 1-45, default 10 - offset (number): pagination offset, default 0 - response_format ('markdown' | 'json'): default 'markdown' Returns: { total, count, offset, has_more, next_offset, datasets: [{ id, dataset, publisher, category, api, licence, coverage, update_frequency }] } Examples: - "Where do I get EPC data?" -> query="EPC" - "What flood datasets are there?" -> query="flood" - "List every transport source" -> category="Transport", limit=20 Follow up with postcode_get_dataset for the full entry including API docs and the questions it answers.
    postcode_get_datasetFull registry entry for one dataset, by id. Returns everything needed to call the source yourself: its home page, machine-readable endpoint, API documentation, format, licence, geographic coverage, update cadence, and the concrete questions it can answer. Args: - id (string): registry id, e.g. "police-street-crime", "land-registry-ppd", "ea-flood" - response_format ('markdown' | 'json'): default 'markdown' Examples: - "How do I call the police API?" -> id="police-street-crime" - "What licence is Price Paid under?" -> id="land-registry-ppd" Errors: - Returns the closest matching ids when the id is not found.