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Regulatory intelligence API — look up permits, licenses, and fees for food service businesses in Austin, SF, and NYC.
What it can do
- Lookup Requirements: Look up what permits, licenses, and regulatory requirements are needed for a business activity in a specific location. Returns detailed requirements including fees, agencies, proc
- List Locations: List all locations (cities) currently supported by CanIDo for regulatory lookups.
- Get Requirement Detail: Get detailed information about a specific permit or requirement by its ID. Args: requirement_id: The requirement ID (e.g., 'austin_mobile_food_vendor_permit').
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Regulatory intelligence API — look up permits, licenses, and fees for food service businesses in Austin, SF, and NYC.
CanIDo is the regulatory intelligence API for AI agents. Answer the question: "What permits, licenses, or regulations apply if I want to do X at location Y?"
This MCP server currently covers food service businesses (food trucks, restaurants, catering, cottage food) across Austin TX, San Francisco CA, and New York City NY. Every response includes fees, issuing agencies (with URLs/phones), processing times, prerequisites, common gotchas, and a freshness score.
Tools:
lookup_requirements(activity, location, category?) — full permit requirements list_locations() — supported cities get_requirement_detail(requirement_id) — deep-dive on one permit Get a free API key at https://canido-api-production.up.railway.app (10 queries/month free tier).
Server tool list (3)
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| lookup_requirements | Look up what permits, licenses, and regulatory requirements are needed for a business activity in a specific location. Returns detailed requirements including fees, agencies, processing times, prerequisites, and common gotchas. Args: activity: Business type. One of: food_truck, mobile_food_vendor, restaurant, catering, cottage_food, home_food. location: Location to check. One of: austin_tx, san_francisco_ca, new_york_city_ny. category: Optional filter. One of: health, fire, zoning, building, alcohol, tax, business_registration, certification, environmental. |
| list_locations | List all locations (cities) currently supported by CanIDo for regulatory lookups. |
| get_requirement_detail | Get detailed information about a specific permit or requirement by its ID. Args: requirement_id: The requirement ID (e.g., 'austin_mobile_food_vendor_permit'). |