govuk
MCP server for GOV.UK — search, content drill-down, organisations, and postcode lookup.
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What it can do
- Govuk Search: Search GOV.UK's 700k+ content items using the official Search API. Returns a list of matching content items with title, description, link, format, owning organisation(s), and last update
- Govuk Grep Content: Find body sections in a GOV.UK content item matching a pattern. Returns a list of `{anchor, heading, snippet, match}` hits — small per-section snippets centred on the match — so th
- Govuk List Organisations: List all UK government organisations registered on GOV.UK. Returns a paginated list of organisations including their slug, acronym, type, and status. Use this to browse the f
What data it sees
Do you need an account
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MCP server for GOV.UK — search, content drill-down, organisations, and postcode lookup.
Server tool list (7)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| govuk_search | Search GOV.UK's 700k+ content items using the official Search API. Returns a list of matching content items with title, description, link, format, owning organisation(s), and last updated timestamp. Use filter_format to narrow to specific content types (e.g. 'transaction' for citizen-facing services, 'guide' for guidance, 'publication' for official documents). Use filter_organisations to restrict to a department. |
| govuk_grep_content | Find body sections in a GOV.UK content item matching a pattern. Returns a list of `{anchor, heading, snippet, match}` hits — small per-section snippets centred on the match — so the LLM can decide which full sections to read via govuk_get_section. Use this when answering content-based questions ("what does this guide say about X?", "find the bit about eligibility") rather than navigating by section number. Pattern is regex; if it doesn't compile, falls back to literal substring. |
| govuk_list_organisations | List all UK government organisations registered on GOV.UK. Returns a paginated list of organisations including their slug, acronym, type, and status. Use this to browse the full government structure or discover slugs for use with govuk_get_organisation or govuk_search filters. |
| govuk_lookup_postcode | Look up a UK postcode to retrieve its local authority, region, constituency, and other administrative geography. Useful for determining which council area, parliamentary constituency, or NHS region a postcode falls within. Commonly used to direct users to the correct local service on GOV.UK (e.g. council tax, planning, waste). Uses the postcodes.io public API (no key required). |
| govuk_get_content | Get metadata and navigable section index for a GOV.UK page. Returns the page title, document type, publication dates, and a list of sections with their anchor IDs and headings. Use govuk_get_section to read the body of a specific section, or govuk_grep_content to search within the page body. |
| govuk_get_section | Get the HTML content of one named section of a GOV.UK page. Use govuk_get_content first to get the list of available section anchors, then call this with the anchor of the section you want to read. |
| govuk_get_organisation | Get the profile of a UK government organisation by its slug. Returns name, acronym, type, status, web URL, and parent/child organisations. Use govuk_list_organisations to browse all organisations and discover slugs. |