muni-dev-cost

Name: muni-dev-cost
Author: kiranpapiol

US municipal development-cost intelligence for AI agents: aggregated, normalized impact/development fees, water & sewer tap (connection) fees and…

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What it can do

Get Dev Costs: Get the total MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT COST to build in a US jurisdiction — the impact/development fees, water & sewer tap (connection) fees and capital-recovery charges a real-estate deve
Get Fee Breakdown: Get the FEE-BY-FEE breakdown behind a jurisdiction's development cost — every impact/development fee and water/sewer tap charge listed separately, each tagged with its calculation b
Compare Jurisdictions: Compare the municipal development cost of TWO OR MORE US jurisdictions side by side, ranked cheapest-to-priciest per unit — the site-selection question a developer asks before b

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

US municipal development-cost intelligence for AI agents: aggregated, normalized impact/development fees, water & sewer tap (connection) fees and capital-recovery charges per US jurisdiction. Free get_dev_costs hook; 13 premium deep tools (fee breakdown, multi-jurisdiction compare, water/sewer by meter size, project estimates, cost trends, state roll-ups). Dual pay: x402 USDC on Base (per-call) or Stripe card key.

How to connect

How to connect muni-dev-cost to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://muni-dev-cost--kiranpapiol.run.tools

Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
Go to Settings → Connectors.
Click Add custom connector.
Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
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 muni-dev-cost to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://muni-dev-cost--kiranpapiol.run.tools

Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
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 muni-dev-cost to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://muni-dev-cost--kiranpapiol.run.tools

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

Manually:

In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
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 (14)

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

get_dev_costs	Get the total MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT COST to build in a US jurisdiction — the impact/development fees, water & sewer tap (connection) fees and capital-recovery charges a real-estate developer must pay the city/utility before breaking ground — for a standard single-family home. Returns ONE aggregated USD figure, the water+sewer vs other-impact split, and a one-line summary of each fee included. This is the number a development-feasibility / pro-forma analysis needs and that today costs weeks of manual digging across municipal ordinances, utility fee schedules and county portals. We AGGREGATE and NORMALIZE it from public, government-published fee schedules so your agent doesn't have to. Pass a 'jurisdiction' ('Phoenix, AZ', 'Raleigh, NC') or a US 'address'. Coverage is honest: 'deep' = the city's own water/sewer schedule was ingested (per-meter detail); 'partial' = headline figures from public schedules; 'estimated' = a regional benchmark when the exact city isn't in our deep KB yet (clearly marked, never passed off as the city's published number). FREE. For the fee-by-fee breakdown, per-meter water/sewer schedule, multi-jurisdiction comparison or a whole-project estimate, use the premium tools. Indicative — verify with the jurisdiction.
get_fee_breakdown	Get the FEE-BY-FEE breakdown behind a jurisdiction's development cost — every impact/development fee and water/sewer tap charge listed separately, each tagged with its calculation basis (per-dwelling / per-LUE / per-meter / per-trip) and whether it's a published schedule figure or a regional estimate, plus the full per-meter-size schedule where the city publishes one (5/8" → 12"). Fees are grouped (Water / Sewer / Transportation / Parks / Drainage) with the % each is of the total, and each jurisdiction carries its source URL + effective date so the figure is defensible in a pro-forma. Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address', and optionally 'dev_type' (single_family / multifamily / commercial / retail / office / industrial; defaults to single_family). PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
compare_jurisdictions	Compare the municipal development cost of TWO OR MORE US jurisdictions side by side, ranked cheapest-to-priciest per unit — the site-selection question a developer asks before buying land. Returns each market's total with its water+sewer vs other-impact split, the dollar spread and % gap between the cheapest and priciest, and what that spread costs on a 100-unit project. Pass 'jurisdictions' as an array (e.g. ['Phoenix, AZ', 'Raleigh, NC', 'Austin, TX']) and optionally 'dev_type'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
get_water_sewer_detail	Get the WATER & SEWER development cost for a jurisdiction broken down by meter size — impact/capacity fee vs physical tap/connection, with the full per-meter-size table (5/8", 3/4", 1", 1.5", 2"… up to 12") where the city publishes one. The right number for the ACTUAL meter a project needs: a 2" meter can be 8–12× the residential 5/8" fee, the single biggest swing in a utility connection budget. Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address' and optionally 'meter_size' (default 5/8"). PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
estimate_dev_cost	Estimate the total MUNICIPAL FEES for a whole development project — fees × number of units — with per-unit and extended line items. The number a developer needs to size the fee line of a pro-forma before breaking ground. Dev-type aware and explicit about what's EXCLUDED (land, hard construction, soft costs, financing, profit) so it isn't mistaken for total project cost. Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address', 'dev_type', 'units' (the unit count), and optionally 'meter_size'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
list_jurisdictions	List the FULL coverage map of muni-dev-cost — every US jurisdiction we cover, its depth (deep = the city's own per-meter schedule was ingested; partial = published headline figures) and the data freshness (source effective date) per jurisdiction, which jurisdictions publish a per-meter schedule, plus the benchmark states where any city returns an honest state estimate. The directory an agent needs to know WHAT it can ask for and HOW current the answer is — something it cannot assemble itself. Optionally filter by 'coverage' (deep / partial) or 'state' (2-letter). PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
get_fee_schedule_source	Get the PUBLISHED fee-schedule SOURCE and per-fee provenance behind a jurisdiction's development cost — the exact document name + URL + effective date the figures were lifted from, which fee lines are published (from the city's own schedule) vs estimated (regional benchmark), with the basis of each, and the published-vs-estimated share. This is the trazabilidad that makes a number defensible in a real pro-forma / underwriting model. Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
get_cost_trend	Get the REAL dated revision history of a jurisdiction's headline development fee — prior years' adopted/charged figures plus officially adopted FUTURE steps (e.g. a council-adopted Oct-1 increase) — with the year-over-year delta and the compound annual growth rate across the published span. NOT a forward projection: only the jurisdiction's own dated/adopted schedules. The signal a developer needs to budget the fee line at the rate in effect when they'll actually pull permits, not today's. Only returns where the city publishes multiple dated schedules. Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
compare_by_meter_size	Get one jurisdiction's water/sewer development cost across EVERY meter size it publishes (5/8" → 12"), each with its ratio to the 5/8" residential base. A larger meter (a 2" meter is often 8–12× the residential fee) is the single biggest swing in a utility-connection budget — this lays out the whole curve so you size the right meter cost up front. Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address' and optionally 'category' ('water' / 'sewer' / 'water+sewer', default 'water+sewer'). Only works for jurisdictions that publish a per-meter schedule. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
estimate_by_units	Estimate the total MUNICIPAL FEES for a MULTIFAMILY / mixed-use project by LUE (Living Unit Equivalent) — units × LUE-per-unit — the way cities actually bill multifamily. Captures that a small apartment unit is a FRACTION of a single-family LUE (≈0.6), so it doesn't overstate MF fees the way a flat per-unit estimate does. Returns per-unit and extended line items; override the LUE factor with the jurisdiction's adopted one. Explicit about exclusions (land, construction, financing). Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address', 'units', optionally 'dev_type' (default multifamily), 'lue_per_unit' and 'meter_size'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
get_total_dev_cost	Get the GRAND TOTAL municipal development cost for a US jurisdiction across EVERY fee category we hold — not just water+sewer, but also transportation/street, parks, drainage/stormwater, fire, police and library impact fees where the city levies them. Returns one grand-total USD figure plus a roll-up by bucket (Water+Sewer / Transportation / Parks / Drainage / Public Safety / Other Public) and each category's share. This is the number a developer actually underwrites: in cities like Phoenix or Fresno the non-utility impact fees rival the water+sewer bill, so water-only numbers badly understate the cost to build. Honest about $0 buckets (a city that doesn't assess a parks/transport impact fee shows $0, meaning 'not assessed', not 'missing'). Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address', optionally 'dev_type' and 'meter_size'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
breakdown_by_fee_category	Get every fee line within ONE named category for a US jurisdiction — e.g. just the parks impact fees, just the transportation/street fees, just the water impact, or fire/police/drainage/library — with the per-meter-size schedule where the city publishes one. Lets your agent pull exactly the cost component it needs (e.g. 'what are Fresno's parks fees?') without parsing the whole breakdown. Pass 'jurisdiction' or 'address' and a 'category' (water / water_tap / sewer / transportation / parks / drainage / fire / police / library / school / general). PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
rank_jurisdictions_by_cost	Rank EVERY covered US jurisdiction cheapest-to-priciest on municipal development cost — the national site-selection leaderboard a developer wants when the question is 'where in the country is it cheapest (or most expensive) to build?'. Rank on water+sewer only or on the GRAND TOTAL across every fee category (water, sewer, transportation, parks, drainage, fire, police, library). Returns the full ranked list with each market's water+sewer vs other split, plus the cheapest / median / priciest, the dollar spread and what that spread costs on a 100-unit project. Filter by 'state' or 'coverage'. Only jurisdictions with the city's OWN published figures are ranked (state-benchmark estimates are excluded). This is computable only over the full normalized cross-jurisdiction dataset — exactly what an agent can't assemble itself. Optionally pass 'basis' ('total' default, or 'water_sewer'), 'dev_type', 'meter_size', 'state', 'coverage', 'limit'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).
summarize_by_state	Roll the entire covered dataset up to the STATE tier: for every US state we hold real city schedules in, get the number of cities covered, the min / median / max municipal development cost across them, the cheapest and priciest city, and which fee categories the state's cities assess. Plus a national roll-up (cheapest / priciest city anywhere, national median). This is the state-level site-selection map a developer scans before drilling into cities — 'which states are cheap or expensive to build in, and how many of my candidate markets do you actually cover?'. Rank on water+sewer only or on the GRAND TOTAL across every fee category. Computable only over the full normalized cross-jurisdiction dataset, and it sharpens as coverage grows. Optionally pass 'basis' ('total' default, or 'water_sewer'), 'dev_type', 'meter_size'. PREMIUM: pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or set a prepaid key (MUNI_DEV_COST_KEY).