Permit Verdicts

Building-permit verdicts by address, with cited records.

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Building-permit verdicts by address, with cited records. SF, Seattle, Austin, NYC. Pay per call.

    How to connect

    How to connect Permit Verdicts to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://permit-api-production-7375.up.railway.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 Permit Verdicts to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://permit-api-production-7375.up.railway.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 Permit Verdicts to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://permit-api-production-7375.up.railway.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 (10)

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

    list_jurisdictionsList cities covered by the Permit Intelligence API, with pricing and payment details. Free. Full paid feeds for humans: https://permitverdict.com/pricing
    check_permit_activityFREE. Quick check on whether a street address has building-permit activity on record: how many permits, how many are open, and when the last activity was. No permit detail and no verdict — use get_permit_verdict for those. Full paid feeds for humans: https://permitverdict.com/pricing
    find_active_projectsFREE PREVIEW (5 results). Recently permitted construction projects in a covered city, filtered by declared budget. Use feed='investor' instead to surface expired and abandoned permits (stalled projects, often motivated owners). Full paid feeds for humans: https://permitverdict.com/pricing
    list_settlement_assetsFREE. Which crypto assets, venues, operators and modes the settlement oracle supports, plus pricing. Full paid feeds for humans: https://permitverdict.com/pricing
    resolve_price_eventSettlement verdict for a crypto price event. Answers 'did this asset trade or close above/below a threshold during a window?' with YES/NO/DISPUTED/UNRESOLVED, per-venue evidence from Hyperliquid, Coinbase and Kraken, and stated confidence. (Binance is configured but blocks this host's region; it is reported unavailable rather than silently counted.) Use mode='close' when a market settles on candle closes and mode='touch' when any intrabar print counts — they give different answers and that difference is the most common settlement dispute. Paid: $0.05 in USDC via x402.
    get_crypto_spotLive cross-venue spot price with venue agreement and spread. A wide spread means venues disagree and any settlement in that range is contestable. Paid: $0.01 in USDC via x402.
    decode_decision_idFREE. Read what a Permit Verdict decision_id claims and check whether we actually issued it. The id is signed by the same wallet that receives payment, so forgery and after-the-fact editing are both detectable. Needs no payment. This tells you the record is genuine; it does NOT tell you the verdict is still correct — use verify_decision for that. Full paid feeds for humans: https://permitverdict.com/pricing
    verify_decisionRe-resolve an attested settlement against the price venues right now and report whether it still holds: CONFIRMED, CHANGED or INDETERMINATE. Call this whenever someone hands you a decision_id you are about to rely on — an attestation proves what was said at the time, but only a fresh resolution proves it is still true. Exchanges revise candle history, and a venue that was unreachable at issue time may answer differently now. Paid: $0.02 in USDC via x402 — cheaper than resolving fresh because you are checking someone else's answer rather than buying a new one.
    attest_price_eventSettlement verdict plus a citable record: a signed decision_id, an integrity hash over the evidence, and every candle that determined the outcome. Use this when the answer may later have to be defended to a counterparty, not when you just need to know. KEEP THE decision_id — it is self-contained, so anyone you show it to can authenticate it for free and re-check it for $0.02 without you supplying anything else. Paid: $0.25 in USDC via x402.
    get_permit_verdictAddress-level building-permit intelligence for a covered city: normalized permit history + activity signals + a decision-ready verdict with cited public records. Paid: $2.00 in USDC on base via x402.