zoning-intelligence

Live zoning intelligence from county council meetings: search hearings, rezoning decisions, and vote records across 160+ US counties

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What it can do

  • Whoami: Identify the calling API key: its tier, the counties it may read, and the key metadata. Call this first to learn what the rest of the tools will return. Free keys get sampled results with an u
  • List Counties: List the active ZoneWire markets with the county slug the other tools take. This is how a county name becomes a slug. Free keys get sampled results with an upgrade link; Pro keys see th
  • Search: Search ZoneWire for development projects, council decisions and agenda items matching a keyword. Without a kind it returns a head of each kind plus per-kind totals; with a kind it pages one ki

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Live zoning intelligence from county council meetings: search hearings, rezoning decisions, and vote records across 160+ US counties

How to connect

How to connect zoning-intelligence to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://zoning-intelligence--zonewire.run.tools

  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 zoning-intelligence to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://zoning-intelligence--zonewire.run.tools

  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 zoning-intelligence to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://zoning-intelligence--zonewire.run.tools

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 (6)

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

whoamiIdentify the calling API key: its tier, the counties it may read, and the key metadata. Call this first to learn what the rest of the tools will return. Free keys get sampled results with an upgrade link; Pro keys see their owned counties; Elite keys see all active counties.
list_countiesList the active ZoneWire markets with the county slug the other tools take. This is how a county name becomes a slug. Free keys get sampled results with an upgrade link; Pro keys see their owned counties; Elite keys see all active counties.
searchSearch ZoneWire for development projects, council decisions and agenda items matching a keyword. Without a kind it returns a head of each kind plus per-kind totals; with a kind it pages one kind. Free keys get sampled results with an upgrade link; Pro keys see their owned counties; Elite keys see all active counties.
get_meetingFetch one council meeting by its numeric id: title, date, county, the computed insights, and the zoning mentions found in the transcript. Transcript text and audio are never served. Meeting ids come from search results and decision rows. Free keys get sampled results with an upgrade link; Pro keys see their owned counties; Elite keys see all active counties.
list_decisionsList land-use decisions newest first, optionally narrowed to one county or to decisions since a date. Free keys get sampled results with an upgrade link; Pro keys see their owned counties; Elite keys see all active counties.
list_changesList records created, updated or deleted recently, so a local copy can be kept in sync. The window is the trailing 90 days. Free keys get sampled results with an upgrade link; Pro keys see their owned counties; Elite keys see all active counties.