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PermisAPI MCP server
by Evan-Crx
Lets your AI look up French building permits, nearby sale prices, zoning and risks in plain language.
This is a helper that connects your AI assistant to PermisAPI, a service that holds over 1.2 million French building permits from 2014 onwards. It is handy if you work in real estate, property investment or construction and you want quick answers about a plot, a street or a whole area. You ask in normal words and the AI brings back the details.
What is an MCP server? The 30-second version
On its own, your AI can only chat with you. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to an app or service. This one connects your AI to PermisAPI, so it can look up building permits, sale prices, zoning rules and risk data for you. You stay in the chat, and the AI does the looking up.
What this MCP server does
You type a question in normal words, like asking about permits on a street or the zoning of a specific permit. Your AI passes that request to this helper, which talks to the PermisAPI service. The service searches its database of French building permits and related open data, then sends the results back. Your AI turns those results into a readable answer in the chat, with lists, numbers or short explanations.
Click to zoomWhat you can do with it
- Search French building permits by address, town or date
- Get a property investor opportunity score with a plain French explanation of each signal
- See sale prices per square metre for nearby properties over the last 12 years
- Check the local urbanism zoning (PLU) for a permit
- Look up natural and industrial risks for a plot
- See whether a plot is empty or already built on
- Find neighbouring plots around a permit to spot local activity
- Estimate a construction budget range and find local building firms by trade
Try asking your AI
- “List housing permits filed in Paris this month with an MDB score above 70”
- “Find property investor opportunities around rue de Passy in Paris”
- “What is the PLU zoning of permit 0930662500027”
- “Show me the neighbouring plots within 200 metres of this permit”
What it gives back to you
You get answers written in the chat, usually as short lists, tables or summaries. For a search you get permit references, addresses and dates. For a score you get a number plus a French explanation of the signals behind it. For prices, zoning or risks you get the relevant figures and labels, and for a budget you get a euro range with a scenario.
Before you start
What you need
- A PermisAPI key (a kind of password for the service; there is a free plan to start)
- Python 3.10 or newer if you install it locally
- The Claude desktop app or another app that supports MCP servers
Good to know
It reads public French data and does not change anything, but you need a paid plan for many of the tools, and the scores and budget estimates are guidance, not professional advice.
Install it with your AI
Add PermisAPI MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed
You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.
Sign in to get the install prompt
Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check PermisAPI MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.
Who it's for
Real estate agents, property investors, developers and construction professionals who work with French building data.
