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sthan.io MCP server

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Let your AI check, split up, and find US addresses, plus look up where an IP address is.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Is 123 Main St, New York, NY 10001 real?”, the sthan.io MCP server connects it to sthan.io, and you get back answer in your chat.

This is a small helper that connects your AI assistant to sthan.io, a service that knows about US addresses. Once it is set up, you can ask your AI things like whether an address is real, what the parts of an address are, or where a place is on a map. It is handy if you work with addresses, mailings, or customer locations.

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 sthan.io, so it can look up US addresses and IP locations for you. You just ask in normal words, and the AI uses this helper behind the scenes.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI a question about an address or an IP address. The AI sends that question to this helper program. The helper talks to the sthan.io service, which checks real US postal records. Then the answer comes back into your chat, like whether an address is deliverable or what the coordinates are.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Is 123 Main St, New York, NY 10001 real?”, the sthan.io MCP server connects it to sthan.io, and you get back answer in your chat. Click to zoom

What you can do with it

  • Check if a US address is real and deliverable
  • Break a messy address into clean parts like street, city, state, and ZIP
  • Suggest full addresses as you type a partial one
  • Suggest US cities or ZIP codes from a few letters
  • Turn an address into latitude and longitude
  • Turn coordinates back into the nearest street address
  • Look up the country, city, and timezone of an IP address

Try asking your AI

  • “Is 123 Main St, New York, NY 10001 a real, deliverable address?”
  • “Parse this address: apt 2b 500 broadway new york ny”
  • “What are the coordinates of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC?”
  • “Where is IP 8.8.8.8 located?”

What it gives back to you

You get answers right in the chat. For an address check, you get a yes or no plus a cleaned-up version with ZIP+4 and whether it is a home or a business. For geocoding, you get latitude and longitude with an accuracy note. For IP lookups, you get country, region, city, timezone, and postal code.

Before you start

What you need

  • A free sthan.io account
  • An API key from sthan.io (a kind of password for apps; you get one free from their dashboard, no credit card)
  • An AI client that supports MCP, like Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, or Windsurf
  • Node.js installed if you set it up manually (the one-click install handles this for you)

Good to know

Address checks and parsing can sometimes take up to about two minutes, so if your AI client gives up too soon you may need to raise its waiting time.

Install it with your AI

Add sthan.io 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.

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Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check sthan.io 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.

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Who it's for

Anyone who works with US addresses or locations, like people in shipping, real estate, customer support, or data cleanup.