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UrbanKit Atlas MCP server
Look up US county parcel data, owner names, and city permit or violation datasets through your AI.
This is a helper for your AI that knows where to find public land and property records across the United States. You ask in plain English, and it tells you the exact web address to look up a county's parcels, an owner's name, or a city's building permits and code violations. It is handy for anyone doing property research, due diligence, or local government lookups without knowing anything about mapping systems.
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 outside service. This one connects your AI to UrbanKit Studio's atlas, a big catalog of county property record systems across the US. So when you ask about a county or a city, your AI can look up the right public data source for you instead of guessing.
What this MCP server does
You ask your AI something like which counties in Illinois have owner search, or where to find building permits in Dallas. The AI passes your question to this helper. The helper looks in its built-in atlas of verified county and city data sources and finds the matching record. It then hands back the exact web address and search query you would need to fetch the data yourself. It does not fetch the records for you; it tells you where to go and how to ask.
What you can do with it
- List which counties are covered in a state and whether owner search works there
- Find a county's parcel data endpoint even if you misspell the name or only know a code
- Get the exact web address and searchable fields for a specific county
- Build a ready-to-run search URL for properties owned by a person or company name
- Look up a city's code-violation, building-permit, and zoning-case datasets
- Get a ready query URL for permits or violations at a specific street address
Try asking your AI
- “List all covered counties in Illinois”
- “Find the parcel endpoint for Kane County Illinois”
- “Build an ArcGIS query for properties owned by Smith in Kane County IL”
- “Where do I pull open building permits for 600 Commerce St, Dallas?”
What it gives back to you
You get back plain text or structured answers in the chat: lists of counties with coverage notes, a county's endpoint web address and field names, a ready-to-fetch search URL for an owner name, or a city's dataset list with query links. It never returns actual parcel records or owner names from the data itself. It only tells you where to look and how to ask.
Before you start
What you need
- Node.js 18 or newer installed on your computer
- The Claude desktop app or Cursor editor
- An internet connection when you actually fetch the URLs it gives you
Good to know
It only gives you web addresses to fetch yourself; it never runs the queries or returns actual parcel or owner records, and some counties are not covered at all.
Install it with your AI
Add UrbanKit Atlas 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 UrbanKit Atlas 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 4,609 MCP servers here for you.
Who it's for
Property researchers, real estate analysts, journalists, and anyone doing due diligence or local government lookups who wants a faster way to find public parcel and permit data.
