General Tools

govanswers.org

Provides factual information about municipal bylaws and topics for Canadian provinces and US states.

1 endpoint3 known toolsFirst detected July 15, 2026Last detected August 21, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://mcp.govanswers.org/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: govanswers
Version: 0.1.0

Capabilities

tools.listChanged

Known tools 3

search_municipalities

Find a municipality (Canadian province or US state) by name and get its `path`, which other tools require.

Inferred read-only

list_topics

List the bylaw topics you can request with get_bylaw (noise, animal_control, parking_winter, tax_assessment, etc.), with the resident question each answers.

Inferred read-only

get_bylaw

Get the verified bylaw facts for a municipality + topic.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.govanswers]
url = "https://mcp.govanswers.org/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govanswers": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.govanswers.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: govanswers
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.govanswers.org/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govanswers": {
      "url": "https://mcp.govanswers.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "govanswers": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.govanswers.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "govanswers",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.govanswers.org/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for govanswers.org was fetched 2026-08-24T05:51:38.381Z and is being refreshed.

Trust status Neutral

govanswers.org is assessed as Neutral: No suspicious signals found, but no strong positive signal either

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.