INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

create_custom_candidate

Create a CUSTOM (write-in) candidate who is NOT in the canonical candidate registry, and persist it to the workspace so it is reusable across ALL of the workspace's forecasts (distinct DB structure from the baked registry).

electionsmcp.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://www.electionsmcp.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for create_custom_candidate and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Potential side effects detected · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

A tool name or description contains a write-action term.

Parent server

electionsmcp.com

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.electionsmcp]
url = "https://www.electionsmcp.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "electionsmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.electionsmcp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: electionsmcp
Remote MCP URL: https://www.electionsmcp.com/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": {
    "electionsmcp": {
      "url": "https://www.electionsmcp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "electionsmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.electionsmcp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "electionsmcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.electionsmcp.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

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