# `com.nearbypermits/permits` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.nearbypermits/permits
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.nearbypermits/permits
- Version: 0.1.1 (active)
- Publisher: com.nearbypermits (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/nearbypermits/nearbypermits-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:59:38.146Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Nearby Permits
Building permits by address for a growing list of US cities and counties, from city open data.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:35:30.676Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 4 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `zoning_requests_near` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "zoning_requests_near" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "zoning_requests_near" says "request": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (4)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `permits_at_address`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this tool when someone asks which building, remodeling or demolition permits exist at an address, whether a house had permitted work, or what is permitted next door. It returns every building permit on record at that street address in a supported city or county (Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Cincinnati, Mesa, New Orleans, Fort Worth, Columbus, San Diego, Detroit, Nashville, Raleigh, Phoenix, San Antonio, Minneapolis, Montgomery County, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, Denver, Los Angeles County, Wake County, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Hillsborough County, Cape Coral, Port St. Lucie, Alachua County, Kansas City, Baltimore, Sacramento County, Memphis, Las Vegas, Tacoma, Boulder, Cambridge, Somerville, Marin County, Pierce County, Cary, Cleveland, Arlington, Naperville, Tempe, Anaheim, Riverside): type of work, description, date, status and reported cost, from city and county open data checked around the clock. The address can be typed loosely (a missing N or S, "Drive" for "Dr", a trailing city, state or ZIP, a unit): it is matched to the spelling the city files. When more than one address matches (N and S Holly Dr), the answer lists them in did_you_mean; ask which one is meant and call again with it.
```

### `permits_near`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this tool when someone asks what is being built near an address or a place: new buildings next door, construction on the block, what's permitted around a home they might buy or rent. Give a city and street address, or a latitude and longitude. The tool returns building permits within a radius (default 400 meters, about a quarter mile) issued since a date (default about six months back), newest first, each with distance in meters and compass direction from the point. It covers the last 24 months of city open data. counts.total is exact even when the list is capped. It matches a loosely typed address the same way permits_at_address does. If more than one address matches, the answer has found set to false and lists the addresses in did_you_mean.
```

### `recent_permits`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use when someone asks what is being built in their neighborhood or ZIP code. Returns the newest building permits in a supported city or county, optionally within one ZIP code.
```

### `zoning_requests_near`

- The name "zoning_requests_near" says "request": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use when someone asks about variances, conditional uses, rezonings or zoning appeals near an address: what a neighbor asked the city for, or whether a hearing is coming up. Covers Boston, Washington DC, San Francisco and Seattle. Give a city and street address, or a latitude and longitude. Each case has the city's own status words, our plain status label (Filed, In review, Hearing scheduled, Approved, Approved with conditions, Denied, Withdrawn or Other), the hearing date when the city publishes one, and a link to the city's case record. We never infer an outcome the city's record doesn't state. Owner and applicant names are left out.
```

## Only reads (2)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_permit`

- The name "get_permit" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up one building permit by its city permit number: work, date, status, cost and address.
```

### `list_cities`

- The name "list_cities" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the US cities and counties with building permit data, with each one's slug for the other tools.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `permits`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__permits__list_cities",
      "mcp__permits__get_permit"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__permits__permits_at_address",
      "mcp__permits__permits_near",
      "mcp__permits__recent_permits",
      "mcp__permits__zoning_requests_near"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```