portlandmaps-mcp

MCP serverDev tools

Once added, your AI can look up property details, permit records, and zoning information for Portland addresses using the public PortlandMaps records. The integration is unofficial and is not affiliated with the city of Portland.

Use portlandmaps-mcp in Claude, ChatGPT or Ahel Desktop

Free. Sign in, add portlandmaps-mcp and connect your AI. About a minute.

Also: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex

Then ask your AI: use the suggest portlandmaps address tool from portlandmaps-mcp

Details

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

After adding it, give your AI a Portland address and ask about its property details, permits, or zoning. The source code is available at github.com/gptnowllc/portlandmaps-mcp.

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What your AI can do with it

  • Look up property details for a Portland address
  • Find permit records for a property
  • Check zoning information for a location
  • Answer questions about an address using property, permit, and zoning records together

Install portlandmaps-mcp

The server’s own address, for the clients that take one directly. Or connect Ahel once and every client you use reads it from one address, with the account kept on Ahel rather than in each client’s config.

  • Claude Code

    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user portlandmaps-mcp 'https://portlandmaps-mcp.vercel.app/mcp/v2'

    Run it once in your project, then open /mcp to approve any sign-in the server asks for.

  • Claude Desktop

    https://portlandmaps-mcp.vercel.app/mcp/v2

    Add a custom connector in Settings, paste this address, and approve the sign-in.

  • Cursor

    cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=portlandmaps-mcp&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3BvcnRsYW5kbWFwcy1tY3AudmVyY2VsLmFwcC9tY3AvdjIifQ==

    Open the link and Cursor adds the server at that address.

  • ChatGPT

    https://portlandmaps-mcp.vercel.app/mcp/v2

    In Settings, enable Developer mode, create an MCP app, and paste this address. Your plan and workspace must allow custom apps.

  • Codex

    codex mcp add portlandmaps-mcp --url 'https://portlandmaps-mcp.vercel.app/mcp/v2'

    Run it once, then sign in with codex mcp login portlandmaps-mcp if the server asks for an account.

Tools it offers (11)

What this server listed when Ahel dialed its public endpoint in Sep 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.

  • suggest_portlandmaps_address
  • get_portlandmaps_detail
  • get_assessor_data
  • get_permit_data
  • search_landuse_cases
  • search_sewer_records
  • query_intersects
  • convert_geometry
  • lookup_agol
  • list_detail_types
  • render_parcel_shape

Signals

Weekly downloads
45
Advanced
Delivery
portlandmaps-mcp MCP server → your Ahel connector (mcp.ahel.ai) → your AI.
Item type
mcp-server
Key
io-github-gptnowllc-portlandmaps-mcp
Source
github.com/gptnowllc/portlandmaps-mcp
Hosted endpoint
https://portlandmaps-mcp.vercel.app/mcp/v2