Permitbase
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Access 44 years of U.S. residential building permit data (1980–present). 780K+ rows at the place level from Census Bureau BPS data. 6 tools: annual permits, trends, rankings, cycle analysis, state summaries, coverage info.
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- thanna94
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- 44 years of U.S. residential building permit data (1980–present)
- Over 780,000 rows at the place level
- Data sourced from Census Bureau BPS
- Six analytical tools: annual permits, trends, rankings, cycle analysis, state summaries, coverage info
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
PermitbaseCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"permitbase": {
"permitbase": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"mcp_server"
],
"env": {
"PERMITBASE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"permitbase": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"mcp_server"
],
"env": {
"PERMITBASE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}Access 44 years of U.S. residential building permit data (1980–present). 780K+ rows at the place level from Census Bureau BPS data. 6 tools: annual permits, trends, rankings, cycle analysis, state summaries, coverage info.
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