census_building_permits
ActiveTool of Census
declared in 0.1.0
Check monthly building permits for new residential construction by geography. Returns count of authorized privately-owned housing units and construction activity trends.
Parameters schema
{
"type": "object",
"examples": [
{
"time": "2024-01",
"_apiKey": "your-census-api-key",
"variables": "PERMIT"
},
{
"time": "from+2023-01+to+2024-01",
"_apiKey": "your-census-api-key",
"variables": "PERMIT,PERMIT_1UNIT",
"category_code": "TOTAL"
}
],
"required": [
"variables",
"time",
"_apiKey"
],
"properties": {
"time": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Time period (e.g., \"2024-01\" for January 2024, \"from+2023-01+to+2024-01\" for a range)."
},
"_apiKey": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Census API key"
},
"variables": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated variables (e.g., \"PERMIT\" for total permits, \"PERMIT_1UNIT\" for single-family). Use census_available_datasets to discover variables."
},
"category_code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Category filter (e.g., \"TOTAL\" for total, \"1UNIT\" for single-family). Optional."
}
}
}No endpoints wrapped at confidence ≥ 0.70.
Parent server
Census
https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-census
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