Extracts live municipal building permits and code enforcement violations from ArcGIS Open Data portals for supported cities.
Provides a custom Google Sheets function to query permit and skip-trace results directly from spreadsheets.
Offers a native n8n workflow template to automate building permit and code violation scraping.
Provides a public Postman collection for running and testing the API endpoints.
Supports chaining permit results to the Zillow detail scraper via zillowOrMapsDatasetId for property data enrichment.
This server does not currently have a deployable release on Glama. Follow the repository's setup instructions to install and configure it for your MCP client, including any required credentials and local dependencies.
Extract live municipal building permits (commercial_ti, solar, roofing, adu_addition) and code enforcement violations / pre-foreclosure liens from Socrata & ArcGIS Open Data portals (Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, NYC, Charleston, Miami, Phoenix), automatically pierce anonymous LLC owners to wireless mobile phones & deliverable emails, and screen General Contractor licenses + U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN compliance over pure HTTP (Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, zero headless browser).
Platform / Channel | Direct Link |
Direct $29/mo Stripe API Key & $2 Tripwire Pass (Free 1-Row Preview) | |
Apify Store Actor ( | https://apify.com/cea_digital/building-permits-code-violations-scraper |
Run in Postman (Public Collection v2.1) | |
1-Click Google Sheets Custom Function ( | |
1-Click n8n Native Workflow Template ( | https://ceadigital.io/templates/building-permits-code-violations-scraper.workflow.json |
Clay.com HTTP API Column Blueprints | https://ceadigital.io/templates/clay-http-column-blueprints.json |
Smithery MCP Registry | https://smithery.ai/server/@ceadigital/building-permits-code-violations-scraper |
Glama MCP Server Directory | https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@ceadigital/building-permits-code-violations-scraper |
Related MCP server: fetchcraft-mcp
https://ceadigital.io/tools)Use one cea_live_ Unified API Key ($2.00 One-Time 100-Hit Tripwire Pass or $29/mo Growth Plan for 5,000 hits) across all 4 CEA Digital tools:
export CEA_API_KEY="cea_live_your_key_here"
python permits_cli.py \
--city "Austin, TX" \
--permit-type commercial_ti \
--min-job-value 25000 \
--screen-contractor-kybOr via curl:
curl -sS -X POST "https://ceadigital.io/v1/tools/building-permits-code-violations-scraper" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CEA_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"citiesOrZips": ["Austin, TX", "Chicago, IL"],
"permitTypes": ["commercial_ti", "code_violation"],
"minJobValueUsd": 25000,
"autoSkipTraceOwner": true,
"screenContractorKyb": true
}' | jq .cea_digital/building-permits-code-violations-scraper)Run on Apify Pay-Per-Event ($0.004/permit on Bronze+ plans, $0.00 on misses or below minJobValueUsd) or chain directly to maxcopell/zillow-detail-scraper / compass/crawler-google-places via zillowOrMapsDatasetId:
export APIFY_TOKEN="apify_api_your_token_here"
python permits_cli.py \
--apify \
--city "Austin, TX" \
--permit-type solarcurl -sS -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cea_digital~building-permits-code-violations-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"citiesOrZips": ["Austin, TX"],
"permitTypes": ["solar", "roofing"],
"minJobValueUsd": 15000,
"autoSkipTraceOwner": true
}' | jq .claude mcp add --transport http ceadigital-b2a https://ceadigital.io/mcpnpx -y @smithery/cli install @ceadigital/building-permits-code-violations-scraper --client claudemcp_server.py){
"mcpServers": {
"cea-building-permits": {
"command": "python3",
"args": ["/path/to/building-permits-code-violations-scraper/mcp_server.py"],
"env": {
"CEA_API_KEY": "cea_live_optional_key_or_blank_for_free_preview"
}
}
}
}MIT License — Copyright (c) 2026 CEA Digital (ceadigital.io)
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