Gov.uk MCP Server

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing access to 27 UK government data sources and services. Built for Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible clients.

Note: This is a hobby project, expect issues and use for demonstration purposes only.

🌟 Features

• 33 Government APIs: Companies House, Parliament, NHS, Transport, and more

• 15 Visual Widgets: Rich UI components via MCP Apps for data visualization

• Production-Ready: Comprehensive input validation, error sanitization, rate limiting

• Type-Safe: Full input validation with regex patterns

• Secure: Sanitized errors, XSS protection, origin validation

• Fast: Concurrent execution for bulk operations (voting records)

💬 Example Prompts

Try asking:

• "What are the five nearest postcodes to SW1A 1AA?"

• "When is the next Bank Holiday?"

• "How can I get from Brixton to St Pancras?"

• "What's the status of the Circle Line?"

• "Where's my nearest Hospital?"

• "Who's my MP?"

• "What's their voting record?"

Related MCP server: mcp-uk-ons

📦 Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/brummiesteven/GovUK-MCP.git
cd GovUK-MCP

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

# Or with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

🔑 API Keys Setup

Create a .env file in the project root:

# Required for Companies House tools
COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY=your_companies_house_key

# Required for EPC tools
EPC_API_KEY=your_email:your_epc_key

# Optional (works without but has lower rate limits)
TFL_API_KEY=your_tfl_key

API Key Requirements

Required APIs (2):

• Companies House API: https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/

• EPC API: https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/

Optional APIs (1):

• TfL API: https://api-portal.tfl.gov.uk/ (works without key but has rate limits)

No Key Required (24 tools): Postcode, Food Hygiene, Bank Holidays, Gov.uk Search, Flood Warnings, Police Crime, Courts, Charity, NHS, Legislation, CQC, Parliamentary tools

🚀 Usage

With Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-uk": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "gov_uk_mcp.server"],
      "env": {
        "COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY": "your_key_here",
        "EPC_API_KEY": "your_email:your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Standalone (For Development)

python -m gov_uk_mcp.server

🛠️ Available Tools (33)

Transport (6)

• get_tube_status - All Tube lines status

• get_line_status - Specific line status

• plan_journey - Journey planner with step-by-step directions

• get_bike_points - Santander Cycles availability

• get_road_status - Major road conditions

• search_stops - Find bus stops, stations, etc.

Business & Finance (6)

• search_companies, get_company, get_company_officers, get_company_filing_history

• search_charities, get_charity

Location & Geographic (5)

• lookup_postcode, nearest_postcodes

• search_food_establishments, get_flood_warnings, get_crime_by_postcode

Healthcare (5)

• find_gp_surgeries, find_hospitals, find_pharmacies

• search_cqc_providers, get_cqc_provider

Parliamentary (5)

• find_mp, search_hansard, get_voting_record

• search_divisions, search_questions, get_questions_by_mp

Other Services (4)

• search_epc_by_postcode, find_courts, search_govuk, get_bank_holidays, search_legislation

🎨 MCP Apps Widgets

This server includes 15 visual widgets compatible with MCP Apps-enabled clients. Widgets provide rich, interactive visualizations of API responses.

Widgets are automatically served when tools are called from compatible clients.

🧪 Testing

# Run all tests
pytest

# With coverage
pytest --cov=gov_uk_mcp --cov-report=html

# Specific test
pytest tests/test_validation.py -v

📝 License

MIT - see LICENSE

🙏 Credits

• MCP by Anthropic

• UK Government Open Data APIs

• Python ecosystem

Built for the UK developer community 🇬🇧