govuk-mcp

Search GOV.UK's 700k+ content items using the official Search API.

Returns a list of matching content items with title, description, link, format, owning organisation(s), and last updated timestamp.

Use filter_format to narrow to specific content types (e.g. 'transaction' for citizen-facing services, 'guide' for guidance, 'publication' for official documents). Use filter_organisations to restrict to a department.

Find body sections in a GOV.UK content item matching a pattern.

Returns a list of {anchor, heading, snippet, match} hits — small per-section snippets centred on the match — so the LLM can decide which full sections to read via govuk://content/{base_path}/section/{anchor}.

Use this when answering content-based questions ("what does this guide say about X?", "find the bit about eligibility") rather than navigating by section number (which uses the index resource).

Pattern is regex; if it doesn't compile, falls back to literal substring.

List all UK government organisations registered on GOV.UK.

Returns a paginated list of organisations including their slug, acronym, type, and status. Use this to browse the full government structure or discover slugs for use with govuk_get_organisation or govuk_search filters.

Look up a UK postcode to retrieve its local authority, region, constituency, and other administrative geography.

Useful for determining which council area, parliamentary constituency, or NHS region a postcode falls within. Commonly used to direct users to the correct local service on GOV.UK (e.g. council tax, planning, waste).

Uses the postcodes.io public API (no key required).

List all available resources and resource templates.

Returns JSON with resource metadata. Static resources have a 'uri' field, while templates have a 'uri_template' field with placeholders like {name}.

Read a resource by its URI.

For static resources, provide the exact URI. For templated resources, provide the URI with template parameters filled in.

Returns the resource content as a string. Binary content is base64-encoded.