Tool

Description

search_request_events

Full-text search of FOI requests and responses via WhatDoTheyKnow's Atom feed. Supports structured expressions (status:successful, body:"Liverpool City Council").

search_authorities

Search UK public authorities by name. Returns slug for use with other tools.

get_request_feed_items

Fetch the event timeline (sent, response, clarification) for a specific FOI request.

get_request_detail

Fetch full public request JSON, including status, authority, requester, correspondence events, and attachment metadata where exposed.

get_user_requests

List a user's visible requests with title, slug, status, authority, dates, and snippets.

get_user_feed_items

Fetch a user's activity Atom feed as structured entries with readable content text.

get_authority_detail

Fetch full public authority JSON, including contact/profile fields and request statistics.

build_request_url

Build a prefilled WhatDoTheyKnow request URL for a given authority and topic.

create_request_record

Create a request via the write API (requires WDTK_API_KEY).

update_request_state

Update user-assessed state of a request (requires WDTK_API_KEY).

URI template

Returns

wdtk://authorities/{authority_slug}

Authority profile JSON

wdtk://requests/{request_slug}

FOI request detail JSON

wdtk://users/{user_slug}

User profile JSON

wdtk://requests/{request_slug}/feed

Request event Atom feed

wdtk://users/{user_slug}/feed

User activity Atom feed

wdtk://authorities/all.csv

Full CSV of all UK public authorities

Prompt

Description

draft_foi_request

Draft a narrow, specific FOI request for a given authority and topic.

Variable

Required

Description

WDTK_API_KEY

Optional

Enables create_request_record and update_request_state write tools

Source

API

Licence

Auth

WhatDoTheyKnow

www.whatdotheyknow.com

OGL v3

None (read) / API key (write)