mcp-arcgis

mcp-arcgis

POC (Proof of Concept) to find place with arcgis-rest-js in Cursor or Claude Desktop, via a MCP Server

Related MCP server: mapbox-mcp-server

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+

• MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cursor)

• API Key from ArcGIS Developer: ArcGIS Developer API Key

Quick Start

1. Create environment file

Create a .env file in the project root with the following PostgreSQL variables:

API_KEY=API_KEY_FROM_ARCGIS

2. Launch the MCP server

To test if everything works, launch the MCP server.

node .

The MCP server exposes a tool to list database tables and search in tables.

Usage

From an MCP client (Claude Desktop)

• Configure the MCP client according to the client documentation, for example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgresql": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/PATH_TO_FOLDER"]
    }
  }
}

• Ask for get informations about restaurants around 1 kilometers from an adress in France. Example* :

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