Local Houston MCP

Your AI's local guide to Houston. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server giving Claude (and any MCP client) plain-English access to official Houston-area public data — no API keys, no logins.

License: Open source under Apache License 2.0 — free to use, modify, and build on, including commercially. Please keep the NOTICE attribution when you redistribute. Built by: Ed Neuhaus. Source: https://github.com/mindwear-capitian/local-houston-mcp Part of a family: local-city-mcp-template — the spec, the template, and the full list of cities built so far.

🚧 Early-stage. Two tools live today (weather alerts, school ratings). More Houston/Harris-area civic and property data planned — see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Install

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "local-houston": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:mindwear-capitian/local-houston-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. No API keys required for any tool.

Claude Code

claude mcp add local-houston npx -y github:mindwear-capitian/local-houston-mcp

Try it

• "Is there an active weather alert for Houston right now?"

• "What's the TEA rating for Houston ISD?"

• "Show me A-rated elementary schools in Harris county."

Tools (2 live)

Sources of Truth

Architecture

Node.js (ES modules), @modelcontextprotocol/sdk over stdio. Built from local-city-mcp-template — see that repo's STANDARD.md for the spec (hard rules, tool contract, testing bar, licensing pattern) this server follows. Every response includes a source_url.

Contact

Built by Ed Neuhaus. Contributions welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md.