# CleverTech

Connect an AI agent to Canadian public data on property, permits, zoning and business records. Useful for property lookups and location-based checks.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: clevertechca
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/clevertechca/Clevertech-mcp-server
- Updated: 2026-09-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/clevertech

## What it does

CleverTech exposes Canadian government and municipal open data through MCP tools. An agent can search property assessments by address or roll number, request a consolidated property report, find building permits and check zoning by address or GPS coordinates. A city-listing tool helps identify available coverage.

The server also converts GPS coordinates to and from Dominion Land Survey, looks up federal corporations and resolves coordinates to addresses. It runs with `uvx clevertech-mcp-server` and requires the `CLEVERTECH_API_KEY` environment variable. The free tier allows 50 API calls per day after sign-in, so the key and daily allowance matter for repeated lookups.

## Requirements
- Needs: Python and uv (commands run via uvx)
- Environment variables: `CLEVERTECH_API_KEY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add clevertech-mcp-server -e CLEVERTECH_API_KEY=<CLEVERTECH_API_KEY> -- uvx clevertech-mcp-server
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from clevertech-mcp-server <command>

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add clevertech --env CLEVERTECH_API_KEY=<CLEVERTECH_API_KEY> -- uvx clevertech-mcp-server
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from clevertech-mcp-server <command>

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "clevertech": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "clevertech-mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "CLEVERTECH_API_KEY": "<CLEVERTECH_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from clevertech-mcp-server <command>

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "clevertech": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "clevertech-mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "CLEVERTECH_API_KEY": "<CLEVERTECH_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from clevertech-mcp-server <command>

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e CLEVERTECH_API_KEY=<CLEVERTECH_API_KEY> clevertech uvx clevertech-mcp-server
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from clevertech-mcp-server <command>

## When to use it
- look up a property assessment by address
- assemble a consolidated report for a property
- search building permits by applicant or address
- check zoning from GPS coordinates
- convert GPS coordinates to Dominion Land Survey

## Example prompts
- Find the property assessment for `123 Main Street`.
- Check zoning for GPS coordinates `53.5, -113.5`.
- Convert these GPS coordinates to Dominion Land Survey.

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