MCP server

Connect any Model Context Protocol client to https://www.chicagopolitics.org/mcp (Streamable HTTP). Clients that support OAuth ask you to sign in; others can send an API key as a Bearer token.

Connect

In clients configured with JSON, the entry usually looks like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chicago-politics": {
      "url": "https://www.chicagopolitics.org/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer cp_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Leave out headers if your client signs in with OAuth.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`graphql`	Run any GraphQL query against the full data graph
`search_documents`	Semantic search across City documents and meeting transcripts
`answer_question`	An AI answer with citations (uses an AI call)
`search_legislation`, `get_legislation`	Find and read legislation
`get_alderperson`, `list_votes`, `find_ward`	A member's record, how they voted, which ward contains a location
`get_campaign_finance`, `search_donations`	A member's campaign money, and donations by donor or employer
`list_meetings`, `get_meeting`, `get_committee`, `get_page`	Meetings, committees, and any page as Markdown
`contribute_data`	Share data, documents, sources, or corrections (reviewed by a person)
`get_usage`	Today's usage and limits

Server card: /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json. In the browser, the site also registers WebMCP tools for agents that support them.