govuk-mcp

<!-- mcp-name: io.github.paulieb89/govuk-mcp -->

MCP server for GOV.UK — search, content retrieval, organisation lookup, and postcode resolution.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | govuk_search | Full-text search across 700k+ GOV.UK pages, with format and organisation filters | | govuk_get_content | Page metadata and navigable section index for any GOV.UK page by base path | | govuk_get_section | Body HTML for a single named section (anchor) of a GOV.UK page | | govuk_grep_content | Regex/substring search within the body of a specific GOV.UK page | | govuk_get_organisation | Get details for a UK government organisation (type, parent, children, contacts) | | govuk_list_organisations | Paginated list of all government organisations registered on GOV.UK | | govuk_lookup_postcode | Resolve a UK postcode to local authority, region, constituency, and NHS board |

All data is sourced from official public GOV.UK APIs and postcodes.io. No API keys required.

Resources

For protocol-aware clients (Claude, Cursor, Inspector), the server also exposes govuk:// resource templates:

| URI | Returns | |-----|---------| | govuk://content/{base_path*}/header | Page metadata (title, doc type, dates) | | govuk://content/{base_path*}/index | Section anchor:heading list | | govuk://content/{base_path*}/section/{anchor} | Bounded HTML for one section | | govuk://content/{base_path*}/details/{field} | Schema-specific details field | | govuk://content/{base_path*}/links/{rel} | Related content by link type | | govuk://organisation/{slug} | Organisation profile |

Connect

Hosted (no install)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govuk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://govuk-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Local (uvx)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govuk": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["govuk-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

APIs used

| API | Base URL | Auth | |-----|----------|------| | GOV.UK Search | https://www.gov.uk/api/search.json | None | | GOV.UK Content | https://www.gov.uk/api/content{path} | None | | GOV.UK Organisations | https://www.gov.uk/api/organisations | None | | postcodes.io | https://api.postcodes.io | None |

License

MIT