MCP Server

PortlandMaps (Unofficial) MCP Server

Name: PortlandMaps (Unofficial) MCP Server
Author: io.github.GPTNowLLC

io.github.GPTNowLLC/portlandmaps-mcp

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What is the PortlandMaps (Unofficial) MCP server?

Unofficial MCP server for the public PortlandMaps property/permit/zoning API. Not city-affiliated.

How to install PortlandMaps (Unofficial)

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY
required
secret
PortlandMaps API key. Required for the /api/* tools; without it those endpoints return error payloads.
PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM
Query-parameter name to send the API key as. Defaults to 'api_key'.
PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS
In-memory response cache TTL in milliseconds. Defaults to 3600000 (one hour).

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portlandmaps-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "portlandmaps-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY>",
        "PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM>",
        "PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portlandmaps-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "portlandmaps-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY>",
        "PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM>",
        "PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portlandmaps-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "portlandmaps-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY>",
        "PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM>",
        "PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "portlandmaps-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "portlandmaps-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY>",
        "PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM>",
        "PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add portlandmaps-mcp --env PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY=<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY> --env PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM=<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_API_KEY_PARAM> --env PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS=<YOUR_PORTLANDMAPS_CACHE_TTL_MS> -- npx -y portlandmaps-mcp