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OpenStreetMap MCP Server

Name: OpenStreetMap MCP Server
Author: io.github.ni-c

io.github.ni-c/osm-mcp

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What is the OpenStreetMap MCP server?

Geocoding, walking/driving/cycling distances, route optimization, isochrones and POI search on OSM

How to install OpenStreetMap

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

OSM_USER_AGENT
Identifying User-Agent sent to all OSM services (Nominatim requires one)
ORS_API_KEY
secret
Optional OpenRouteService key; switches routing/matrix/isochrones to ORS

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "osm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "osm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OSM_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_OSM_USER_AGENT>",
        "ORS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ORS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "osm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "osm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OSM_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_OSM_USER_AGENT>",
        "ORS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ORS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "osm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "osm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OSM_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_OSM_USER_AGENT>",
        "ORS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ORS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "osm-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "osm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OSM_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_OSM_USER_AGENT>",
        "ORS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ORS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add osm-mcp --env OSM_USER_AGENT=<YOUR_OSM_USER_AGENT> --env ORS_API_KEY=<YOUR_ORS_API_KEY> -- npx -y osm-mcp

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