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Close Knit

by bmsdaveversion 2.0.8i★ –iRuns in the cloud
Registry namecom.getcloseknit/close-knit

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Neighbourhood and home evidence for England, London in depth: prices, rents, schools, crime, travel.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

You need

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors
  2. Press Add custom connector
  3. Paste the address below and press Add
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Add2https://…3
https://getcloseknit.com/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http close-knit https://getcloseknit.com/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "close-knit": {
      "url": "https://getcloseknit.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "close-knit": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://getcloseknit.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

  1. Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
  2. Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
  3. Paste the address below, give it a name and save
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Create2https://…3
https://getcloseknit.com/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

  • find_areas

    Shortlist neighbourhoods in England (London in depth) for a household: budget, bedrooms, weighted priorities (crime, station access, price level, official deprivation decile, noise, disorder, energy rating, leasehold share, good primaries) and optional stations or local authoriti

  • open_shared_search

    Open a search the user shared from the Close Knit site (a link with #profile=v1., v2. or v3.): their budget, priorities, places (gym, work, schools…), liked and ruled-out areas and private notes, re-ranked now with the same shortlist as find_areas. Use it when the user pastes suc

  • find_similar_areas

    Neighbourhoods like one the user liked (crime, deprivation, income, price level and station access percentiles), optionally only cheaper ones (cheaper_by_percent lower £/m², crime no more than 10 points worse) and within max_budget for bedrooms: 'like this but cheaper / elsewhere

  • get_area_overview

    Moved: use get([id]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • assess_listing

    Check one listing the user found against local evidence: asking price vs the same home type's recorded £/m² (with floor area or a bedroom-based ballpark) or median price, the LSOA then its MSOA (all types only as indicative-only), typicalPrice, a flood line, turnover, growth, the

  • describe_data

    The map of Close Knit's data; call it first, and whenever you are unsure of a metric, path or category name. No arguments: a summary (themes with metric counts and 2-3 headline metrics, Census in one line, places in one line, the entity kinds). theme='crime' lists that theme's me

  • get

    Everything about 1-10 things by typed id: uk:lsoa:E01…, uk:msoa:E02…, uk:lad:E09…, uk:rgn:E12…, sector:e17-4, pc:E17 4PP, uprn: , school: , place:osm:n123 (search_places finds ids from names), or a guide article, guide:crime, in a call of its own (describe_data(kind: 'guide') lis

  • query

    Analyse many areas or schools with a JSON query (never SQL). kind='area' (default): level lsoa, msoa, lad or rgn; scope england, london, a region or typed area ids; filters by value {metric, min, max}, percentile in scope {metric, pct_min}, vs the scope's reference {metric, vs: a

  • get_places

    The places themselves (2.58 m: shops, gyms, cafes, parks, pubs, GPs, ... in 234 categories) near a typed id or {lat, lon} (radius_m 100-3000) or inside an area, by category (describe_data(kind: 'place') lists them) and brand (PureGym, Waitrose). Each: name, category, brand, metre

  • list_metrics

    Moved: use describe_data(). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • search_areas

    Moved: use search_places(q). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • get_area_metric

    Moved: use get([id], select: ["layers. "]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • rank_areas_by_metric

    Moved: use query(saved: "metric: "). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • get_address_history

    Moved: use get(["uprn:…"], select: ["history"]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • get_home_prices

    Moved: use get(["uprn:…"]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • match_areas

    Score every area against a household's ordered criteria (preference-profile.v2: budget, ranges on any map layer, places, where zones, own criteria; must = filter). Returns a match-pack.v2 with the best top_n (default 20, max 100) areas as a list with score, rank and percentile pe

  • get_market_depth

    Moved: use get([id], select: ["market"]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • get_nearby_sales_summary

    Moved: use get(["uprn:…"], select: ["nearby-sales"]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • get_area_evidence_pack

    Moved: use get([id], sections: ["pack"]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • search_places

    Resolve a place the user mentions (station, borough, neighbourhood, postcode, street) to ids. Station lookup forgives spelling (Kings Cross, St James Park, Elephant and Castle) and knows London codes and nicknames (KX, TCR, LST, E&C, ally pally). Returns stations (osm:…, with TfL

  • get_commute

    Door-to-door minutes from one neighbourhood to the user's places on a weekday morning, by public transport (R5 on TfL timetables), bike (at the speed Santander Cycles riders reach; checked against TfL), car (typical morning traffic, no parking) and walking, each with a range. Pla

  • get_flood_risk

    Moved: use get([pc | uprn | id], select: ["flood"]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • get_rent_levels

    Moved: use get([id], select: ["rents"]). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • get_listing_search_links

    Pre-filtered searches on Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket (and OpenRent for rentals) for the postcode districts of shortlisted areas, filtered by bedrooms, price and property_type (house, flat, bungalow). Links only: open them on the user's behalf to read listings; Close Knit itsel

  • list_custom_presets

    Moved: use describe_data(kind: "custom"). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • evaluate_custom_criterion

    Moved: use query(saved: "custom: "). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • build_watch_spec

    Turn a finished search into a watch: portal searches per postcode district, filters, a state file path for de-duplication and a ready prompt for a scheduled task in the user's Claude that reports only new listings. Stateless: nothing is stored on Close Knit.

  • send_feedback

    Send feedback about Close Knit to the team: a bug, missing or wrong data, an idea, or what worked. Call it only after the user agrees: show them the message first. Describe the product and what happened, never the person: no names, contact details, addresses, family, budget or ot

  • rank_schools

    Moved: use query(kind: "school"). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • list_school_measures

    Moved: use describe_data(kind: "school"). Answers until 2026-11-30.

  • rate_answer

    Rate a Close Knit answer by its callId (none: the last answer): rating 1-5, what was good, what was bad or missing, the fix you would want. Use it for the last answer in a conversation; earlier ones go in the next call's rate_previous. It describes the answer, never the user. Sto

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

  • ! Caution

    Maker matches the repo

    The publisher (getcloseknit.com) is not the repo owner (bmsdave); someone else may have listed it

  • … Not checked yet

    Still maintained

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • … Not checked yet

    Has a licence

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • ✓ Pass

    Endpoint responds

    Responded in 397 ms (HTTP 200)

  • – Not applicable

    Sign-in with OAuth

    No sign-in needed

  • ✓ Pass

    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

    Read 31 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

  • More stars than 0% of the other 32558 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 83% of the other 32558 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 37% of the other 32558 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Close Knit safe?

It passed 2 of 3 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (2.0.8) reached the registry 7 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

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Close Knit MCP server

Close Knit gives AI assistants evidence about neighbourhoods and homes in England, with London in depth, to help people choose where to live. It is a remote MCP server: recorded sale prices, rents, crime, schools, flood risk, commute times, noise and more, from official open data. Every tool answer is an evidence envelope with a value, a confidence, the evidence[] behind it, its sources[] (with licence) and caveats[]. Every neighbourhood and local authority in England is covered; London adds address-level sale history, door-to-door TfL commute times and London-only layers. Ranks and percentiles compare an area with its own region (rankScope names it). It is free, with no account or sign-in. Website: https://getcloseknit.com · Setup for every assistant: https://getcloseknit.com/agents.

https://getcloseknit.com/mcp
  • Transport: Streamable HTTP
  • Authentication: none (no account, no OAuth, no API key)
  • MCP Registry name: com.getcloseknit/close-knit

Tools

GroupToolWhat it does
Home searchfind_areasShortlist neighbourhoods for a household: budget, bedrooms, places they travel to, weighted priorities.
match_areasScore every area against a household's ordered criteria.
find_similar_areasNeighbourhoods like one the user liked, optionally only cheaper ones.
open_shared_searchOpen a search shared from the Close Knit site (a #profile= link).
search_placesResolve a station, borough, neighbourhood, postcode or street the user mentions.
get_commuteDoor-to-door weekday-morning minutes from an area to the user's places (public transport, bike and more).
Areassearch_areasResolve free text (area name, ONS code, postcode, street) to area ids.
get_area_overviewOne neighbourhood in detail: local market, schools, noise, price trend.
get_area_evidence_packOne cited evidence pack for an area: market depth, crime, noise, schools and more.
list_metricsEvery area metric served, with unit, direction, periods and provenance.
get_area_metricOne metric for one area and month, with percentiles within its region and across England.
rank_areas_by_metricRank all areas, or one region's, by one metric and return the top N.
get_flood_riskFlood bands for an area's land and, with a UPRN, for one home.
get_rent_levelsMedian monthly rent by bedroom count.
Homes and pricesget_home_pricesOne home's recorded sales and the range of prices in its area today.
get_address_historyRecorded sale prices for one address (HM Land Registry).
get_nearby_sales_summaryCounts and median £/m² of recorded sales in the same building and street.
get_market_depthLocal market depth: sales in the last 12 months, turnover, leasehold share.
Listingsget_listing_search_linksPre-filtered portal searches for the postcode districts of shortlisted areas.
assess_listingCheck one listing's asking price and facts against local evidence.
build_watch_specTurn a finished search into a watch for new listings.
Your own criterialist_custom_presetsReady-made criteria built from places on OpenStreetMap.
evaluate_custom_criterionEvaluate a criterion such as "more cafés than kebab shops" for every neighbourhood.
Schoolsrank_schoolsRank schools on weighted measures near a point, in one council, one region or England.
list_school_measuresThe school measures rank_schools can rank by.
Feedbacksend_feedbackSend feedback to the Close Knit team, only after the user agrees.

Add Close Knit to your assistant

Claude (claude.ai)
  1. Open Customize > Connectors.
  2. Click + Add, then Add custom connector.
  3. Name: Close Knit. Remote MCP server URL: https://getcloseknit.com/mcp. Click Continue.
  4. Under Authentication, choose no sign in, then click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + at the lower left, choose Connectors and turn Close Knit on.

On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings > Connectors. Free plans allow one custom connector.

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http close-knit https://getcloseknit.com/mcp
Codex

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml and restart Codex:

[mcp_servers.close_knit]

url = "https://getcloseknit.com/mcp"

ChatGPT
  1. Open Plugins at chatgpt.com/plugins.
  2. Select the plus button, then Add custom MCP server.
  3. Name: Close Knit. Under Connection, Server URL: https://getcloseknit.com/mcp.
  4. Authentication: No authentication.
  5. Review the warning, select I understand and want to continue, then Create as a plugin.
  6. Install the plugin, then type @ in the prompt box and select Close Knit.

Custom MCP servers are available on ChatGPT web; which plans and workspaces allow them depends on your account and workspace settings.

Gemini CLI
gemini extensions install https://github.com/bmsdave/close-knit-mcp

This repository is a Gemini CLI extension: gemini-extension.json connects the remote server and GEMINI.md gives the model short guidance. Restart Gemini CLI after installing.

Gemini app
  1. At gemini.google.com, click Settings, then Connected Apps.
  2. Under Custom apps, click Add a custom app.
  3. Enter https://getcloseknit.com/mcp and click Next, then follow the on-screen steps.
  4. In a prompt, type @ and select Close Knit.

Google currently limits custom apps to people aged 18 or over in the US, signed in with a personal Google Account, with Keep Activity on.

Cursor

The same install link in Cursor's own format:

cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=close-knit&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2dldGNsb3Nla25pdC5jb20vbWNwIn0%3D

Or add it to mcp.json:

{

"mcpServers": { "close-knit": { "url": "https://getcloseknit.com/mcp" } } }

VS Code

Or run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette, choose HTTP, and enter https://getcloseknit.com/mcp. In .vscode/mcp.json:

{

"servers": { "close-knit": { "type": "http", "url": "https://getcloseknit.com/mcp" } } }

Perplexity
  1. Open Plugins in the sidebar (or Customize > Connectors).
  2. Select Add custom, then Connector, then Add MCP connector, and choose Remote.
  3. Name: Close Knit. MCP Server URL: https://getcloseknit.com/mcp.
  4. Authentication: None. Transport: Streamable HTTP.
  5. Tick the acknowledgement box, click Add, then click the connector card to enable it.
Mistral Le Chat
  1. Open the Connectors page.
  2. Click + Add Connector and switch to the Custom MCP Connector tab.
  3. Connector name: closeknit. Server URL: https://getcloseknit.com/mcp.
  4. Click Connect. No authentication is needed.

Adding a connector needs an administrator; on Free, Pro and Student plans the account owner is the administrator.

Grok
  1. Go to grok.com/connectors.
  2. Click New Connector, then select Custom.
  3. Enter https://getcloseknit.com/mcp.

On Business and Enterprise plans a team admin adds connectors first.

Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

In the Cascade panel, open the ... menu, and in the MCPs section click Open MCP config file. Add:

{

"mcpServers": { "close-knit": { "serverUrl": "https://getcloseknit.com/mcp" } } }

Save the file.

Goose

Desktop: open Extensions in the sidebar, click Add custom extension, choose the Streamable HTTP type and enter https://getcloseknit.com/mcp.

CLI: run goose configure, choose Add Extension, then Remote Extension (Streamable HTTP), and enter the URL. For a single session:

goose session --with-streamable-http-extension "https://getcloseknit.com/mcp"
LM Studio

Or open the Program tab in the right-hand sidebar, click Install > Edit mcp.json, and add:

{

"mcpServers": { "close-knit": { "url": "https://getcloseknit.com/mcp" } } }

Example answers

Answers from the live server, October 2026. Figures change with each data release.

"How much crime is there around Clapham Junction?" search_areas finds the neighbourhood (Wandsworth 012A, SW11) and get_area_metric(crime) answers: 74.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026, a higher rate than 58% of London's neighbourhoods and 65% of England's; the largest categories are violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. Source: police.uk street crime, Open Government Licence v3.0. Confidence high (observed, not modelled).

"Where in the North West are homes cheapest per square metre?" rank_areas_by_metric with region: "North West" puts three Blackpool neighbourhoods first at £970/m², tied. Confidence medium: they had too few sales of their own, so the figure is their MSOA's (quality: "fallback"). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid with EPC floor areas.

"Help me find a 2-bed flat to buy in London under £600k, within 30 minutes of King's Cross." search_places resolves King's Cross, find_areas returns a ranked shortlist with each area's standing, what it meets ("4 of 5"), its commute and ballpark price, and an "Open in Close Knit" link to the same search on the map; get_listing_search_links then opens pre-filtered searches on the property portals.

Every tool, with its full input schema, is also listed in the server card: https://getcloseknit.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json.

Data and licences

The answers come from official open data, mostly under the Open Government Licence v3.0: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and UK House Price Index, ONS Census 2021 and other ONS statistics, police.uk street crime, Ofsted and Department for Education school data, Environment Agency flood risk, Defra noise maps, Ofcom broadband coverage, MHCLG deprivation (IMD 2025) and planning data, Ordnance Survey OpenData, Transport for London open data ("Powered by TfL Open Data") and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). Each answer lists its own sources and licences in sources[]; keep those attributions when you reuse the data.

The MIT licence in this repository covers the files in this repository only. The data served by the MCP server keeps its own licences.

Privacy

No account and no personal data are needed. send_feedback only sends what you write, and only after you agree.

Licence

MIT

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