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Whitetape
Overview
Description from the maker (original English)
US building permits as rows with the contractor of record. Free search; 7 cents a row, no account.
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What you can do with it
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- Connection: Runs on your computer
- Transport: stdio
- Category: Search & AI memory
- You need to fill in: WHITETAPE_CREDIT
Install
Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.
Before you install
- Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
- Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
- You fill in yourself:
WHITETAPE_CREDIT
Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.
You need
- PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)
Which app do you use?
Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.
Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"whitetape": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"whitetape"
],
"env": {
"WHITETAPE_CREDIT": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Run this in your terminal
claude mcp add whitetape --env WHITETAPE_CREDIT=your-value -- uvx whitetapeFill in the empty values before running it.
Or copy the settings yourself
Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"whitetape": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"whitetape"
],
"env": {
"WHITETAPE_CREDIT": "your-value"
}
}
}
}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.
Or copy the settings yourself
Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project
{
"servers": {
"whitetape": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"whitetape"
],
"env": {
"WHITETAPE_CREDIT": "your-value"
}
}
}
}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.
This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.
Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.
Values you fill in
- Optional. A prepaid link token from https://whitetape.io/credit/ so paid rows come off your balance; without it the ten free rows a month answer.
These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.
What it can do
Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.
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
- ✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account JonathanTECH1217, which owns the repo
- … Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints
Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi
- More stars than 0% of the other 5652 servers in this category
- Published to the registry more recently than 94% of the other 5652 servers in this category
- Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5652 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 Whitetape safe?
It passed 1 of 1 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?
You need to fill in: WHITETAPE_CREDIT
Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?
It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).
Is it still maintained?
The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.1) reached the registry 2 days ago.
Which apps can use it?
Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.
What can I use instead?
In the same category: Context7, Codebase Memory, Exa
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README from the maker
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whitetape
Permit data for AI assistants. Nationwide government-issued building permits as clean rows in one schema. Search free. The first ten rows a month are free with nothing asked. After that 7 cents a row, paid per call by wallet (x402, USDC on Base). No account, no key, no signup. Rows carry the permit, the property, and the contractor, never the homeowner.
pip install whitetapefrom whitetape import search, count, permitssearch("annapolis") # free: the areas held, with row counts count(state="MD", trade="roofing") # free: {"count": 412, "price": 12.36, "price_per_row": 0.07} rows = permits(state="MD", trade="roofing", since=0) # the first ten are free rows"rows"["contractor_name"] # the builder who pulled it
Daily, with no row twice:
from whitetape import rows_sincecursor = 0 # keep the last cursor between runs for row, cursor in rows_since(state="MD", trade="roofing", cursor=cursor): ...
Paying for more than ten
By card, once: buy a prepaid link at https://whitetape.io/credit/ ($20 is 400 rows) and put its token in the environment. No account.
export WHITETAPE_CREDIT=wt_…By wallet, per call:
pip install "whitetape[pay]"export WHITETAPE_WALLET_KEY= export WHITETAPE_MAX_USD=5 # the most one call may spend; default 5 export WHITETAPE_MAX_USD_TOTAL=20 # the most this process may spend in all; default 20
The payment happens inside the call. The key sits in your process's environment, where any package or tool in that process can read it: never a main wallet. The API address is pinned to api.whitetape.io; a 402 from anywhere else is never paid. The 402 door, for a program with no library: https://whitetape.io/402/
As an MCP server for Claude
pip install "whitetape[mcp]"{"mcpServers": {"whitetape": {"command": "whitetape-mcp"}}}Three tools: search, count, permits. The MCP server never spends a wallet: paid rows come only from a prepaid link in WHITETAPE_CREDIT (its balance is the worst case), at most WHITETAPE_MCP_MAX_ROWS a session, default 500.
Command line
whitetape search annapoliswhitetape count --state MD --trade roofing whitetape rows --state MD --trade roofing --since 0
The schema
https://whitetape.io/schema.json. Trades: roofing, hvac, plumbing, electrical, solar, pool, fence, demolition, new_construction, remodel, windows_doors, garage_adu, fire.
Built and used by Monarc Build for its home-services clients. Questions: hello@whitetape.io
Who is behind it
Monarc Build, LLC, Annapolis, Maryland, doing business as White Tape. Terms: https://whitetape.io/terms/. Privacy: https://whitetape.io/privacy/. Rows never carry the homeowner's or the applicant's name, and an owner-builder permit, where the homeowner is the contractor of record, is never sold. Calling the contractors on the rows is on you: follow the telemarketing and do-not-call rules where you call.