Close Knit

Close Knit MCP server

Close Knit gives AI assistants evidence about London neighbourhoods and homes, 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[]. Coverage is London only today. It is free for people to use.

https://getcloseknit.com/mcp

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

Tools

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

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"
    }
  }
}

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, 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.

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Licence

MIT