Govuk MCP
Search GOV.UK content, retrieve full government pages, look up organisations and resolve UK postcodes to local authorities. Read-only.
Install
The installation steps are in the documentation below. Documentation
Documentation
From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.
govuk-mcp
MCP server for GOV.UK — search, content retrieval, organisation lookup, and postcode resolution.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
govuk_search | Full-text search across 700k+ GOV.UK pages, with format and organisation filters |
govuk_get_content | Page metadata and navigable section index for any GOV.UK page by base path |
govuk_get_section | Body HTML for a single named section (anchor) of a GOV.UK page |
govuk_grep_content | Regex/substring search within the body of a specific GOV.UK page |
govuk_get_organisation | Get details for a UK government organisation (type, parent, children, contacts) |
govuk_list_organisations | Paginated list of all government organisations registered on GOV.UK |
govuk_lookup_postcode | Resolve a UK postcode to local authority, region, constituency, and NHS board |
All data is sourced from official public GOV.UK APIs and postcodes.io. No API keys required.
Resources
For protocol-aware clients (Claude, Cursor, Inspector), the server also exposes govuk:// resource templates:
| URI | Returns |
|---|---|
govuk://content/{base_path*}/header | Page metadata (title, doc type, dates) |
govuk://content/{base_path*}/index | Section anchor:heading list |
govuk://content/{base_path*}/section/{anchor} | Bounded HTML for one section |
govuk://content/{base_path*}/details/{field} | Schema-specific details field |
govuk://content/{base_path*}/links/{rel} | Related content by link type |
govuk://organisation/{slug} | Organisation profile |
Connect
Hosted (no install)
{
"mcpServers": {
"govuk": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://govuk-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Local (uvx)
{
"mcpServers": {
"govuk": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["govuk-mcp"]
}
}
}APIs used
| API | Base URL | Auth |
|---|---|---|
| GOV.UK Search | https://www.gov.uk/api/search.json | None |
| GOV.UK Content | https://www.gov.uk/api/content{path} | None |
| GOV.UK Organisations | https://www.gov.uk/api/organisations | None |
| postcodes.io | https://api.postcodes.io | None |
License
MIT
Frequently asked questions
What is Govuk MCP?
Search GOV.UK content, retrieve full government pages, look up organisations and resolve UK postcodes to local authorities. Read-only.
How do I install Govuk MCP?
Follow the installation steps in its documentation, shown on this page and in its repository.
Is Govuk MCP open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
Who maintains Govuk MCP?
It is published by paulieb89. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.
From the community awesome-mcp-servers lists and the project's GitHub repository. Listing is not an endorsement: review a server's code and permissions before giving it access to your data.