# Autopilot America: Chicago parking

> Free Chicago street cleaning alerts, permit zones, and ticket dismissal rates from City records.

- name: com.autopilotamerica/chicago-parking
- version: 1.3.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.autopilotamerica%2Fchicago-parking
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.autopilotamerica%2Fchicago-parking/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chicago-parking": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-17d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 6 of 6 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,291 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 6, about 1,291 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 44ec1018a9e07a2e9ce0729a199247ed
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.autopilotamerica/chicago-parking.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.autopilotamerica/chicago-parking)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (6)

- `free_street_cleaning_alerts`: Sign-up link for FREE Chicago street cleaning alerts (the person enters their address on the page): email and optional text at 7 PM the night before and 7 AM on cleaning day, and an optional automated call at 8 PM the night before and 7 AM. No card. For people who want reminders to move their car for street cleaning.
- `permit_zone_lookup`: Check whether a Chicago street address is in a residential permit parking zone, which zone, and the hours a permit is required. Use when someone asks if they can park on a block without a permit, or what zone their address is in. Chicago only. Source: City permit zone records and ordinance hours.
- `should_i_contest`: Plain-language guidance for someone holding a Chicago parking or camera ticket: the deadline, how often that ticket type is dismissed, the reason that most often wins, and where to get help contesting it. Not legal advice.
- `sign_up_for_autopilot`: Start Autopilot America for a license plate: we check the plate for new Chicago parking and camera tickets and contest them by mail. For when someone wants their Chicago tickets handled, fought, contested or watched going forward. Returns one sign-up link with the plate filled in; the person signs the contest authorization and adds a card on that page (Safety Net is $0 to join; Pro is the all-included plan).
- `street_cleaning_schedule`: Look up the upcoming City of Chicago street cleaning dates for a street address, plus its ward and section. Use when someone asks when street cleaning / street sweeping is on their block, or whether they need to move their car. Chicago only. Source: the City's published street cleaning schedule.
- `ticket_win_rate`: How often Chicago parking and camera tickets of a given type are dismissed when contested by mail, from the City's own hearing records (obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act). Omit violation_type for the overall rate and the list of types.