# Permit Scouter

> Daily Tampa Bay, Florida building permits with job value and contractor. Pay per query via x402.

- name: com.permitscouter/permits
- version: 1.0.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 89/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.permitscouter%2Fpermits
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.permitscouter%2Fpermits/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "permits": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.permitscouter.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-1d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 89/100 (new)

### 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 936 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

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

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 1 of the 7 days needed

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

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

- tools: 6, about 936 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: b14ec05a774daffe00787a2efeb3ac18
- tools last changed: 2026-10-19T00:25:07.850Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.permitscouter/permits.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.permitscouter/permits)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-19 `contractor_history` changed (title, annotations)
- 2026-10-19 `property_history` changed (title, annotations)
- 2026-10-19 `get_permit` changed (title, annotations)
- 2026-10-19 `search_permits` changed (title, annotations)
- 2026-10-19 `sample_permits` changed (title, annotations)
- 2026-10-19 `coverage` changed (title, annotations)

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.permitscouter%2Fpermits/changes

## Remotes

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

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (6)

- `contractor_history`: Every permit a contractor has pulled, with total job value and counts by trade. Price: $0.10 per call (x402, USDC on Base).
- `coverage`: Free. Cities covered today, permit counts, date range and last update time.
- `get_permit`: One permit and every change recorded to its status, value or issue date. Price: $0.01 per call (x402, USDC on Base).
- `property_history`: Every permit recorded at one street address, newest first. Price: $0.05 per call (x402, USDC on Base).
- `sample_permits`: Free. Three recent permits, to see the record format before paying.
- `search_permits`: Search new building permits by trade, job value, date, zip or city. Newest first, up to 25 per call. Price: $0.02 per call (x402, USDC on Base).