Data sources
What it connects to
Pulls live data from:
- WhatDoTheyKnow (mySociety)
- UK public authority FOI records
Get connected
Takes about 30 seconds
Pick the app you use. Paste one URL. That's it.
claude.ai
- Go to Settings (bottom left)
- Click MCP Servers
- Click Add
- Paste this URL:
https://whatdotheyknow-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
Claude Desktop
Open your config file:
- Mac:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json - Windows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Add to the mcpServers section:
{
"mcpServers": {
"whatdotheyknow": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://whatdotheyknow-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Claude Code
Run this in your terminal:
claude mcp add --transport http whatdotheyknow https://whatdotheyknow-mcp.fly.dev/mcpChatGPT
- Go to Settings
- Click Connected apps
- Click Add MCP server
- Paste this URL:
https://whatdotheyknow-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
Cursor / other editors
Add to your .cursor/mcp.json or equivalent config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"whatdotheyknow": {
"url": "https://whatdotheyknow-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
}
}
}No API key. Open source. Free to use.
Need this connected to your own systems?
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