Provides read-only GOV.UK search, content retrieval, organisation info, and UK postcode resolution without API keys.
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Overview
Use cases
Search GOV.UK pages by keyword, format, or organisation
Retrieve metadata and section content from specific GOV.UK pages
Lookup detailed profiles of UK government organisations
Resolve UK postcodes to local authorities and constituencies
Perform regex searches within GOV.UK page bodies
Key features
Full-text search of 700k+ GOV.UK pages with filters
Fetch page metadata and navigable section indexes
Extract HTML content of individual page sections
List and detail UK government organisations
Postcode resolution to local authority and NHS board
No API keys or authentication required
Capabilities & Tool Schemas (7)
Inspect callable tools, capabilities, and parameters exposed to AI agents by Govuk MCP.
govuk_searchFull-text search across 700k+ GOV.UK pages, with format and organisation filters
govuk_get_contentPage metadata and navigable section index for any GOV.UK page by base path
govuk_get_sectionBody HTML for a single named section (anchor) of a GOV.UK page
govuk_grep_contentRegex/substring search within the body of a specific GOV.UK page
govuk_get_organisationGet details for a UK government organisation (type, parent, children, contacts)
govuk_list_organisationsPaginated list of all government organisations registered on GOV.UK
Documentation Overview
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)
Local (uvx)
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
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Last commit
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Tools exposed
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