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.

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

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govuk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://govuk-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govuk": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["govuk-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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

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