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US census-block travel times to amenities
1984 ms
answered our call
- State
- Answered
- Protocol
- MCP 2025-06-18
- Tools listed
- 10
- Answered
- 3 of the last 3 calls
How to reach it
- MCP, HTTP
https://mcp.close.city/mcp
What it can do
| Tool | What it says it does |
|---|---|
blocks_in_area | Per-block travel times for every census block in an area (metered: 1 token per returned row). Give place_geoid (from find_place) for a whole city, or center {lat, lon} + radius_m. Rows carry a numeric mode_id. |
find_place | Look up a US city or town by name (free, no key). Returns matches with their census place GEOID and centre point (lon/lat). The entry point: feed a GEOID to blocks_in_area, or a centre to walkability_summary. |
get_catalog | List the travel modes and the destination-type taxonomy (free, no key). Use it to resolve type names to the numeric ids the other tools take. Modes are walk, bike, transit — there is no drive mode. |
get_token_balance | Check the token balance of the API key in use, without spending any tokens. Works even at a zero balance. Requires the Authorization bearer key. |
isochrone | The area reachable from a location within a time budget, as GeoJSON contours (metered: 10 tokens per contour). Give block_geoid or lat+lon. Defaults to a single 30-minute contour; ask for more only when needed (bodies can be large). |
join_close_plus | Get a Stripe Checkout URL for the Close+ membership ($10/month: 5,000 API tokens granted monthly plus member features on the close.city map). The user pays in their own browser: give them the returned URL and stop. Needs a fresh six-digit code from request_sign_in, read by the user from their own… |
nearby_pois | Nearby points of interest and the travel time to each, from a location (metered: 1 token per returned row). One origin: block_geoid or lat+lon; keep limit small to control spend and context size. Many origins (up to 250): block_geoids or points — one batch call and one rate-limit request, rows… |
redeem_code | Complete sign-up with the six-digit code the user received, and return a new API key (shown once). Call request_sign_in first. The key grants 5,000 free tokens; store it and pass it as the Authorization bearer on future calls. |
request_sign_in | Start free sign-up for the user: email them a six-digit code. The user must read the code from their own inbox and give it to you, then call redeem_code. This is how an agent gets the user an API key (5,000 free tokens, no card). |
walkability_summary | Fastest travel time from a location to each destination category, by mode (metered: 1 token per returned row). One origin: block_geoid or lat+lon. Many origins (up to 250): block_geoids or points — one batch call and one rate-limit request, with rows tagged by origin. Batching saves requests and… |
In its maker's words
Walk, bike, and transit travel times from every US census block to nearby amenities.
- Website
- docs.close.city/ai
- Source
- github.com/henryspatialanalysis/wtm.api
- Publisher
- close.city
- Listed from
- the official MCP Registry as
city.close/close-api - Version
- 1.2.0, updated 24 Jul 2026
- Kinds of work
- Travel, maps and weather, Search and research, Data and databases
The domain it lives on
- close.city
- its home page is a working site
From our own crawl of domain names: registry records and the home page as our crawler last saw it.
Every call we made
| When | What happened | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Answered | 1984 ms | |
| Answered | 2033 ms | |
| Answered | 974 ms |
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