# Autopilot America: Chicago parking (remote · www.autopilotamerica.com)

Free Chicago street cleaning alerts, permit zones, and ticket dismissal rates from City records.

- Trust score: 77/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `www.autopilotamerica.com`: 77/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.3.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 76/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 821 tokens (~136/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Autopilot America: Chicago parking MCP server?

Autopilot America: Chicago parking is a hosted endpoint at https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking 'https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking": {
      "url": "https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking]
url = "https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking --url 'https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking:
    url: "https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 74, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-28 (score 74)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `free_street_cleaning_alerts` (~84 tokens)

Free Chicago street cleaning alerts

Sign-up link for FREE Chicago street cleaning alerts (the person enters their address on the page): email and optional text at 7 PM the night before and 7 AM on cleaning day, and an optional automated call at 8 PM the night before and 7 AM. No card. For people who want reminders to move their car for street cleaning.

### `sign_up_for_autopilot` (~214 tokens)

Have Autopilot America handle my Chicago tickets

Start Autopilot America for a license plate: we check the plate for new Chicago parking and camera tickets and contest them by mail. For when someone wants their Chicago tickets handled, fought, contested or watched going forward. Returns one sign-up link with the plate filled in; the person signs the contest authorization and adds a card on that page (Safety Net is $0 to join; Pro is the all-included plan).

Input parameters:

- `last_name` (string): Last name of the registered owner, used to match the plate in City records. Optional.
- `plan` (string): annual = Autopilot Pro $99/year; monthly = Autopilot Pro $10/month; safety_net = Safety Net, $0 to join with a card on file, pay only when we act. Default safety_net.
- `plate` (string, required): License plate, letters and numbers only, e.g. "ABC1234".
- `state` (string): Two-letter state the plate is registered in. Default IL.

### `street_cleaning_schedule` (~92 tokens)

Chicago street cleaning schedule for an address

Look up the upcoming City of Chicago street cleaning dates for a street address, plus its ward and section. Use when someone asks when street cleaning / street sweeping is on their block, or whether they need to move their car. Chicago only. Source: the City's published street cleaning schedule.

Input parameters:

- `address` (string, required): A Chicago street address with a house number, e.g. "2300 N Lincoln Ave".

### `permit_zone_lookup` (~95 tokens)

Chicago residential permit parking zone for an address

Check whether a Chicago street address is in a residential permit parking zone, which zone, and the hours a permit is required. Use when someone asks if they can park on a block without a permit, or what zone their address is in. Chicago only. Source: City permit zone records and ordinance hours.

Input parameters:

- `address` (string, required): A Chicago street address with a house number, e.g. "1710 S Clinton St".

### `ticket_win_rate` (~70 tokens)

Chicago parking ticket dismissal rate by violation

How often Chicago parking and camera tickets of a given type are dismissed when contested by mail, from the City's own hearing records (obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act). Omit violation_type for the overall rate and the list of types.

Input parameters:

- `violation_type` (string): The kind of ticket.

### `should_i_contest` (~66 tokens)

Should I contest this Chicago parking ticket?

Plain-language guidance for someone holding a Chicago parking or camera ticket: the deadline, how often that ticket type is dismissed, the reason that most often wins, and where to get help contesting it. Not legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `violation_type` (string, required): The kind of ticket.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 77
- 2026-11-04: 77
- 2026-11-03: 76
- 2026-11-02: 76
- 2026-11-01: 76
- 2026-10-31: 75
- 2026-10-30: 75
- 2026-10-29: 74
- 2026-10-28: 74

## Common questions

### What is the Autopilot America: Chicago parking MCP server?

Autopilot America: Chicago parking is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.autopilotamerica/chicago-parking. Free Chicago street cleaning alerts, permit zones, and ticket dismissal rates from City records. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp).

### Is the Autopilot America: Chicago parking MCP server safe to use?

Autopilot America: Chicago parking scores 77 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Autopilot America: Chicago parking MCP server expose?

Autopilot America: Chicago parking exposes 6 tools: free_street_cleaning_alerts, sign_up_for_autopilot, street_cleaning_schedule, permit_zone_lookup, ticket_win_rate, should_i_contest. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 621 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Autopilot America: Chicago parking MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Autopilot America: Chicago parking without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Autopilot America: Chicago parking MCP server still maintained?

Autopilot America: Chicago parking is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://www.autopilotamerica.com/api/mcp
- Website: https://www.autopilotamerica.com/ai
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-autopilotamerica-chicago-parking/api-mcp