# PermitReporter — Georgia Permit Intelligence (remote · permitreporter.com)

Source-linked Georgia permit search, county coverage, contractor signals, and authorized watches.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +2
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-19

## Components

- remote · `permitreporter.com`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-permitreporter-georgia-permits/permitreporter.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-permitreporter-georgia-permits/permitreporter)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://permitreporter.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-08-19.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 83/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1065 tokens (~71/item across 15 items; 8 tools + 7 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 8 days we've observed: 1 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 1 additions.
- **Tool Coverage**: 83/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 41% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-permitreporter-georgia-permits https://permitreporter.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-permitreporter-georgia-permits]
url = "https://permitreporter.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-permitreporter-georgia-permits": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://permitreporter.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-permitreporter-georgia-permits --url https://permitreporter.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-permitreporter-georgia-permits:
    url: "https://permitreporter.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-permitreporter-georgia-permits": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://permitreporter.com/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.

### 2026-08-19 (score 67, +49)

- [security regression] Stability: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Transport: fail → pass
- [security] Tool “get_statewide_snapshot” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_permits” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Endpoint reachability: not serving MCP → reachable
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [cosmetic] “get_statewide_snapshot” added an optional parameter “state”

### 2026-08-18 (score 18, −48)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP
- [security regression] Stability: fail → unverified
- [security regression] Authorization: partial → unverified
- [security regression] Transport: pass → fail
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified

### 2026-08-17 (score 66, −1)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.17 → fail
- [security regression] A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 1.0.0
- [security regression] Tool “search_georgia_permits” was removed
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_county_coverage” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional] New tool “search_permits”
- [cosmetic] “create_permit_watch” reworded the description of “county”
- [cosmetic] “search” reworded the description of “query”
- [cosmetic] Tool “fetch” changed its title: Fetch a Georgia permit source → Fetch a US permit source
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_contractor_leads” changed its title: Find Georgia contractor opportunity signals → Find US contractor opportunity signals
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_county_coverage” changed its title: Check Georgia county permit coverage → Check US county permit coverage
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_permit_record” changed its title: Get a source-linked Georgia permit record → Get a source-linked US permit record
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_statewide_snapshot” changed its title: Get the current Georgia permit-data snapshot → Get the current US permit-data snapshot
- [cosmetic] Tool “search” changed its title: Search Georgia permit sources → Search US permit sources

### 2026-08-15 (score 67, +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.

### 2026-08-13 (score 66, +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.

### 2026-08-12 (score 65, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-08-11 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `search` (~57 tokens)

Search US permit sources

Search PermitReporter reviewed guidance and privacy-minimized collected building-permit records. Returns canonical URLs for citation. Call fetch with a returned ID for the full source.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): A natural-language question about US building permits or PermitReporter.

Output parameters:

- `results` (array)

### `fetch` (~55 tokens)

Fetch a US permit source

Fetch one reviewed PermitReporter guide or one collected permit record returned by search. Permit records retain source, record date, collection timestamp and coverage limits.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): A guide:… or permit:… ID returned by search.

Output parameters:

- `id` (string)
- `metadata` (object)
- `text` (string)
- `title` (string)
- `url` (string)

### `search_permits` (~143 tokens)

Search collected US building permits

Search privacy-minimized collected building-permit records by public text, US county, city, PermitReporter trade classification or record-date range. Coverage spans 34 states and the District of Columbia; name a county bare for Georgia ('Cobb') or state-qualified elsewhere ('Los Angeles, CA'). Returns no raw payloads or party arrays. An empty result means no matching record was collected, not that no permit exists.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string)
- `county` (string)
- `date_from` (string)
- `date_to` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)
- `trade` (string)

### `get_permit_record` (~46 tokens)

Get a source-linked US permit record

Retrieve one privacy-minimized collected building-permit record by PermitReporter record ID, including its canonical citation, official source link and collection timestamp.

Input parameters:

- `record_id` (integer, required)

### `get_county_coverage` (~56 tokens)

Check US county permit coverage

Return the current source route, issuer, cadence, lag, through-date, collected record count, sources and statistical floor for one covered US county. Call this before interpreting a missing county result.

Input parameters:

- `county` (string, required)

### `get_contractor_leads` (~69 tokens)

Find US contractor opportunity signals

Return recent, source-linked collected permits classified by trade and project scope for contractor research. Classifications are editorial signals, not official fields or guaranteed work.

Input parameters:

- `county` (string)
- `days` (integer)
- `limit` (integer)
- `trade` (string)

### `get_statewide_snapshot` (~93 tokens)

Get the current US permit-data snapshot

Return current PermitReporter counts, route-status boundaries, record-date range and latest collection timestamp without returning personal data. Pass `state` with a two-letter code to get that one jurisdiction's collected coverage, including an explicit answer for states where nothing has been collected yet.

Input parameters:

- `state` (string): Two-letter US state or district code, for example 'OH' or 'DC'. Omit for the national snapshot.

### `create_permit_watch` (~261 tokens)

Create an authorized PermitReporter email watch

Create a pending email watch only after the user reviews the exact email, search query and optional county, explicitly authorizes this request and confirmation email, and accepts https://permitreporter.com/terms and https://permitreporter.com/privacy. This additive action stores the email and search for alerts; it does not file a permit or prove coverage. The address must confirm before alerts begin. Reuse submission_id for safe retries.

Input parameters:

- `county` (string): Optional county restriction. Bare for Georgia ('Cobb'), state-qualified elsewhere ('Los Angeles, CA').
- `email` (string, required): The user's reviewed email address. It is stored for confirmation and alerts, never returned.
- `query` (string, required): The exact address, project, subdivision, business term or county-wide phrase the user approved.
- `submission_id` (string, required): Generate once for this watch; reuse it when retrying the same exact request.
- `terms_and_privacy_accepted` (boolean, required): True only after the user accepts https://permitreporter.com/terms and https://permitreporter.com/privacy.
- `user_authorized` (boolean, required): True only after the user reviews the exact email, query and county and explicitly asks PermitReporter to create this watch and send its confirmation email.

Output parameters:

- `next_step` (string)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `reference` (string)
- `replayed` (boolean)
- `status` (string)
- `submission_meaning` (string)
- `watch` (object)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-permitreporter-georgia-permits/permitreporter#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-19: 67
- 2026-08-18: 18
- 2026-08-17: 66
- 2026-08-16: 67
- 2026-08-15: 67
- 2026-08-14: 66
- 2026-08-13: 66
- 2026-08-12: 65
- 2026-08-11: 65

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://permitreporter.com/mcp
- Website: https://permitreporter.com/ai-permit-search
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-permitreporter-georgia-permits/permitreporter.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-permitreporter-georgia-permits/permitreporter.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-permitreporter-georgia-permits/permitreporter