Api Endpoint

api.permitscouter.com

Permit Scouter: Search new building permits by trade, job value, date, zip or city. Newest first, up to 25 per call.

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Offering

Provider
api.permitscouter.com
Method
GET
Offering type
Api Endpoint
Transport type
mcp
Category
Legal And Compliance
Delivery
Not provided
Pricing model
Not provided
x402 version
2

Endpoint context

URL
https://api.permitscouter.com/mcp
MIME type
application/json
First seen
2026-10-16T02:01:55.574Z
Last seen
Tags
None supplied

Payment pricing

x402 payment terms are the authoritative price for calling this endpoint.

Payment option 1
0.02 USDC
Atomic price: 20000 · Network: eip155:84532 · Asset: USDC · Scheme: exact
Raw x402 terms
[
  {
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "eip155:84532",
    "asset": "0x036CbD53842c5426634e7929541eC2318f3dCF7e",
    "amount": "20000",
    "payTo": "0xa8804B90FB9d969D9509e0fA79619Fc8a19b3bFb"
  }
]

Observed health

Status
Reachable
Latest latency
34 ms
Average latency
36 ms
HTTP status
406
Last checked
Reachability
100% over 14 checks

Latency is measured to the first response headers. A reachable result does not verify response accuracy or merchant identity.

Input schema

{
  "type": "mcp",
  "toolName": "search_permits",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "description": "Search new building permits by trade, job value, date, zip or city. Newest first, up to 25 per call.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "q": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "title": "Q",
        "default": null,
        "description": "Words in the work description, e.g. heat pump"
      },
      "zip": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "title": "Zip",
        "default": null,
        "description": "5-digit zip code"
      },
      "city": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "title": "City",
        "default": null,
        "description": "City name, e.g. TAMPA"
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "title": "Limit",
        "default": 25,
        "maximum": 25,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "Results per call, 1 to 25"
      },
      "since": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "title": "Since",
        "default": null,
        "description": "Filed on or after, YYYY-MM-DD"
      },
      "trade": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "title": "Trade",
        "default": null,
        "description": "One of: roofing, hvac, solar, pool, electrical, plumbing, windows_doors, new_construction, remodel, demolition"
      },
      "until": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "title": "Until",
        "default": null,
        "description": "Filed on or before, YYYY-MM-DD"
      },
      "offset": {
        "type": "integer",
        "title": "Offset",
        "default": 0,
        "minimum": 0,
        "description": "Start position for paging"
      },
      "min_value": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "title": "Min Value",
        "default": null,
        "description": "Minimum job value in US dollars"
      },
      "jurisdiction": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "title": "Jurisdiction",
        "default": null,
        "description": "Source key from coverage, e.g. tampa"
      }
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "type",
        "toolName",
        "inputSchema"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "mcp"
        },
        "toolName": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "transport": {
          "enum": [
            "streamable-http",
            "sse"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "inputSchema": {
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  }
}