CitySignal AI

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http citysignal https://citysignalai.com/mcp

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://citysignalai.com/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citysignal": {
      "url": "https://citysignalai.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools it offers

23 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

• list_citiesThe cities CitySignal covers, with their slug, timezone, center point, the official sources it reads, and status: live, or preview (still being checked, open to sign-ups, trackers not yet public). Call this when unsure w
• city_nowLive alerts in a city, deduplicated from official feeds (roads, transit, weather, power, water, construction) and placed by the app's own rule into four buckets: now (live and current), ongoing (live for more than two da
• city_nearAlerts within a radius of a latitude and longitude in a city, nearest first, each with its distance in miles: live ones (bucket now, ongoing or ahead) and ones that ended in the last 12 hours (bucket recap, so 'was there
• city_weekWeek-over-week memory for a city: counts by category for the last 7 days and the 7 before, a plain-language read of the week, measured insights, where it concentrated (areas and corridors), why an unusual week was unusua
• city_incidentsFour weeks of what happened in a city, sorted by kind, for one category. roads (default): crashes, stalled vehicles, hazards and debris, closures, vehicle fires. power: outages by size (one home, small, neighborhood, lar
• cities_reportReport mode: how every live CitySignal city is doing, in one call. The CitySignal Index for the last complete week (Sunday to Saturday): each city scored against its own typical week (Quiet, Typical, Busy, Heavy, with ho
• city_eventsEvents, concerts and home games coming up in a city within the next N days (default 7, max 14), with venue area, ticket price range and a ticket link when listed, and expected local traffic impact when known. Each event
• get_signalFull detail for one signal by its signal_id (from any other tool): summary, place, area, corridor, timing, source link, confidence and whether a live camera check confirmed or contradicted it. When a real picture exists
• city_camerasRoad cameras within a radius of a latitude and longitude (default 1 mile, max 5), nearest first, each with a link to its current still and whether it has live video; plus the camera checks CitySignal ran on alerts there
• city_picturesUp to six CitySignal picture cards for incidents in a city, including ones that already cleared: the frame a camera check kept, or a live view while the incident is still going. Each card has a headline, time, city, and
• get_profileThe connected CitySignal account: a stable opaque id and display name. Call this to confirm which account is linked before reading personal tools.
• my_dayThe connected person's own Now / Ongoing / Ahead / Recap: live signals that touch their saved spots and routes, in the same buckets the app shows, plus today's calendar line. Use for 'anything I should know today', 'what
• my_briefToday's written brief for the connected person: top alerts, citywide items, what is near their spots with why it matters and a recommended action, events, what is ongoing, what came and went since the last brief. Use whe
• my_routes_nowEach of the connected person's saved routes with its current state (Clear, Minor delay, Expect delays, Consider another route) and what changes how the road drives on its corridor now and ahead: crashes, lane closures, r
• my_along_the_wayErrands on the connected person's list that fit a trip they already make today, with the store, the detour in minutes, why that store, and a price line when one is known. Use for 'what can I pick up on the way', 'any err
• my_listThe connected person's shopping list as Scout priced it at their home Kroger: each item with product, size, price and whether it is on sale, plus the running total. Non-private lists include a revocable share link that e
• my_spots_and_routesThe connected person's saved spots (name, kind, part of town, alert radius) and routes (name, from, to, schedule). Use to understand what 'home', 'work' or 'my commute' refer to before answering about them. Addresses are
• add_errandAdds one errand to the connected person's own list, in their words ('milk and eggs', 'pick up lotion at the pharmacy'), the way the app, Siri and a text to Scout do: Scout reads the store kind from the words and fits the
• save_spotSaves a spot (a place that matters to the connected person, where Scout looks out for them) at an address they typed, with a kind: home, work, school, church, gym or other, and an optional name. The address must resolve
• my_detoursScout's detour offers on the connected person's drives today, as the Scout page shows them: the streak line (how many drives or weeks straight home), the offer (worth it: an event they marked interest in, near a drive, a
• get_detourResolves a DETOUR-XXX code for the connected person: which drive it is on, the event, whether it is worth it (a stop) or dodge it (a way around), the streak and offer lines, and the link that opens it. Codes are per pers
• circle_needsOpen errands and list items of people in the connected person's Circle, for people who turned on assistant access for them, with how long each has waited and whether it was already asked of or accepted by the connected p
• circle_along_the_wayTrips people in the connected person's Circle already plan today or tomorrow that fit an errand: a store run someone's item could ride along on, a return or post office stop, a trip they both make. Returns the person's f

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