squidmaps

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http squidmaps https://squidmaps.io/api/mcp

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

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

https://squidmaps.io/api/mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "squidmaps": {
      "url": "https://squidmaps.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools it offers

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

• get_map_specRead this first when someone wants a map: of places, a route or an area, or of data like a CSV or GeoJSON, to look at or to share with a link. It's how squidmaps maps are written: GeoJSON features, how they're styled, an
• create_mapMake a web map of places, routes or areas, and get a link anyone can open to see it, with no code and no account. Write it as the map document get_map_spec describes. The link works for an hour after the map last changed
• update_mapChange a map made with create_map when the person asks for changes, keeping its link: anyone who has the link sees the change, and it keeps working another hour. Send the whole changed map document, not just what changed
• preview_mapA picture of a map made with create_map, as people who open its link see it, to check it before you share the link: where things are, their styles, its title panel and legend. 1200×630 by default, the shape most people s

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