For AI agents
Boardwalk for AI agents
Boardwalk ships a live MCP server so AI assistants can find US real estate development projects 12–24 months before a permit or bid exists — at the planning, zoning, and entitlement stage. Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or Windsurf for pre-construction projects in any city, and the assistant queries Boardwalk's 321,350 indexed projects across all 50 states (2026 YTD) directly.
What is the Boardwalk MCP server?
The Boardwalk MCP server (https://mcp.boardwalkai.com/mcp) is a remote, OAuth-secured tool endpoint any Model Context Protocol client can connect to. Once connected, an assistant can search Boardwalk's land-use intelligence database — development projects extracted from city and county meeting records nationwide — without writing code or leaving the chat. Each record is a named project with an exact address, magnitude, entitlement stage, developer and applicant parties, and the meeting date it surfaced. The server exposes read-only tools and uses OAuth 2.1 PKCE with Dynamic Client Registration.
Which tools does it expose?
search_projects
Structured search by location ID, type, subtype, developer, units, acreage, zoning, and date. 1 credit per project returned.
ai_search_projects
Natural-language search via semantic + structured retrieval. 2 credits per project.
get_taxonomy
The land-use taxonomy: project types, subtypes, asset classes, action types. Free.
list_states
States with the numeric IDs that geographic filters require. Free.
get_credit_balance
The connected account's remaining credits. Free. Read-only.
Try it: connect in your terminal
# Boardwalk MCP server (remote, streamable HTTP + OAuth) claude mcp add --transport http boardwalk https://mcp.boardwalkai.com/mcp
Frequently asked questions
Can an AI assistant use Boardwalk without writing code?
Yes. In Claude, add the connector at boardwalkai.com/connect/claude/ and sign in once; the assistant then invokes Boardwalk tools automatically. In ChatGPT, Cursor, or Windsurf, point the client at the same MCP server or use the API key path in the skill files.
What does it cost to call Boardwalk?
Structured search costs 1 credit per project returned; AI search costs 2. Taxonomy and location lookups are free.
How fresh is the Boardwalk data?
Boardwalk recomputes rolling weekly windows and refreshes nationwide coverage every week. The public index currently shows 321,350 U.S. development projects year-to-date in 2026. Data is refreshed weekly through 2026-06-23.