Akil MCP · Model Context Protocol

NYC government data.
One endpoint.

Connect any AI agent or application to structured New York City public records — grants, contracts, organizations, neighborhoods, legislation, and more. No scraping. No data pipelines. Just structured tools and live data.

mcp.askakil.ai/mcp
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Akil MCP
Money
30 tools
Orgs
5 tools
Places
18 tools
Rules
4 tools
People
8 tools
70+
Tools
57
Data Sources
17M+
Records
27
Domains
5
Pillars

What's In It

Five pillars of NYC public data.

70+ structured tools organized across five areas. Each tool returns typed, sourced data from real government systems — not scraped web pages.

Money

30 tools

Grants, contracts, agency budgets, foundation giving, elected official discretionary funding, nonprofit financials, procurement

search_grants— Open funding opportunities
match_grants— Org-to-grant matching
agency_budget— NYC agency fiscal data
payment_timeline— Contract disbursements
council_funding— Discretionary allocations

Organizations

5 tools

Nonprofit profiles, IRS 990 financials, federal audit history, M/WBE certifications, business licenses

org_lookup— Comprehensive org search
nonprofit_profile— IRS 990 financials
audit_history— Federal single audit data
mwbe_check— Certification status

People

8 tools

Campaign finance, lobbying registrations, government payroll, agency staffing, official directory

cfb_contributions— Campaign donations
lobbyist_lookup— NYS lobbying registry
payroll_search— Citywide salary records
official_directory— Green Book contacts

Places

18 tools

Demographics, schools, housing, building permits, property records, community needs, air quality, shelter census

community_profile— District demographics
property_search— PLUTO parcel records
building_permits— DOB permit filings
community_needs— District needs indicators

Rules

4 tools

Council legislation, land use and zoning applications, agency rulemaking, public hearings

council_legislation— Bills and resolutions
land_use_search— ULURP/ZAP projects
agency_rules— Proposed regulations
public_hearings— Upcoming meetings

Who Builds on This

Your application gets NYC public records without building a data pipeline.

Akil MCP works with any MCP-compatible client — Claude Desktop, custom AI agents, developer tools, or your own application.

Grant Platforms

Add real-time NYC funding data — open opportunities, deadlines, eligibility — directly to your product.

AI Agents

Give your agent structured government data instead of hallucinated answers. Works with Claude, GPT, or any MCP client.

Newsrooms

Build internal tools for reporters to query funding flows, contracts, lobbying activity, and campaign finance.

Nonprofit Software

Enrich org profiles with government funding history, audit records, and M/WBE certifications.

Research Tools

Power policy analysis and academic research with structured data across 66 government sources.

Dashboards

Pull live government data into custom dashboards for government affairs, real estate, or community planning.

Quickstart

Three steps. No SDK.

No data pipeline to build or maintain. Connect to the endpoint, call tools, and get structured data back with source attribution.

1

Connect

One URL. Paste into Claude Desktop, your AI agent, or your code.

mcp.askakil.ai/mcp
2

Call tools

70+ structured tools, each with typed parameters and real government data.

akil_search_grants({
  keyword: "mental health",
  geography: "nyc",
  status: "open"
})
3

Ship

Your app has NYC public records without scraping portals or maintaining sync jobs.

→ 23 open opportunities
→ structured JSON responses
→ source attribution included

Live Data

Not a static dump.

Daily and weekly syncs from 66 government data sources. Automated monitoring. Source attribution on every response. When the data updates, your tools update.

NYC Open Data grants.gov NYS Grants Gateway IRS 990 Filings City Record Campaign Finance Board USAspending NYC Checkbook ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer Federal Audit Clearinghouse NYC PLUTO DOB Permits HPD Violations NYC Council Legislation 311 Complaints NYPD Crime Data NYC Payroll NYS Lobbying Commission SAM.gov Community District Profiles DOE School Data Environmental Data + 44 more

Start building on Akil.

One endpoint. 66 government data sources. Your app, your UI, our data.

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