Maryland Community Compass

Data and Analytics · by Maryland State Innovation Team, Office of Governor Wes Moore · Verified

Connector Maryland's neighborhood development data platform.

Install

In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors.
Find Maryland Community Compass in the directory, or choose Add custom connector and paste the URL below.
No sign-in. Turn it on in a chat from the tools menu.

Connector URL

https://compass.maryland.gov/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http maryland-compass https://compass.maryland.gov/mcp

Run in a terminal, then run /mcp in Claude Code to sign in.

Add in Claude Open on claude.com

About

Maryland Community Compass is the State of Maryland's free neighborhood development platform that centralizes data insights, funding resources, and support to foster thriving businesses and communities statewide, built by the Maryland State Innovation Team in partnership with Anthropic. Since December 2025 it has served over 15,000 active users and helped guide nearly $14 million in state funding to high-need areas.

Its MCP server exposes 20 read-only tools that let Claude answer questions about any Maryland address, parcel, or geography. No authentication is required, though requests must come from a US-based network.

Find Funding: 2,600+ federal, state, and philanthropic programs aggregated from 100+ sources, spanning grants, loans, tax credits, and technical assistance. One of the most comprehensive databases of public and private funding in Maryland. Full-text search, filters, and profile-based recommendations that help assemble a capital stack for any project.

Site Feasibility: parcel-level evaluation across hundreds of federal, state, and local datasets. Property records, Maryland place-based program overlays (Opportunity Zone, Enterprise Zone, Sustainable Community, and more), environmental cleanup sites, historic register listings, conservation easements, green infrastructure, and Baltimore City Vacant Building Notices. Includes full zoning ordinance text for all 23 Maryland counties and 96 municipalities with independent planning authority.

Community Plans: nearly 200 published comprehensive, small-area, and neighborhood plans. Search inside any plan (for example, "what does the Fell's Point plan say about parking?") with citation-ready PDF URLs.

Neighborhood Insights: 58 census-tract-level metrics (poverty, tenure, cost burden, rental vacancy, permits, and more) with state and county medians for comparison.

Tools

geocode_address
get_program_details
get_statistics
list_community_plans
list_filter_options
list_zoning_jurisdictions
list_zoning_sections
lookup_environmental
lookup_historic
lookup_natural_resources
lookup_neighborhood_indicators
lookup_parcel
lookup_vacancy_notices
lookup_zoning_and_context
read_community_plan
read_zoning_section
recommend_programs
search_community_plan_text
search_funding
search_zoning_text

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From the maker

Facts

Kind: Connector
Category: Data and Analytics
Made by: Maryland State Innovation Team, Office of Governor Wes Moore
Runs: Remote server
Works in: Claude, Claude API, Claude Code, Claude Desktop
Sign-in: Not required
Added: 2026-08-31
Source: Verified