EST. 2025 MACHINE-READABLE DISPATCH NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED

OpenPublica

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Put the whole archive on your AI’s desk.

You have reached an endpoint built for AI tools rather than for reading — landing here in a browser is expected, and there is nothing to view. Point Claude, or any MCP-capable assistant, at the URL below and it can search every US city-council and board meeting we cover, pull full summaries and transcripts, and quote the plans and budgets those meetings argue over. Free, anonymous, and read-only.

MCP ENDPOINT
https://api.openpublica.com/mcp

How to connect

i.

Claude — web or desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste the URL above.

ii.

Cursor, Windsurf & other mcp.json clients

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openpublica": {
      "url": "https://api.openpublica.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
iii.

Then just ask

“What did Sacramento decide about the downtown financing district?”

Your assistant searches the archive, reads the meeting, and cites it back to you.

What it can do

search_meetings_semanticSearch every meeting by topic or question
list_recent_meetingsBrowse a government’s meetings, newest first
get_meetingFull summary, topics, attendees, transcript
search_meeting_transcriptExact quotes, without loading the whole transcript
search_documentsPage-cited search of general plans and budgets
find_local_governmentsWhich governments we cover near a place
…and government info, stats, and meeting vocabulary

OpenPublica transcribes and summarizes US local-government meetings so the record is readable without watching the tape. Browse it yourself at openpublica.com, or read the REST API reference.

SUMMARIZED BY OPENPUBLICA AI
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