Motley MCP Server
Live NYC family intelligence for AI assistants.
Motley exposes the same sourced NYC family-data behind https://motley.nyc as MCP tools. Assistants can query structured data for NYC neighborhoods, schools, admissions, safety, health, family resources, kids' activities, and neighborhood comparisons.
Hosted endpoint
https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Auth: none required
Website/docs: https://motley.nyc/mcp
Claude Desktop / stdio bridge
For MCP clients that only support stdio, use mcp-remote:
{
"mcpServers": {
"motley": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.motley.nyc/mcp"
]
}
}
}
This repository is intended to be the public metadata home for listing Motley in MCP catalogs and registries.
Official MCP Registry server name:
io.github.HypnoLabs-io/motley-mcp
Remote registry record lives in server.json.
Smithery/static server card candidate lives in .well-known/mcp/server-card.json and can also be deployed to:
https://motley.nyc/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
Motley currently exposes 14 tools:
search-neighborhoods — Search and filter NYC neighborhoods by borough or name. Returns NTA codes, names, boroughs, and centroid coordinates.get-neighborhood — Get full details for a single NYC neighborhood including demographics, raw 0-100 scores, location, and a family-readable interpretation (labeled score bands + cached editorial blurbs). Use the nta_code from search-neighborhoods.get-neighborhood-summary — Get a decision-ready, family-readable summary of one NYC neighborhood: a one-paragraph fit verdict, labeled score bands (e.g. 'Peace of Mind: strong (78/100)'), and cached editorial blurbs — with raw scores still available. The interpretation-first front door; start here when a family wants an answer, not a data dump.get-schools — Get schools within a neighborhood — public, charter, and private. Includes quality ratings, grade levels, contact info. Use count_only for a quick summary, or limit/offset to page the full list (the response reports total/returned).get-resources — Get family resource counts for a neighborhood: recreation centers, playgrounds, libraries, hospitals, farmers markets, ADA subway stations.get-activities — Get kids' activities and businesses in a neighborhood — classes, sports, arts, tutoring, etc. from Foursquare data. Use count_only for category breakdown, or limit/offset to page the full list (reports total/returned). Each place's last_refreshed is when we last verified it with Foursquare.get-safety — Get safety and health environment indicators for a neighborhood: crime complaints, collisions, HPD violations, air quality, lead levels, asthma rates — plus a family-readable interpretation of the Peace of Mind and Air & Water Quality scores.get-comparable — Find neighborhoods most similar to a given one based on a 9-dimension score vector (family density, wealth, education, safety, transit, etc.). Returns similarity scores.find-neighborhood — Find which NYC neighborhood (NTA) an address or coordinate is in. Pass a NYC address (geocoded via OpenStreetMap) OR lat+lng. Returns the NTA code, name, borough, and a decision-ready family-fit summary. Use this to turn a real-world location into a neighborhood you can pass to the other tools.rank-neighborhoods — Rank NYC neighborhoods by what a family cares about. Pass per-metric weights (family density, schools, affordability, neighborhood character, transit, safety, air & water quality) and/or ranked priority keywords; optionally scope to one borough. Returns the top neighborhoods with a fit score and the metric breakdown — a deterministic weighted sort (the per-child Smart Match stays in the Motley app).compare-neighborhoods — Compare 2–6 NYC neighborhoods side by side across the 9 family-fit metrics (Family Fit, Families, Affordability, Schools, Neighborhood Character, Transit, Safety, Health, Activities). Pass an array of NTA codes; returns a per-metric matrix with each neighborhood's band and the per-metric leader.get-admissions-methods — Get the full NYC school-admissions reference: every entry point from 3-K and Pre-K through Kindergarten, Gifted & Talented, and the 8 middle/high admission methods (SHSAT, audition, screened, Ed-Opt, limited unscreened, unscreened, zoned, charter lottery) — each with its typical application window. The methods carry a live program count; optional band/governance filters narrow that count. Knowledge only.explain-admissions-method — Explain one NYC admission entry point or method in full — the plain-English explainer plus its typical deadline window. Pass a method key (shsat, audition, screened, ed_opt, limited_unscreened, unscreened, zoned, charter_lottery) or an early entry point (three-k, pre-k, kindergarten, gifted-talented).get-admissions-demand — Get how competitive admission to one specific school is, program by program: seats vs. applicants, applicants-per-seat, offer/fill rate, and a family-readable competitiveness tier (Accessible / Competitive / Highly Competitive). Pass a school DBN (from get-schools). Sourced from MySchools — present mostly for screened/choice high-school programs; zoned, charter-lottery, and private schools usually have none.
Ownership
Maintained by Motley / HypnoLabs.