How do I connect House Price Watch as an MCP server?

What can the MCP do?

Tools wrap the public query API. Each new data capability on the site ships as an HTTP endpoint and an MCP tool together.

• search_boundaries — find a Boundary by name
• resolve_boundary — turn a place name like London or Hull into one exact slug
• get_location — latest 12-month average, yearly change, volume, peak, mix, child areas, Census 2021 counts, green space per resident, and crime rate
• get_crime — police.uk crime for an area: crimes per 1,000 residents, change on the previous year, each crime type against England and Wales, and up to 36 months of crime and anti-social behaviour
• get_green_spaces — named parks and other green spaces in an area, largest first (OS Open Greenspace)
• compare_locations — 1–4 areas, first slug is the baseline
• get_price_history and get_highest_sales
• list_popular_comparisons and get_meta

How do I install it in ChatGPT?

Custom MCP connectors need a paid ChatGPT plan (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, or Edu).

1. Open Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced and turn on Developer Mode.
2. Go back to Apps & Connectors, choose Create, name the connector House Price Watch, and set the MCP server URL to https://api.housepricewatch.com/mcp.
3. Choose no authentication. In a new chat, enable the connector from the tools menu.

How do I install it in Claude?

1. In Claude.ai, open Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector.
2. Set the MCP server URL to https://api.housepricewatch.com/mcp. No OAuth and no headers are required.

Any other client that supports MCP Streamable HTTP can use the same URL.

Are there rate limits?

Yes. The MCP allows 30 requests per minute. Search, snapshots, and the rest of the public API have their own limits.