Canido Mcp

Overview

Canido Mcp is a Model Context Protocol server that lets you look up permits, licenses, and fees for food service businesses in Austin, San Francisco, and New York City. Any MCP-compatible AI assistant can call its tools directly, deciding when to use them as part of a conversation or agent workflow.

The server runs locally via the npm package @canido/mcp-server, communicating over stdio. You'll need to provide a CANIDO_API_KEY environment variable to authenticate with the API. The latest release is v0.1.1, available from the GitHub repository benswork-space/canido-mcp.

Canido Mcp is categorized as a Development tool on mcp.site and integrates with MCP clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Zed. If you're the maintainer at benswork-space, you're welcome to claim this listing to verify ownership and keep information up to date.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canido_mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@canido/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANIDO_API_KEY": "<canido-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires CANIDO_API_KEY