Navigi: community services across Canada
Community services in every Canadian community, each with the date it was last checked.
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Quality & Safety
Findings (1)
- LOWTool 'services_near' description lacks action verbin services_near
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"navigi": {
"url": "https://api.navigi.ca/v1/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://api.navigi.ca/v1/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (4)
🟢find_services(need, place, province, free, no_referral, ...)
Find community and social services (food banks, shelters, counselling, legal aid, income help and 18 more needs) in a Canadian community on navigi.ca. Every row carries the public page URL and the date the listing's own website was last checked; cite the URL and the date.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"need": {
"type": "string",
"description": "what the person needs, in plain words: food bank, shelter, counselling, legal aid, income assistance, or a category slug"
},
"place": {
"type": "string",
"description": "community name, for example Truro"
},
"province": {
"type": "string",
"description": "two-letter province or territory code (ab, bc, on, qc, ns, nb, mb, sk, pe, nl, yt, nt, nu)"
},
"free": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "only services listed as free"
},
"no_referral": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "only services that take people without a referral"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 100,
"default": 20
}
},
"required": [
"need",
"place",
"province"
]
}⚪services_near(lat, lng, need, km, limit)
Community and social services within a radius of a point, optionally for one need. Use when the person gives a location rather than a community name.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lat": {
"type": "number"
},
"lng": {
"type": "number"
},
"need": {
"type": "string"
},
"km": {
"type": "number",
"default": 25
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 100,
"default": 20
}
},
"required": [
"lat",
"lng"
]
}🟢get_community(province, community)
One community's listing counts by category and its page URL on navigi.ca.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"province": {
"type": "string"
},
"community": {
"type": "string",
"description": "slug or name"
}
},
"required": [
"province",
"community"
]
}🟢list_needs
The service categories navigi.ca uses, with the searcher terms each one answers. Call this first when unsure which need word to use.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}Community
Evidence