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CityAlert

Free live public-safety incident map: global crime, fire, disaster, weather and news feeds

Should I use this

Quality & Safety

A
Description quality
90%
Schema completeness
76%
Naming quality
100%
Poisoning risk
100%
Permission match
100%
Protocol compliance
100%

Findings (2)

  • LOWTool 'get_crime_year' description lacks action verbin get_crime_year
  • LOWTool 'get_news' description lacks action verbin get_news

Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.

Context Cost

~3,180Tokens (tool definitions)
~3.9 KBTypical response size
Significant attention impact (2.48% of 128k context)

This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.

Install

One-Click Install

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cityalert": {
      "url": "https://cityalert.live/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

https://cityalert.live/api/mcpstreamable-http
https://cityalert.live/.well-known/mcpstreamable-http

What it can do

Tool inventory

Tools (8)

🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢list_regions

List CityAlert focus regions (key, label, center, zoom, bbox). Use region keys with get_incidents.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "regions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "key": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "label": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "center": {
            "type": "array",
            "prefixItems": [
              {
                "type": "number"
              },
              {
                "type": "number"
              }
            ],
            "items": false,
            "minItems": 2,
            "maxItems": 2
          },
          "zoom": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "bbox": {
            "type": "array",
            "prefixItems": [
              {
                "type": "number"
              },
              {
                "type": "number"
              },
              {
                "type": "number"
              },
              {
                "type": "number"
              }
            ],
            "items": false,
            "minItems": 4,
            "maxItems": 4
          },
          "quakeStats": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "major": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "country": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "state": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "key",
          "label",
          "center",
          "zoom",
          "bbox"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "regions"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢get_incidents(region, category, groups, minSeverity, q, ...)

Merged live incidents from all feeds plus manual reports. Filter by region key, category, group, severity, source, or bbox. Results come from a shared ~15-minute snapshot; real-time refresh requires an API key with that entitlement (details: cityalert.live/developers).

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "region": {
      "description": "Focus-region key, e.g. 'vancouver' (see list_regions)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "category": {
      "description": "Incident category",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "crime",
        "fire",
        "disaster",
        "weather",
        "unrest",
        "health",
        "infra",
        "alert",
        "report"
      ]
    },
    "groups": {
      "description": "Normalized subtypes to include, e.g. ['violent','property','collision','wildfire']. See group keys in the /api/incidents OpenAPI doc.",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "minSeverity": {
      "description": "Minimum severity (low < medium < high < critical)",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "low",
        "medium",
        "high",
        "critical"
      ]
    },
    "q": {
      "description": "Case-insensitive substring match on type/title/neighbourhood",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100
    },
    "source": {
      "description": "Feed source, e.g. 'usgs', 'gdacs', 'eccc', 'vpd', 'bcws', 'vernon-media', 'manual'",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "bbox": {
      "description": "[minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat]",
      "minItems": 4,
      "maxItems": 4,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Max incidents to return (default 50)",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 5000
    },
    "detail": {
      "description": "Response detail. 'full' (default): every field incl. description, neighbourhood and reporter/vote metadata. 'compact': id/type/title/coords/time/severity/url only — about half the tokens, for list-style answers.",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "compact",
        "full"
      ]
    },
    "refresh": {
      "description": "Re-fetch upstream feeds instead of returning the shared ~15-minute snapshot. Only honored for API keys with real-time entitlement; ignored otherwise.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "incidents": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "source": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "group": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "lat": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "lon": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "time": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "severity": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "region": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "nhood": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "approximate": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "count": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "sources": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "pending",
              "active",
              "resolved",
              "hidden"
            ]
          },
          "confirms": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "resolves": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "flags": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "reporter": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "handle": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "role": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "curator",
                      "moderator"
                    ]
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "null"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "reports": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "confirmed": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "handle",
              "role",
              "reports",
              "confirmed"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "source",
          "category",
          "type",
          "title",
          "lat",
          "lon",
          "time",
          "severity"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "feeds": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "count": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "failed": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "source": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "error": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "source"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "count",
        "failed"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "delayed": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "delayMinutes": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "textTruncated": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total",
    "returned",
    "incidents",
    "feeds"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢get_trends

Historical aggregates: VPD crime by year/month/type (6y), USGS M4+ quakes per region (10y), GDACS global events (3y), report and live snapshot stats. Use for questions about patterns over time — crime trends, quake frequency, disaster cadence. For what's happening right now, use get_incidents.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "generatedAt": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "crime": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {},
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "history": {
      "type": "object",
      "propertyNames": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {},
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "quakes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {},
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "gdacs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {},
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "statcan": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {},
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "reports": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {},
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "snapshot": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {},
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢get_crime_year(year, includeIncidents)

Full-year VPD crime data: totals and ranked neighbourhood stats. Vancouver only, 2003-present.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 2003,
      "maximum": 2026,
      "description": "Year, 2003 to present"
    },
    "includeIncidents": {
      "description": "Include every incident point (large; default false)",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "year"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "byType": {
      "type": "object",
      "propertyNames": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "byNeighbourhood": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "count": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "lat": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "lon": {
            "type": "number"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "name",
          "count",
          "lat",
          "lon"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "incidents": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "source": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "group": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "lat": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "lon": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "time": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "severity": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "region": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "nhood": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "approximate": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "count": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "sources": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "pending",
              "active",
              "resolved",
              "hidden"
            ]
          },
          "confirms": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "resolves": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "flags": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "reporter": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "handle": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "role": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "curator",
                      "moderator"
                    ]
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "null"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "reports": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "confirmed": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "handle",
              "role",
              "reports",
              "confirmed"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "source",
          "category",
          "type",
          "title",
          "lat",
          "lon",
          "time",
          "severity"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "year",
    "total",
    "byType",
    "byNeighbourhood"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢get_news(place, refresh)

Per-region safety news items, or news for an arbitrary place name.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "place": {
      "description": "Place name for ad-hoc news, e.g. 'Kelowna'",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60
    },
    "refresh": {
      "description": "Bypass the news cache (API keys with real-time entitlement only)",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "items": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "link": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "source": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "published": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "region": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "regionLabel": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "image": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "title",
          "link",
          "source",
          "published"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "place": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "fetchedAt": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "items"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟡submit_report(title, lat, lon, category, severity, ...)

File a manual geolocated incident report (same as POST /api/reports). Reports are moderated before they appear publicly. Errors: 'report submission disabled' if the caller is blocked; 'rate limited' past 20 reports/hour via MCP.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Short headline, 1–200 chars"
    },
    "lat": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": -90,
      "maximum": 90,
      "description": "Latitude, -90 to 90"
    },
    "lon": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": -180,
      "maximum": 180,
      "description": "Longitude, -180 to 180"
    },
    "category": {
      "description": "Incident category (default 'report')",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "crime",
        "fire",
        "disaster",
        "weather",
        "unrest",
        "health",
        "infra",
        "alert",
        "report"
      ]
    },
    "severity": {
      "description": "low | medium | high | critical (default 'medium')",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "low",
        "medium",
        "high",
        "critical"
      ]
    },
    "description": {
      "description": "Details, up to 2000 chars",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "title",
    "lat",
    "lon"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "report": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "source": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "category": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "group": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "time": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "severity": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "region": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "nhood": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "approximate": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "count": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "sources": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "pending",
            "active",
            "resolved",
            "hidden"
          ]
        },
        "confirms": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "resolves": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "flags": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "reporter": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "handle": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "role": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "curator",
                    "moderator"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "reports": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "confirmed": {
              "type": "number"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "handle",
            "role",
            "reports",
            "confirmed"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "id",
        "source",
        "category",
        "type",
        "title",
        "lat",
        "lon",
        "time",
        "severity"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "report"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢get_dashboard(id)

Read a saved dashboard by id (shareable, read-only).

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟡create_dashboard(name, config)

Create a shareable dashboard. Returns {id, token} — the token grants write access via PUT /api/dashboards, so save it.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100
    },
    "config": {
      "type": "object",
      "propertyNames": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "additionalProperties": {},
      "description": "Dashboard config object, e.g. {areas, categories, defaultTab}"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "config"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "token": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Recommended Prompts

retrieve_data
Get details about [item] from CityAlert
Expected tools: get_incidents
fetch_info
Fetch [information type] using CityAlert
Expected tools: get_incidents
list_items
List all [items] available in CityAlert
Expected tools: list_regions
browse_collection
Show me the [collection] from CityAlert
Expected tools: list_regions
explore_workflow
List available [items], then get details for each one using CityAlert
Expected tools: list_regionsget_incidents

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