PlaceRoot MCP server
io.github.chuofringer/placeroot·v0.12.0·3 starsGrounds AI agents in Overture Maps open data — compact answers, no API key.
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-31 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan94 source files scanned; 2 source files scanned25/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 1 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner6/10
How PlaceRoot compares
Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 89/100
- higher than 80% of 48,273 servers
- Tools
- 1
- the typical server has 7
- Tools that change things
- 0%
- typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
- GitHub stars
- 3
- more than 80% of 28,534 servers
- Downloads a week
- 223
- more than 77% of 11,915 servers with a package
What its tools let an agent do: 1 create
Release history: 3 versions in the registry since 2026-08-27, latest 2026-10-19, typically one every 45 days.
Install PlaceRoot in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add placeroot -- uvx placeroot
What the publisher says
From the PlaceRoot repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
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Quick start · Tools · Reference · Benchmarks · Website
PlaceRoot grounds AI agents in open map data. It's an MCP server that answers spatial questions — what's nearby, what's in this neighborhood, how do I get there — from Overture Maps open data. No API key, no signup, no vendor platform.
An independent project by vibemapper.
- 🎯 Answers, not data dumps. Every tool returns compact, ranked results sized for an agent's context window — never a raw GeoJSON dump.
- 🗺️ Real routing, zero keys. route and isochrone walk an actual street graph built from Overture's transportation segments — not a straight-line guess — anywhere on Earth.
- 🚶 Reachability-filtered search. find_places(..., within={"minutes": 15, "mode": "walk"}) keeps only results truly inside the street-graph walk/cycle/driveshed — not a radius that guesses at it, and not a second call to intersect a polygon yourself.
- 🏙️ Rich, filterable place data. Category, brand, confidence, operating status, contactability — sourced from Overture's open dataset (contributed by Meta, Uber, TomTom, and others).
- 📐 Boundary-accurate. Search inside a named place's real administrative polygon, not a guessed radius circle.
- ⚡ Zero setup. Reads Overture's public data directly — no key, no database, nothing to install beyond the server itself.
Quick start
Run it straight from PyPI or npm — no install step:
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
PlaceRoot: common questions
- Is PlaceRoot MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (89/100). Read the PlaceRoot safety report
- How do I install PlaceRoot?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does PlaceRoot need an API key?
- No secret keys are declared. It reads 3 settings from the environment.
- Is PlaceRoot maintained?
- The last commit was 3 days ago (2026-10-30). The latest release is v0.12.0.
- How does PlaceRoot compare with other MCP servers?
- safety score 89/100 (higher than 80% of 48,273 servers); tools 1 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.