openstates-mcp-server MCP Server

Search bills, legislators, committees, and events across all 50 US states, DC, and 5 US territories.

Tools observed. Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 10 tools directly. Verified.

At a glance

Source code: Open repository

Package usage: 1,562 npm downloads in the last 30 days.

GitHub popularity: 2 stars on cyanheads/openstates-mcp-server, recorded 2026-09-14.

Status

Pod connected to openstates-mcp-server on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 674ms.

It identifies itself as openstates-mcp-server version 0.3.1, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

Tools

Pod observed 10 tools when it connected:

openstates_search_bills
openstates_get_bill
openstates_search_people
openstates_get_legislators_by_location
openstates_search_committees
openstates_get_committee
openstates_search_events
openstates_get_event
openstates_list_jurisdictions
openstates_get_jurisdiction

Connect

Published as @cyanheads/openstates-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openstates-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/openstates-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Published as @cyanheads/openstates-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openstates-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/openstates-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

A hosted endpoint at https://openstates.caseyjhand.com/mcp, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openstates-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openstates.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Related servers

Openstates — Same product family, different deployment

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