Regulatory intelligence API — look up permits, licenses, and fees for food service businesses in Austin, SF, and NYC. CanIDo is the regulatory intelligence API for AI agents. Answer the question: "What permits, licenses, or regulations apply if I want to do X at location Y?" This MCP server currently covers food service businesses (food trucks, restaurants, catering, cottage food) across Austin TX, San Francisco CA, and New York City NY. Every response includes fees, issuing agencies (with URLs/phones), processing times, prerequisites, common gotchas, and a freshness score. Tools: lookup_requirements(activity, location, category?) — full permit requirements list_locations() — supported cities get_requirement_detail(requirement_id) — deep-dive on one permit Get a free API key at https://canido-api-production.up.railway.app (10 queries/month free tier).
How to connect
https://server.smithery.ai/canido/canidoit/mcpcurl -X POST https://server.smithery.ai/canido/canidoit/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{}}'