Government Radar MCP MCP server

An official MCP server that allows AI assistants to query and retrieve recent Canadian federal and provincial government news releases. It provides tools to list the latest releases, search by keywords, and filter by jurisdiction or topic, enabling users to ask plain English questions about government announcements.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Government Radar

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Ask what Canadian governments announced this week
Search for federal housing funding announcements
Summarize healthcare releases from specific provinces

Tools advertised by the last live check:

latest_releases
search_releases
list_jurisdictions_and_topics

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http government-radar-mcp https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add government-radar-mcp --url https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable government-radar-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "government-radar-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "government-radar-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start government-radar-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "government-radar-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http government-radar-mcp https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "government-radar-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "government-radar-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.govradar.ca/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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