Connect Ziplore: US ZIP Code API (county, time zone, demographics, radius) MCP to your AI client
Ziplore: US ZIP to county, FIPS, time zone, Census demographics; radius and city ZIPs. Free, no key.
Endpoint: https://ziplore.cybermaxtools.com/mcp · Free: 200 free calls/day, no key · Paid: Starter $19/month; Pro $39/month; Starter yearly $190/year; Pro yearly $390/year
| Client | Where the config goes |
|---|---|
| Cursor | ~/.cursor/mcp.json (every project) |
| VS Code (GitHub Copilot) | .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace (VS Code format, top-level "servers") |
| Claude Code | claude mcp add --transport http ziplore 'https://ziplore.cybermaxtools.com/mcp?via=use-with-claude-code' |
| Claude Desktop and claude.ai | no file: remote servers are added as custom connectors in Claude's settings |
| Windsurf (Devin Desktop) | ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (macOS and Linux) |
| Cline | cline_mcp_settings.json: in the IDE, click the MCP Servers icon › Configure › Configure MCP Servers |
| OpenAI Codex CLI | ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project) |
| Gemini CLI | gemini mcp add --transport http ziplore 'https://ziplore.cybermaxtools.com/mcp?via=use-with-gemini-cli' |
Tools
Endpoint checked 2026-10-09: https://ziplore.cybermaxtools.com/mcp answered an MCP initialize (protocol 2025-06-18) and tools/list with 5 tools, all marked read-only. No key was used and no tool was called.
| Tool | What it does | Required inputs |
|---|---|---|
zip_lookup | City, state, county and FIPS, coordinates, time zone with UTC offset, and Census demographics (population, income, home value, rent) for up to 10 US ZIP codes. Accepts ZIP+4, addresses and ZIPs missing a leading zero. | zips |
zips_in_radius | Every US ZIP within N miles (max 25) of a ZIP or a lat/lon point, closest first, with distance in miles. | miles |
city_zips | All ZIP codes of a US city, largest population first. | city |
nearest_zip | Reverse geocode a latitude/longitude to the nearest US ZIP code(s), with distance. | lat, lon |
zip_distance | Great-circle distance in miles and km between two US ZIP codes. | from, to |