MCP server

HouseFile UK property licensing checker Official

app.housefile/licensing

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Checks whether a property in England is in a council's selective or HMO licensing scheme

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

housefile.app (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 848 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http licensing https://www.housefile.app/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.licensing]
url = "https://www.housefile.app/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"licensing":{"httpUrl":"https://www.housefile.app/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"licensing":{"url":"https://www.housefile.app/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"licensing":{"type":"http","url":"https://www.housefile.app/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add licensing https://www.housefile.app/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"licensing","server_url":"https://www.housefile.app/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"licensing","server_url":"https://www.housefile.app/mcp"}

Tools

• check_property_licensing ~321 tokens
  Looks up a postcode in England in HouseFile’s records of council licensing schemes and returns each scheme in force there, with its dates, fee, source link and the date the records were last verified, plus the national HMO rule. Schemes not in force yet are listed under upcoming. It works to postcod
• licensing_coverage ~117 tokens
  Which councils HouseFile’s records cover: each council with published schemes, with how many, how many are in force and when they were last verified, and the councils checked and found to run none. Use it to tell the user honestly whether their area is covered, and list_council_schemes for one counc
• list_council_schemes ~182 tokens
  Lists a council’s licensing schemes from HouseFile’s records: in force, starting soon, proposed, and ended in the last 12 months, each with its area, dates, fee, source link and last verified date. Takes a council name, part of a name or a GSS code. If several councils match, it returns them to choo
• upcoming_licensing_changes ~228 tokens
  What’s coming: schemes proposed or starting soon, and recent changes to schemes in HouseFile’s records (started, ended, fee, dates or area changed), newest first. Optionally for one council, and for a number of months ahead and back (6 by default, at most 24). For all councils the lists stop at the

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