Claude Code openstates mcp server Resource/Washington
How to: Claude Code openstates mcp server Washington
Add openstates mcp server to Claude Code
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Run this in your project directory.
claude mcp add --transport http openstates-mcp-server https://openstates.caseyjhand.com/mcp-
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Restart your session so the server is picked up.
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Washington is surfaced wherever your client lets you attach context. It is context to attach, not an action to run.
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If it does not appear, check that openstates mcp server is connected and that you are looking at its resources rather than its tools.
Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs
Set these first
openstates mcp server will not start until these are set, so it never reaches Claude Code.
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OPENSTATES_API_KEY -
OPENSTATES_DAILY_REQUEST_BUDGET -
OPENSTATES_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS -
OPENSTATES_TOTAL_REQUEST_BUDGET_MS -
MCP_LOG_LEVEL
Same resource, other clients
Read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling resources/list on 24 September 2026.
A listing does not declare its resources, so asking is the only way to know them, and this
is what the server actually offers rather than what its listing claims. Names only are
stored; connect the server for each resource's type and contents.