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mcp-401
401 Rhode Island — WellSpr.ing Civic MCP Portal
Civic AI portal for Providence and Rhode Island — the Ocean State, RISD culture, and New England civic life.
Quick Start
Connect any MCP-compatible AI assistant to the Providence civic portal:
# Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, or any MCP client:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/cli connect https://mcp.401.today/mcp
Or in claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"401-civic": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@modelcontextprotocol/cli", "connect", "https://mcp.401.today/mcp"]
}
}
}
About Providence
This repository is the sovereign source configuration for the 401.today civic MCP portal — a Model Context Protocol endpoint exposing community-scoped civic AI tools for 401 Rhode Island.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Area code | 401 |
| Primary city | Providence |
| State | RI |
| Live portal | 401.today |
| MCP portal | mcp.401.today |
| MCP protocol endpoint | https://mcp.401.today/mcp (POST for agents) |
| Sovereign repo | git.wellspr.ing/WellBuilder/mcp-401 |
| Federation | wellspr.ing/mcp/federation.json |
Civic Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
get_local_news |
Latest civic news for Providence |
get_free_items |
Community free-item exchange — hyperlocal mutual aid |
get_businesses |
Local business directory for Providence |
submit_civic_idea |
Submit a civic idea or community proposal |
get_civic_services |
Local government services and contact information |
ody_chat |
Conversational civic AI (Ody) — covenant-governed |
Network Traversal
Adjacent area-code portals (connected via get_adjacent_nodes):
617, 860, 508
Any MCP-capable agent connected to this portal can traverse the WellSpr.ing network hop-by-hop using get_adjacent_nodes — no central directory required.
Governance
This portal operates under the WellSpr.ing Eight Principles — a covenant governance model that all portals, tools, and AI agents in the network attest to.
Freely given, so freely given.
Infrastructure
This repository is the primary source of truth. GitHub and Codeberg are push-mirrors only.
| Layer | URL | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereign primary | git.wellspr.ing/WellBuilder/mcp-401 | Source of truth |
| Community mirror | codeberg.org/wellspring/mcp-401 | Discovery |
| GitHub mirror | github.com/WellBuilder/mcp-401 | Discovery (if restored) |
See NotGit.org/formula for the three-mirror architecture.
Contributing
WellSpr.ing covenanted developers are welcome to contribute to this portal's configuration. Open an issue or pull request on the sovereign git.
All contributions are reviewed against the Eight Principles.
Part of the WellSpr.ing NNN.today civic AI network — 191 area-code portals, covenant governed, architecturally sovereign.