Thousands of curated projects using tech for the common good — queryable by an MCP server, a REST API, and open code. Plug the Field Guide into your agents, research, and products.
Pick the entry point that matches how you build.
Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to live, curated civic-tech data in one config block.
Open setup Pull itFetch and filter listings, categories, and collections as clean JSON. No key for public reads.
See endpoints See itExplore products, bots, and research already built on the directory — then make your own.
Browse buildsDrop the CTFG MCP server into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client and your assistant can search listings, pull project detail, and traverse categories — grounded in real, curated data.
"mcpServers": {
"civictech-guide": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@civictechguide/mcp"]
}
}Clean JSON over HTTPS. Public read endpoints, no key required for basic search.
# Active govtech projects in Kenya
curl "https://api.civictech.guide/v1/projects\
?category=govtech&country=KE&active=true"Tools, research, and bots already running on the directory’s data.
Clone a starter, copy a query, ship something this afternoon.
The Field Guide data is free to use, re-use, adapt, and modify for non-commercial purposes, as long as you link back with attribution and share alike. Building something commercial? Talk to us.