Nyumba MCP Server

nyumba-mcp

Local serverstdio

What is the Nyumba MCP server?

Connect Nyumba to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. nyumba-mcp. The nyumba mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

MCP server for Kenya housing — rental market, tenant rights, building permits, affordable housing programs, and housing finance. 5 tools.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

Installation

The server ships on PyPI as nyumba-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Where it fits

Plenty of AI and media services servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Nyumba's toolset — Datasets — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by gabrielmahia; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Datasets** [huggingface.co/gmahia](https://huggingface.co/gmahia) · **Docs hub:** [nairobi-stack](https://github.com/gabrielmahia/nairobi-stack)

How to install the Nyumba MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nyumba": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["nyumba-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Nyumba to Datasets.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Nyumba to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Datasets) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Nyumba directly.