Open States
Open States · Analytics and SEO
US state legislatures: legislators, bills, votes, committees and events
The client pastes their API key from Open States's settings. We store it encrypted.
Tested against Open States's live API.
Building with Open States? The docs have setup steps and code for every tool.
Open the Open States docsTools
Your agent calls any endpoint of Open States's API with the request tool, with the client's access attached.
Base URL for request
https://v3.openstates.org
request
HTTPS ANY /v1/clients/{clientId}/open-states/{path}
Any endpoint of Open States's own API, with the client's access attached.
- servicestringrequired
- This service: open-states
- methodstringrequired
- GET, POST, PUT, PATCH or DELETE
- pathstringrequired
- The path under https://v3.openstates.org
- queryobjectoptional
- Query parameters
- bodyobjectoptional
- A JSON body
Over MCP every tool also takes client_id, from list_clients. Over HTTPS send it as clientId to https://api.operate.as/v1.
What the client approves
- Use the Open States key you paste, with only the access you gave that key
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