Commutescout is a remote MCP server that gives an AI agent 10 tools, among them check_region, check_route, get_cameras. It answers at https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 6 of 6 times since 11 September 2026; the last check, on 22 October 2026, succeeded.
Live California road conditions: CHP incidents, Caltrans closures, chain controls, and wildfires.
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
check_region | Full current-conditions report for a California region. Use this for area-scale questions ("how is the Bay Area?", "what's happening in SoCal?") instead of stitching together point queries. It sweeps every source over the whole region at on Inputs: region |
check_route | Check current conditions along a major California highway corridor. The flagship trip-check tool: give it a start and end place and it returns everything active along that stretch right now - CHP incidents, lane closures physically in place Inputs: from_place, to_place, from_coords, to_coords |
get_cameras | Live Caltrans roadside camera snapshots near a point or on a route. Data: ~3,000 in-service Caltrans cameras statewide. Every returned image_url was verified live moments ago (offline cameras that serve a placeholder frame are filtered out) Inputs: center, route, radius_km, limit |
get_chain_controls | Current chain-control requirements on California mountain highways. Data: Caltrans chain-control status for fixed checkpoints on mountain routes (I-80 Donner, US-50 Echo Summit, SR-88, SR-89, and others). Levels: R-1 = chains OR snow tires Inputs: route, center, radius_km |
get_incidents | Live CHP traffic incidents statewide, optionally filtered. Data: the California Highway Patrol statewide computer-aided dispatch feed - collisions, traffic hazards, disabled vehicles, closures as CHP logs them. Refreshes about once a minute Inputs: highway, area, center, radius_km |
get_lane_closures | Caltrans lane and road closures physically in place RIGHT NOW. Data: the Caltrans Lane Closure System (LCS). Only closures that crews have actually established (CHP code 1097) and not yet picked up are returned - scheduled-but-not-started c Inputs: route, district, center, radius_km |
get_nearby_events | Live road events near a point anywhere CommuteScout covers, not just California: 37 states today, growing. Data: the same multi-state feeds the live map shows, normalized - state DOT incidents, roadwork and closures, chain and traction advi Inputs: center, radius_km, kinds |
get_road_signs | What Caltrans changeable message signs are displaying right now. Data: statewide CMS sign text, blank and out-of-service signs already filtered - every record is a message a driver is physically seeing. Signs carry the road's operational tr Inputs: route, center, radius_km |
get_wildfires | Active California wildfires, flagged when close to a major highway. Data: the interagency WFIGS current-wildfire feed (NIFC) - name, size in acres, percent contained, discovery date. Points are each fire's ORIGIN, not its perimeter: a large Inputs: near_route, center, radius_km |
rank_routes | Which major corridors have the most going on right now. Answers broad questions like "what are the busiest routes", "where is traffic worst", or "which highways should I avoid today" across all 17 tracked corridors. by="activity" ranks on l Inputs: by, limit |
Every block below points at https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http commutescout https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"commutescout": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commutescout": {
"url": "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"commutescout": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"commutescout": {
"url": "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commutescout": {
"serverUrl": "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commutescout": {
"url": "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"
}
}
}name: Commutescout
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: Commutescout
type: streamable-http
url: https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"commutescout": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commutescout": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"commutescout": {
"url": "https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcp.commutescout.com%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=commutescout&name=Commutescout
It answered our last check on 22 October 2026 in 274 ms. Over 6 checks since 11 September 2026 it answered 6. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
10, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 17 September 2026: check_region, check_route, get_cameras, get_chain_controls, get_incidents, get_lane_closures, get_nearby_events, get_road_signs, and 2 more.
It answered our last check on 22 October 2026 in 274 ms. Over 6 checks since 11 September 2026 it answered 6.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://mcp.commutescout.com/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: io.github.nicglazkov. Endpoint host: mcp.commutescout.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:io.github.nicglazkov:mcp:commutescout.
First indexed 10 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.