GSA Per Diem
MCP server by 1102tools
Look up federal per diem lodging and M&IE rates by city, ZIP or state, and estimate trip costs for travel IGCEs.
Connect to GSA Per Diem
No sign-in needed. Connect with GSA Per Diem’s own URL:
Paste it into any client that supports remote MCP servers. Your client talks to 1102tools directly, not through mcp.tc.
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mcp.tc/i/gsa-per-diemAbout
Connects to GSA per diem data for CONUS locations. You can look up lodging and meals and incidental expense (M&IE) rates by city, ZIP code or state, view the M&IE tier breakdown, estimate trip costs with 75% M&IE on first and last days, and compare up to 25 locations. Ambiguous ZIPs or cities return all candidate rate areas instead of a guess.
The hosted endpoint is public and needs no sign-in or API key. A local package (gsa-perdiem-mcp, run with uvx) is also available. Locally, a free api.data.gov key in PERDIEM_API_KEY is only needed for city names without a county and for fiscal years not bundled.
What you can do
- Look up per diem rates by city and state
- Look up per diem rates by ZIP or ZIP+4
- List all non-standard area rates for a state
- Show the M&IE tier breakdown by meal
- Estimate trip lodging and M&IE cost
- Compare rates across up to 25 locations
- Check which fiscal years are bundled
Tools 7
get_data_statusRead-onlyReport bundled fiscal years, their GSA source files, and which tools call the GSA API.
lookup_city_perdiemRead-onlyLook up lodging and M&IE rates for a city and state, with optional county.
lookup_zip_perdiemRead-onlyLook up per diem rates by ZIP code, flagging ZIPs spanning several rate areas.
lookup_state_ratesRead-onlyGet all non-standard area rates and the standard rate for a state.
get_mie_breakdownRead-onlyReturn the M&IE tier table with meal, incidental and first/last day amounts.
estimate_travel_costRead-onlyEstimate total lodging and M&IE for a trip of a given number of nights.
compare_locationsRead-onlyCompare per diem rates across multiple locations, sorted by max daily total.
Read from the live server on 6 Nov 2026. Read-only, Writes and Can delete are hints the server declares; your client decides whether to ask before running a tool.
Example prompts
What's the per diem rate for Washington DC in FY2026?
Estimate travel costs for 4 nights in Boston in March.
Compare per diem rates for DC, New York, and San Francisco.
What are all the non-standard per diem locations in Virginia?
Set up
Every client connects to gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com. Pick yours; the page remembers your choice.
Claude Code
- Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:
claude mcp add --transport http gsa-per-diem https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp- Start Claude Code and type
/mcp. gsa-per-diem should show as connected.
Add --scope user to make it available in every project, not just this one.
Claude Desktop
- Open Customize → Connectors, click + Add, then Add custom connector.
- Name it GSA Per Diem and paste this URL:
https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp- Click Add. Its tools appear in the chat’s tools menu.
Claude Desktop’s JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too.
claude.ai
- Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you:
Add to claude.ai (opens in a new tab)
- Check that the URL reads
https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcpand click Add. - Turn it on in a chat from the tools menu.
Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors.
ChatGPT
- On chatgpt.com, go to Plugins, select +, then Add custom MCP server.
- Enter a name for the server.
- Under Connection, paste
https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcpas the server URL, then for authentication choose No authentication. - Check I understand and want to continue, then select Create as a plugin.
Whether you can add a custom MCP server depends on your ChatGPT plan and your workspace permissions (in Business workspaces, admins and owners can).
Cursor
Add to Cursor (opens in a new tab)
Or add it by hand to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project):
{
"mcpServers": {
"gsa-per-diem": {
"url": "https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp"
}
}
}VS Code
Install in VS Code (opens in a new tab)
Or from a terminal:
code --add-mcp '{"name":"gsa-per-diem","type":"http","url":"https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp"}'Or commit it to the repo in .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"gsa-per-diem": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp"
}
}
}Devin Desktop
- Add it to
~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json(macOS and Linux) or%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json(Windows):
{
"mcpServers": {
"gsa-per-diem": {
"serverUrl": "https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp"
}
}
}- Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.
Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads serverUrl (or url) for remote servers.
Codex
codex mcp add gsa-per-diem --url https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcpOr edit ~/.codex/config.toml directly:
[mcp_servers.gsa-per-diem]
url = "https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp"Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --transport http gsa-per-diem https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcpThis adds it to the current project. Add -s user to use it everywhere.
Any client
Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: serverUrl in Devin Desktop, httpUrl in Gemini CLI’s settings file.
{
"mcpServers": {
"gsa-per-diem": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp"
}
}
}Zed puts servers under context_servers in its settings. Cline needs "type": "streamableHttp", or it assumes SSE.
Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with npx -y mcp-remote https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp.
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README badge
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iframe
<iframe src="https://mcp.tc/embed/gsa-per-diem" title="GSA Per Diem on mcp.tc" width="420" height="200" loading="lazy" allow="clipboard-write" style="border:0;border-radius:8px;max-width:100%"></iframe>Use it on pages that don’t allow scripts. Add ?theme=light or ?theme=dark to the address to fix the colors.
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https://mcp.tc/i/gsa-per-diem.jsonAI prompt
Paste this into an AI coding assistant, such as Claude Code or Cursor, and it adds the GSA Per Diem card to your site.
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Reference: https://mcp.tc/embedChange history
We read this server’s tool list every 3 hours and record what changes. Last read 7 Nov 2026, 14:43 UTC.
FAQ
Can I paste mcp.tc/i/gsa-per-diem into my MCP client?
No. mcp.tc links are pages, not server addresses. Connect with https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp, so your client talks to GSA Per Diem directly. The quick link is for sharing: it opens this page, with setup steps for every client.
Does GSA Per Diem need an API key or a sign-in?
No. GSA Per Diem doesn’t ask for an account or key.
Is GSA Per Diem a remote or a local server?
Remote. 1102tools hosts it at https://gsa-perdiem.1102tools.com/mcp, and it speaks Streamable HTTP. There’s nothing to install.
What can GSA Per Diem do?
It has 7 tools, including get_data_status, lookup_city_perdiem and lookup_zip_perdiem. You can look up per diem rates by city and state, look up per diem rates by ZIP or ZIP+4 and list all non-standard area rates for a state.
Which clients can use it?
Any client that supports remote MCP servers: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, claude.ai, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Zed and others. The setup steps cover each one.
Does mcp.tc track changes to GSA Per Diem?
Yes. GSA Per Diem’s History tab shows each change we find to its tools, down to descriptions and parameters, plus new versions and edits by its owner. Follow the listing to get an email when it changes.
Who wrote this page?
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