Is Permit Navigator free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Permit Navigator

Q: How do I know the Permit Navigator output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Every permit is hedged by likelihood and routed to a named office to confirm —; nothing asserted as certain for the jurisdiction; The dependency sequence is explicit (what must precede what); Long-lead / notice-period permits are flagged against the stated deadline.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-10 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-civic

Work out which permits a project actually needs and the order to get them — building/renovation, business licensing, events, signage, home businesses — so you don't build first and discover the permit later. Use when someone says 'do I need a permit for this', 'what permits for my renovation/business/event', 'help me apply for a permit', or 'the council flagged my project'. Produces a permit checklist with the likely permits, their sequence and dependencies, and the official offices to confirm each. Not legal/code advice — it orients and routes to the authority.

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✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Every permit is hedged by likelihood and routed to a named office to confirm —

✓nothing asserted as certain for the jurisdiction

✓The dependency sequence is explicit (what must precede what)

✓Long-lead / notice-period permits are flagged against the stated deadline

✓Work-already-started is handled (retroactive permits, stop-work risk) if relevant

✓The output ends with a concrete scoping call to the authority

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not assert a specific jurisdiction's permit requirements or code as fact —

they're local and change; orient and route to the office

Do not give code, structural, or legal advice — flag when an architect,

engineer, expediter, or lawyer is the right call

Do not present the permit list as complete or authoritative — it's a starting

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

Related skills

🔌 Embed this skill

Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

<div data-pm-skill="permit-navigator"></div>
<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>

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