What you can ask

“What does IL DNR Ecological Lands have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
“Pull the most recent IL DNR Ecological Lands records and put them in a table.”
“What does IL DNR Ecological Lands cover, and how fresh is the data?”

Connect to your AI assistant

Paste this URL into Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client, then sign in when prompted. IL DNR Ecological Lands is ready as soon as you sign in.

https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Add to Claude Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Claude: use Add to Claude, or Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector and paste the URL.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http patchops https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Step by step

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Open connectors
In Claude, open Settings > Connectors and click "Add custom connector".
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Paste the URL
Name it PatchOps and paste https://patchops.ai/api/mcp as the server URL, then click Add.
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Sign in
Click Connect and sign in to PatchOps when Claude asks.
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Start using
Ask Claude a question. It uses IL DNR Ecological Lands through PatchOps when it needs to.

› Technical details

Illinois DNR ecological consultation parcels, Natural Area Inventory, Nature Preserves + Land/Water Reserves, and Endangered/Threatened species habitat via agency host. 5 curated layers across the ecocat + ecocatpro folders. No credentials required.

View the data contract and method schemas →