What you can ask

“What does NY DEC Lands have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
“Pull the most recent NY DEC Lands records and put them in a table.”
“What does NY DEC 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. NY DEC 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.
3
Sign in
Click Connect and sign in to PatchOps when Claude asks.
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Start using
Ask Claude a question. It uses NY DEC Lands through PatchOps when it needs to.

› Technical details

New York DEC Lands: Forest Preserve (Adirondack and Catskill), State Forests, Wildlife Management Areas, plus 20 other land-use categories, via the NYSDEC public data services (agency data services). About 3,233 polygons covering all DEC-administered land in NY. No credentials required.

View the data contract and method schemas →