PatchOps

Available tools

3 tools

Tool	Description
`searchOilGasInfrastructure`	DCNR Pads + Pipelines on state forest. Reframed from spec searchStateForestLeases.
`searchStateForests`	PA State Forest boundaries (~661 polys / 20 districts). Pass asDistrict:true for the admin layer.
`getServiceInfo`	Schema + record counts for any of the 5 services.

About

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry. Major spec drift caught at probe: DCNR does NOT publish state-forest mineral leases as a Feature Service (lessee/operator data is in PDF leases only). The spec method `searchStateForestLeases` was reframed to `searchOilGasInfrastructure` against the BOF/OilGasInfrastructure data services (Pads + Pipelines layers, the geometry footprint of leased activity). What DCNR DOES publish: ~941 Pads polygons (Pad_Type domain: gas well 685, Monitoring 152, freshwater impoundment 44, compressor 26, Stone Pit/Quarry 18, etc.), ~762 Pipelines polylines (Pipeline_Type: Gathering / Marketing / Water / Trunk / Other / Meter-Valve-Tap), ~661 State Forest polygons keyed by SF_Name (Susquehannock, Tioga, Cornplanter, Loyalsock, etc.), 20 Forest District admin units, ~124 State Park boundaries (TYPE: STATE PARK 114, CONSERVATION AREA 3, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER 4, PRESERVE 1, FARM PARK 1). Pad_Type / Status / Pipeline_Type are SmallInteger codes; the handler decodes via published domains. Status: 1=proposed-draft, 2=approved, 3=under construction, 4=construction complete (478 pads), 5=rejected, 6=plugged, 7=reclaimed (102 pads), 8=abandoned, 9=inactive (22 pads), 10=Active (339 pads), 11=Removed Completely, 12=Withdrawn by Operator. The Pads layer carries NO operator name (Pipelines does, in the `Operator` field). District 16 (Tioga) and District 20 (Loyalsock) have the densest Marcellus development.

Requirements

ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS
Set ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS=true to allow connector toggles.

Setup

A few steps to connect your AI agents to PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Get started

1
Enable Energy APIs
Set ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS=true for your deployment.
2
Toggle Connector On
Open /mcp and turn on PA DCNR with the energy switch.
3
Start Querying
Call the pa-dcnr MCP tool, start with method=searchOilGasInfrastructure or method=searchStateForests.

Connect to your AI assistant

Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.

1
Open Claude settings
Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.
2
Access connectors
Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.
3
Name your connector
Enter any name you’d like for this connector.
4
Get the connector URL
Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.
5
Add the connector
Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.
6
Start using
Your PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources connector is ready to use in Claude.