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OpenScore for AI assistants and developers

OpenScore helps people find and compare UK care homes. AI assistants can use the same data as the OpenScore map through an MCP server or a REST API. Both are free, read-only and need no key.

The OpenScore is a score from 0 to 10 that combines publicly available and provider-supplied information to make care homes easier to compare. Higher is better. It is not a regulator rating. A missing score (null) means the home has no published OpenScore; it never means zero.

Connect

MCP server (Streamable HTTP): https://map.openscore.org.uk/mcp

OpenAPI description: https://map.openscore.org.uk/.well-known/openapi.json

Guide for language models: https://map.openscore.org.uk/llms-full.txt

Claude (Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector)

https://map.openscore.org.uk/mcp

ChatGPT (Settings › Connectors, developer mode › Create)

https://map.openscore.org.uk/mcp

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json) and VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json, "servers" instead of "mcpServers")

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openscore": {
      "url": "https://map.openscore.org.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The questions to ask

OpenScore asks assistants to ask the care seeker these questions before searching and before shortlisting, conversationally and a few at a time, and never to guess an answer. "Not sure" is always a valid answer.

who is asking (before searching): Are you looking for yourself, or for someone else?
location (before searching): Where should we look for a home for the person? A postcode is best - it could be near their current home, or near the family who will visit most.
admission timescale (before searching): How soon does the person need to move in?
current situation (before searching): Where is the person living now, and what support do they have?
care type (before searching): Does the person need help with personal care, nursing care from a registered nurse, or care for dementia? It's fine to say you're not sure.
funding (before searching): Do you know how the care will be paid for?
priorities (before searching): What's the most important part of the home you choose? And what's the least important? (Fees, the manager, location, activities, or the care offered.)
social life (before shortlisting): How much does the person enjoy being around other people? Would they rather be in the middle of things, or have somewhere quiet to retreat to?
interests and hobbies (before shortlisting): What does the person most enjoy doing? Any hobbies, interests or things that always lift their mood?
other preferences (before shortlisting): Is there anything else that would make a home right for the person? For example a pet moving with them, faith or cultural needs, their first language, a garden, or being close to particular family.

Tools

get_search_guidance · GET /api/agent/v1/guidance: Get the questions to ask
search_care_homes · POST /api/agent/v1/search: Search care homes near a place
search_care_homes_by_area · POST /api/agent/v1/search/area: Search care homes in a directory area
find_locations · GET /api/agent/v1/locations: Find a directory area by name
get_care_home · GET /api/agent/v1/care-homes/{id}: Get one care home
compare_areas · GET /api/agent/v1/areas/compare: Compare areas (League Table)
find_events · GET /api/agent/v1/events: Find upcoming care home events
create_shortlist_link · POST /api/agent/v1/shortlist: Create a shortlist link

Limits

60 requests per minute and 1000 per day per IP address. Partners who need more can contact us.

Attribution

Show "Source: OpenScore (openscore.org.uk)" with any results.
Link to each home's details or map URL when you mention it.
Show the OpenScore as the OpenScore. It is not a regulator rating and must not be described as one.
Describe distance_miles as straight-line distance, e.g. "about 2.3 miles away in a straight line".

Privacy

Do not send names, dates of birth, NHS or CHI numbers, addresses (other than a search postcode or town), diagnoses or medical details.
No email address is accepted anywhere in this interface.
Free-text answers (interests and other preferences) are used within the request and never logged or stored.

Terms of use

Free to use for providing care home information to care seekers.
Bulk copying of the dataset, resale, and automated contacting of care homes are not allowed.
The interface is read-only apart from creating a shortlist link. It never books, reserves or enquires on anyone's behalf.

OpenScore is information to help shortlist care homes, not advice or a recommendation. Always visit, and check with the home and the regulator, before making a decision.

Contact

openscore.org.uk

Data as of 2026-11-04. Version 1.0.0. llms.txt · mcp.json · openapi.json