# Transparent (transparent.ruhr)

Makes council records from Ruhr-area municipalities searchable, with one instance per town, and publishes investigations drawn from them.

- Atlas card: https://inite.ai/en/atlas/transparent.ruhr
- Site: https://transparent.ruhr
- For: Residents and journalists in Ruhr-area towns who want to follow local council decisions and documents.
- Use not measured/100 · alive 100/100

## Used for

- Search council documents across connected Ruhr municipalities
- Trace how citizen submissions to councils were handled
- Follow tree felling and planting decisions in Bochum

## Price

Not read yet.

## For developers

- MCP server: ruhr.transparent/ratsinformationen (namespace; open on 2026-11-01, 8 tools)
- Read 2026-11-01

## MCP server, measured daily

Server: https://mcp.transparent.ruhr/mcp, checked every day since 2026-11-01 (2 checks).

- Answered: measuring, 2 daily checks so far
- Median first answer: 639 ms
- Sign-in: none
- Context its tool definitions take: about 1382 tokens (8 tools)
- Tool definitions: B, 85/100
- Failing "params_described": 7 of 8 tools
- Method: https://inite.ai/en/atlas/mcp/report

## Your data

- Certifications stated: none
- Read 2026-11-01

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Source: INITE Atlas, https://inite.ai/en/atlas/transparent.ruhr. JSON: https://inite.ai/api/atlas/transparent.ruhr. MCP: https://inite.ai/api/mcp (atlas_lookup).