The 4M Data MCP returns numbers and text inside your AI tool. Here's what each part of an answer covers when you ask about an area inside one of your projects.
Category | What you get | What's not included |
Risk summary | A written summary with headline totals: line mileage, crossing density, risky crossings, share of line outside the ROW, owner count | Locations of specific risks |
Crossings | Counts for each pair of utility types, flagged as a safety or environmental risk | Crossing locations, owners, depth, or separation |
Utility owners | Owner names by sector, including owners known to operate in the area whose lines aren't mapped | Contact details or 811 member codes |
Lines | Total feet per utility type, inside vs. outside the estimated ROW | Line geometry, material, depth, diameter, or source date |
Point objects | Total count by utility sector, from your projects | Counts by type (like manholes), locations, or attributes |
Coverage | How much of the area your projects already cover | Project names or dates |
Outside your projects, you get the risk summary only. See How to run a utility risk analysis with the 4M Data MCP.
What the Labels Mean
Every answer from 4M carries a label, set by 4M, not by your AI tool:
verified: the figures came directly from 4M's data. This doesn't mean the data was verified in the field.
ai_assisted: written by AI from 4M's data. Today, only the risk summary uses this label. Review it before you use it in a deliverable.
Reading the Numbers
Zero objects doesn't mean there's nothing there. Object counts only cover areas your projects have already processed. Check the coverage percent: 0% means your projects don't cover that area yet.
"Undetermined" is common. Many records don't say which utility an asset belongs to.
Crossing totals may be higher than the 4Map risk table. The table shows only risk-classified crossings, so compare against the risk-classified count.
Owners can appear more than once. An owner with several utility types, like water and wastewater, is listed once per type.
Need locations, maps, or files? Open the project in 4Map. The MCP returns numbers and text, not maps, CAD files, or conflict matrices.
Need access to the 4M Data MCP? Reach out to your account manager to get your organization set up.