U.S. Government Open Data MCP Server

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add us-gov-open-data-mcp -- npx -y us-gov-open-data-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-gov-open-data-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "us-gov-open-data-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.us-gov-open-data-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "us-gov-open-data-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-gov-open-data-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "us-gov-open-data-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "us-gov-open-data-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "us-gov-open-data-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: DATA_GOV_API_KEY (api.data.gov key, shared by Congress, FEC, GovInfo, FBI, NREL, Regulations.gov, College Scorecard, USDA FoodData, openFDA and USGS Water), FRED_API_KEY (FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) API key), CENSUS_API_KEY (Census Bureau API key), BLS_API_KEY (Bureau of Labor Statistics API key (optional; raises rate limits)), BEA_API_KEY (Bureau of Economic Analysis API key), EIA_API_KEY (Energy Information Administration API key), NOAA_API_KEY (NOAA Climate Data Online token (station climate data works without it)), USDA_NASS_API_KEY (USDA NASS Quick Stats API key), HUD_USER_TOKEN (HUD User API token), DOL_API_KEY (Department of Labor API key), USPTO_API_KEY (USPTO Open Data Portal API key), LDA_API_KEY (Senate Lobbying Disclosure (lda.gov) API key (optional; raises rate limits)), AQS_API_KEY (EPA Air Quality System API key (used with AQS_EMAIL)), AQS_EMAIL (Email address registered for the EPA AQS API key), SEC_CONTACT_EMAIL (Your email for the SEC User-Agent; SEC asks automated tools for a contact and may block requests without one), NWS_USER_AGENT (User-Agent for the National Weather Service API, with your contact details (a default is sent otherwise)), MODULES (Comma-separated modules to load (default: all), e.g. 'fred,bls,treasury'), DOMAINS (Comma-separated domains to load, e.g. 'economy,health' (added to MODULES)), HIDE_UNCONFIGURED (Set to 1 to skip modules whose required API key is not set), TOOL_MODE ('full' (every tool) or 'discovery' (find_tools and call_tool only)), MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES (Largest tool result in bytes before rows are trimmed (default 150000)).