Nova Scotia Data Explorer MCP Server

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Nova Scotia Data Explorer is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 4 tools.

Query and explore Nova Scotia open datasets via the Socrata SODA API.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 0%

91 days agonow

6.6%

Uptime 24h

6 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

1063 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nova Scotia Data Explorer does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 8.1% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add nova-scotia-data-explorer --transport http https://scotiasignal.ca/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://scotiasignal.ca/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.nova-scotia-data-explorer]
url = "https://scotiasignal.ca/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nova-scotia-data-explorer": {
      "url": "https://scotiasignal.ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "nova-scotia-data-explorer": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scotiasignal.ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

dataset

get_dataset_metadata

Retrieve full schema and metadata for a Nova Scotia Open Data dataset by its 8-character identifier (e.g. '3nka-59nz'). Returns all column field names, data types, and descriptions — essential before calling query_dataset so you know the exact field names to use in $select and $where clauses.

query_dataset

Run a SoQL query against a Nova Scotia Open Data dataset. SoQL is SQL-like. Key clauses (combine with &): $select=col1,col2 — choose columns $where=field='value' — filter rows (use single quotes for strings) $where=field like '%val%' — partial match $order=field DESC — sort $limit=50 — row count (default 25, max 50000) $offset=50 — pagination $group=field — group by (use with aggregate functions) $q=search term — full-text search Aggregates: count(*), sum(col), avg(col), min(col), max(col) Examples: $where=year='2024'&$order=total DESC&$limit=10 $select=department,count(*)&$group=department&$order=count(*) DESC $where=area like '%Halifax%'&$limit=5 Always call get_dataset_metadata first to find exact field names.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://scotiasignal.ca/mcp	streamable-http	answering	83 ms	13 min ago

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Nova Scotia Data Explorer — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Nova Scotia Data Explorer do?

It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_dataset_metadata, list_categories, query_dataset, search_datasets. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Nova Scotia Data Explorer working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 6 of 91 checks got a reply (6.6%), average response time 1063 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

Is Nova Scotia Data Explorer still maintained?

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

The registry lists Nova Scotia Data Explorer as active — why does it not respond?

The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.

How do I connect Nova Scotia Data Explorer?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Nova Scotia Data Explorer need an API key?

No. Nova Scotia Data Explorer completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Nova Scotia Data Explorer?

It answers our handshake in 1063 ms on average, which is faster than 3% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.