U.S. Government Open Data

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.lzinga/us-gov-open-data-mcp",
  "description": "Open data from 40+ U.S. government APIs: economy, spending, Congress, health, energy, disasters",
  "title": "U.S. Government Open Data",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/lzinga/us-gov-open-data-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "2026.10.8",
  "websiteUrl": "https://lzinga.github.io/us-gov-open-data-mcp/",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "npm",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
      "identifier": "us-gov-open-data-mcp",
      "version": "2026.10.8",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "description": "api.data.gov key, shared by Congress, FEC, GovInfo, FBI, NREL, Regulations.gov, College Scorecard, USDA FoodData, openFDA and USGS Water",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "DATA_GOV_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) API key",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "FRED_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Census Bureau API key",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "CENSUS_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Bureau of Labor Statistics API key (optional; raises rate limits)",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "BLS_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Bureau of Economic Analysis API key",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "BEA_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Energy Information Administration API key",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "EIA_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "NOAA Climate Data Online token (station climate data works without it)",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "NOAA_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "USDA NASS Quick Stats API key",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "USDA_NASS_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "HUD User API token",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "HUD_USER_TOKEN"
        },
        {
          "description": "Department of Labor API key",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "DOL_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "USPTO Open Data Portal API key",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "USPTO_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Senate Lobbying Disclosure (lda.gov) API key (optional; raises rate limits)",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "LDA_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "EPA Air Quality System API key (used with AQS_EMAIL)",
          "format": "string",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "AQS_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Email address registered for the EPA AQS API key",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "AQS_EMAIL"
        },
        {
          "description": "Your email for the SEC User-Agent; SEC asks automated tools for a contact and may block requests without one",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "SEC_CONTACT_EMAIL"
        },
        {
          "description": "User-Agent for the National Weather Service API, with your contact details (a default is sent otherwise)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "NWS_USER_AGENT"
        },
        {
          "description": "Comma-separated modules to load (default: all), e.g. 'fred,bls,treasury'",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "MODULES"
        },
        {
          "description": "Comma-separated domains to load, e.g. 'economy,health' (added to MODULES)",
          "format": "string",
          "name": "DOMAINS"
        },
        {
          "description": "Set to 1 to skip modules whose required API key is not set",
          "format": "string",
          "choices": [
            "0",
            "1"
          ],
          "name": "HIDE_UNCONFIGURED"
        },
        {
          "description": "'full' (every tool) or 'discovery' (find_tools and call_tool only)",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "full",
          "choices": [
            "full",
            "discovery"
          ],
          "name": "TOOL_MODE"
        },
        {
          "description": "Largest tool result in bytes before rows are trimmed (default 150000)",
          "format": "number",
          "name": "MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}