FAOSTAT MCP

Name: FAOSTAT MCP
Author: berba-q

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MCP server that exposes the full FAOSTAT API as tools for AI assistants — query UNFAO Food & Agriculture Statistics in natural language via Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add faostat --env FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN='<FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN>' --env FAOSTAT_USERNAME='<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>' --env FAOSTAT_PASSWORD='<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>' --env FAOSTAT_BASE_URL='<FAOSTAT_BASE_URL>' --env FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG='<FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG>' -- uvx faostat-mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.faostat]
command = "uvx"
args = ["faostat-mcp"]
env = { FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN = "<FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN>", FAOSTAT_USERNAME = "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>", FAOSTAT_PASSWORD = "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>", FAOSTAT_BASE_URL = "<FAOSTAT_BASE_URL>", FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG = "<FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG>" }

# codex mcp add faostat --env FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN='<FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN>' --env FAOSTAT_USERNAME='<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>' --env FAOSTAT_PASSWORD='<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>' --env FAOSTAT_BASE_URL='<FAOSTAT_BASE_URL>' --env FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG='<FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG>' -- uvx faostat-mcp

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faostat": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "faostat-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN": "<FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN>",
        "FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>",
        "FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>",
        "FAOSTAT_BASE_URL": "<FAOSTAT_BASE_URL>",
        "FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG": "<FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "faostat": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "faostat-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN": "<FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN>",
        "FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>",
        "FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>",
        "FAOSTAT_BASE_URL": "<FAOSTAT_BASE_URL>",
        "FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG": "<FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faostat": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "faostat-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN": "<FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN>",
        "FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>",
        "FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>",
        "FAOSTAT_BASE_URL": "<FAOSTAT_BASE_URL>",
        "FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG": "<FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faostat": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "faostat-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN": "<FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN>",
        "FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>",
        "FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>",
        "FAOSTAT_BASE_URL": "<FAOSTAT_BASE_URL>",
        "FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG": "<FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faostat": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "faostat-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN": "<FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN>",
        "FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>",
        "FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>",
        "FAOSTAT_BASE_URL": "<FAOSTAT_BASE_URL>",
        "FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG": "<FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN
FAOSTAT_USERNAME
FAOSTAT_PASSWORD
FAOSTAT_BASE_URL
FAOSTAT_DEFAULT_LANG

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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