U.S. Government Open Data

Name: U.S. Government Open Data
Author: lzinga

lzinga

MCP server + TypeScript SDK for 40+ U.S. government data APIs — 250+ tools. Treasury, FRED, Congress, FDA, CDC, FEC, lobbying, and many more. Works with VS Code Copilot, Claude Desktop, Cursor.

Setup

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

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add u-s-government-open-data --env DATA_GOV_API_KEY='<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>' --env FRED_API_KEY='<FRED_API_KEY>' --env CENSUS_API_KEY='<CENSUS_API_KEY>' --env BLS_API_KEY='<BLS_API_KEY>' --env BEA_API_KEY='<BEA_API_KEY>' --env EIA_API_KEY='<EIA_API_KEY>' --env NOAA_API_KEY='<NOAA_API_KEY>' --env USDA_NASS_API_KEY='<USDA_NASS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y us-gov-open-data-mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.u-s-government-open-data]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "us-gov-open-data-mcp"]
env = { DATA_GOV_API_KEY = "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>", FRED_API_KEY = "<FRED_API_KEY>", CENSUS_API_KEY = "<CENSUS_API_KEY>", BLS_API_KEY = "<BLS_API_KEY>", BEA_API_KEY = "<BEA_API_KEY>", EIA_API_KEY = "<EIA_API_KEY>", NOAA_API_KEY = "<NOAA_API_KEY>", USDA_NASS_API_KEY = "<USDA_NASS_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add u-s-government-open-data --env DATA_GOV_API_KEY='<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>' --env FRED_API_KEY='<FRED_API_KEY>' --env CENSUS_API_KEY='<CENSUS_API_KEY>' --env BLS_API_KEY='<BLS_API_KEY>' --env BEA_API_KEY='<BEA_API_KEY>' --env EIA_API_KEY='<EIA_API_KEY>' --env NOAA_API_KEY='<NOAA_API_KEY>' --env USDA_NASS_API_KEY='<USDA_NASS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y us-gov-open-data-mcp

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "u-s-government-open-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "us-gov-open-data-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<CENSUS_API_KEY>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<BLS_API_KEY>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<BEA_API_KEY>",
        "EIA_API_KEY": "<EIA_API_KEY>",
        "NOAA_API_KEY": "<NOAA_API_KEY>",
        "USDA_NASS_API_KEY": "<USDA_NASS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "u-s-government-open-data": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "us-gov-open-data-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<CENSUS_API_KEY>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<BLS_API_KEY>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<BEA_API_KEY>",
        "EIA_API_KEY": "<EIA_API_KEY>",
        "NOAA_API_KEY": "<NOAA_API_KEY>",
        "USDA_NASS_API_KEY": "<USDA_NASS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "u-s-government-open-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "us-gov-open-data-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<CENSUS_API_KEY>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<BLS_API_KEY>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<BEA_API_KEY>",
        "EIA_API_KEY": "<EIA_API_KEY>",
        "NOAA_API_KEY": "<NOAA_API_KEY>",
        "USDA_NASS_API_KEY": "<USDA_NASS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "u-s-government-open-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "us-gov-open-data-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<CENSUS_API_KEY>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<BLS_API_KEY>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<BEA_API_KEY>",
        "EIA_API_KEY": "<EIA_API_KEY>",
        "NOAA_API_KEY": "<NOAA_API_KEY>",
        "USDA_NASS_API_KEY": "<USDA_NASS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "u-s-government-open-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "us-gov-open-data-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<CENSUS_API_KEY>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<BLS_API_KEY>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<BEA_API_KEY>",
        "EIA_API_KEY": "<EIA_API_KEY>",
        "NOAA_API_KEY": "<NOAA_API_KEY>",
        "USDA_NASS_API_KEY": "<USDA_NASS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

DATA_GOV_API_KEY
FRED_API_KEY
CENSUS_API_KEY
BLS_API_KEY
BEA_API_KEY
EIA_API_KEY
NOAA_API_KEY
USDA_NASS_API_KEY

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

Setup

Environment variables

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