U.S. Government Open Data MCP server

What it does

Open data from 40+ U.S. government APIs: economy, spending, Congress, health, energy, disasters

Description as published by the publisher in the official MCP Registry, read 10 Oct 2026. Not written or verified by Few Servers.

Facts

Install

• npm package, as published: us-gov-open-data-mcp · version 2026.10.8 · transport stdio

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

  Standard run command for npm packages. The registry publishes the package name, not a command; check the repository for required arguments.

Install details read from the registry record on 12 Oct 2026. We have not run this server.

Keys and settings

The registry record declares a secret value (a key or token) that is not marked required. Declared by the publisher:

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

Links

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