U.S. Government Open Data

Package (npm 2026.10.8)

npx -y [email protected]

Or add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-gov-open-data-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "EIA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "NOAA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "USDA_NASS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "HUD_USER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "DOL_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "USPTO_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "LDA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "AQS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "AQS_EMAIL": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "SEC_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "NWS_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "MODULES": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "DOMAINS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "HIDE_UNCONFIGURED": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "TOOL_MODE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES": "<YOUR_VALUE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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