lzinga/us-gov-open-data-mcp
View on GitHub ↗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.
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What you need to know
An MCP server and TypeScript SDK exposing 300+ tools across 40+ U.S. government APIs covering economic, health, legislative, financial, environmental, and more.
Install
npx us-gov-open-data-mcp
Usage
- •Ask natural-language questions such as economic indicators, FDA adverse events, or congressional votes; 20+ APIs require no key and the rest use free keys.
Key features
- ✓300+ tools across 40+ government APIs
- ✓Cross-referencing guidance to combine multiple agencies
- ✓WASM-sandboxed code mode to reduce context usage
- ✓Selective module loading
- ✓Dual stdio and HTTP Stream transport
- ✓Disk-backed caching with rate limiting and retry
Best for
Researchers and journalists querying U.S. government open data through AI assistants.
Caveats
- ⚠Some APIs require free API keys; some endpoints may behave unexpectedly because of inconsistent third-party schemas.
Clients: VS Code · Copilot · Claude Desktop
Documentation ↗Reviewed 2026-08-11
Topics
- Stars
- 108★
- Forks
- 23
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Created
- 2026-02-24
- Last push
- 2026-06-11