Install US Government Open Data MCP

Pick your client, copy the command, done.

claude mcp add us-government-open-data -- npx -y us-gov-open-data-mcp

Environment Variables

Set these before running US Government Open Data MCP.

VariableDescriptionRequired

FRED_API_KEYAPI key for Federal Reserve Economic DataNo

DATA_GOV_API_KEYAPI key for Data.gov servicesNo

Once configured, US Government Open Data MCP gives your AI agent access to:

getObservationsRetrieve economic data observations from FRED

seriesIdsortlimit

searchBillsSearch for legislative bills from Congress.gov

query

After setup, try these prompts with your AI agent:

→What's the current state of the U.S. economy? Show me GDP, unemployment, inflation, and interest rates.

→Show me the adverse event profile for Ozempic including clinical trials, FDA reports, and pharma payments to doctors.

→What happened with the Inflation Reduction Act? Who sponsored it, how did the vote break down by party?

→Which banking PACs gave money to members of the Senate Banking Committee, and how did those members vote on banking deregulation?

→How has federal spending on healthcare changed over the last 5 years, and what health outcomes has it produced?

Prerequisites & system requirements

An MCP-compatible client (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, or Codex)
Node.js 18+ with npm/npx installed

Alternative installation methods

npm install us-gov-open-data-mcp

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