io.github.Africa-Data-Bank/africadb MCP Server

The io.github.Africa-Data-Bank/africadb MCP server provides access to trusted African data, including provenance and citations, and supports catalog search for AI agents. The server is described as focused on data trust and discoverability for agent workflows.

🛠️ Key Features

Trusted African data
Provenance and citations
Catalog search for AI agents

🚀 Use Cases

Searching an African data catalog for AI agent needs
Retrieving datasets with provenance and citations

⚡ Developer Benefits

AI agents can leverage provenance and citations alongside catalog search
Clear data grounding via “trusted” African data sources

Install

Configuration

Environment variables

AFRICADB_API_TOKENrequiredsecret

API key from a registered AfricaDB account. Free use is limited; paid plans raise quotas.

AFRICADB_API_URLdefault https://api.africadb.com

AfricaDB API base URL. Override only for a trusted self-hosted gateway.

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claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "africadb": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AFRICADB_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_AFRICADB_API_TOKEN>",
        "AFRICADB_API_URL": "https://api.africadb.com"
      }
    }
  }
}