Data Commons Agent Toolkit
This repo contains MCP tools and sample agents for fetching public information from Data Commons.
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io.github.therealtimex/un-datacommons-mcp
Officialby therealtimex · Python
MCP server to query Data Commons indicators and observations (base or custom).
Query Data Commons indicators and observations for global datasets.
Install
Configuration
Environment variables
DC_API_KEYrequiredsecretData Commons API key from apikeys.datacommons.org
DC_TYPEType of Data Commons to use: base|custom (default: base)
CUSTOM_DC_URLCustom DC base URL when DC_TYPE=custom
DC_ROOT_TOPIC_DCIDSComma-separated root topic DCIDs for custom DCs
DC_SEARCH_SCOPESearch scope for custom DCs: base_only|custom_only|base_and_custom
claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"un-datacommons-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"un-datacommons-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DC_API_KEY>",
"DC_TYPE": "<YOUR_DC_TYPE>",
"CUSTOM_DC_URL": "<YOUR_CUSTOM_DC_URL>",
"DC_ROOT_TOPIC_DCIDS": "<YOUR_DC_ROOT_TOPIC_DCIDS>",
"DC_SEARCH_SCOPE": "<YOUR_DC_SEARCH_SCOPE>"
}
}
}
}