bls-labor-mcp-server

An MCP server that fetches US Bureau of Labor Statistics data including CPI, unemployment, wages, and JOLTS. It provides tools to list surveys, search series by natural language, fetch time-series data, and query registered dataframes using SQL.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by cyanheads

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What you can do with it

List BLS survey programs with codes and descriptions
Search the BLS series catalog by natural language
Fetch time-series data for BLS series by ID
Run SQL queries against registered dataframes

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.6.0

mcp-registry: io.github.cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server@0.6.0 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

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@cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server 0.6.0

npmnpx

@cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server package definition

{
  "version": "0.6.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "BLS_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Optional — works without one (25 req/day). With key: 500 req/day + calculations and annual averages. Register free at bls.gov/developers."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-labor-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server@0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BLS_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-labor-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server@0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BLS_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "bls-labor-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server@0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BLS_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-labor-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server@0.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BLS_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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