Data Cityofchicago MCP
An MCP server that provides access to the City of Chicago's open-data catalogue via the Socrata platform. It exposes tools to search the dataset catalogue, execute SoQL queries, and retrieve resource metadata, enabling agents to access live government data on permits, inspections, crime, transport, and budgets.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Search the Chicago open-data catalogue for specific datasets
- Execute SoQL queries against Chicago city datasets
- Retrieve metadata for specific data resources
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-data-cityofchicago 0.2.1
{
"version": "0.2.1",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-data-cityofchicago",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
"description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
}
]
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"data-cityofchicago-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-data-cityofchicago@0.2.1"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"data-cityofchicago-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-data-cityofchicago@0.2.1"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"data-cityofchicago-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-data-cityofchicago@0.2.1"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"data-cityofchicago-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-data-cityofchicago@0.2.1"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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