faostat-mcp-server

An MCP server that provides access to UN FAOSTAT global food and agriculture statistics. It serves data from a local SQLite mirror, allowing agents to list domains, resolve codes, query observations, and run SQL queries against the data for analysis of production, trade, and food security metrics.

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What you can do with it

Query FAOSTAT statistical domains and their codes
Resolve human terms to integer codes for areas and items
Query observations by area, item, element, and year range
Run read-only SQL SELECT queries against staged canvas tables

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.5.0

mcp-registry: io.github.cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server@0.5.0 Source repository

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

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@cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server 0.5.0

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@cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server package definition

{
  "version": "0.5.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "FAOSTAT_DOMAINS",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "QCL,TCL,FBS,FS,RL,GLE,RFN,QV",
      "description": "Comma-separated FAOSTAT domain codes to index into the local mirror."
    },
    {
      "name": "FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "./.faostat-mirror",
      "description": "Directory holding the per-domain SQLite mirror databases and the shared dimension database."
    },
    {
      "name": "FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production",
      "description": "FAOSTAT bulk-download service base URL (manifest + per-domain ZIPs)."
    },
    {
      "name": "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "duckdb",
      "description": "DataCanvas engine for SQL over large result sets. Defaults to 'duckdb'; set 'none' to disable analytical staging."
    },
    {
      "name": "FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED",
      "format": "boolean",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Set to 'true' to make faostat_dataframe_drop callable, so a staged table can be dropped before its 2-hour TTL. Off by default: the tool is registered disabled."
    },
    {
      "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": {
    "faostat-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server@0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_DOMAINS": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_DOMAINS>",
        "FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH>",
        "FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE": "<YOUR_CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE>",
        "FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faostat-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server@0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_DOMAINS": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_DOMAINS>",
        "FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH>",
        "FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE": "<YOUR_CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE>",
        "FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "faostat-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server@0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_DOMAINS": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_DOMAINS>",
        "FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH>",
        "FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE": "<YOUR_CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE>",
        "FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faostat-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server@0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_DOMAINS": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_DOMAINS>",
        "FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_MIRROR_PATH>",
        "FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_BULK_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE": "<YOUR_CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE>",
        "FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "<YOUR_FAOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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