MCP server

Datacommons

io.github.pipeworx-io/datacommons

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Data Commons MCP — harmonised public statistics for places, from Google Data Commons (REST v2).

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

46

Token cost

About 27,485 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http datacommons https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datacommons/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.datacommons]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datacommons/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"datacommons":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datacommons/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"datacommons":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datacommons/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"datacommons":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datacommons/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add datacommons https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datacommons/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"datacommons","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datacommons/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"datacommons","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datacommons/mcp"}

Tools

• datacommons_child_places ~348 tokens
  Compare one Google Data Commons statistical variable across every child place of a parent — e.g. population of all US states, median income of every county in Texas (geoId/48, County), GDP of every country in Europe. Returns rows sorted by value with names and the publisher of each value.
• datacommons_find_place ~274 tokens
  Find the Google Data Commons place id (dcid) for a place name — country, state, county, city, region. Returns candidates with name and place type, e.g. "California" -> geoId/06, "India" -> country/IND. Use the dcid with datacommons_observation or datacommons_child_places. Narrow ambiguous names (Par
• datacommons_find_variable ~226 tokens
  Search Google Data Commons statistical variables by plain-language indicator, e.g. "median household income" -> Median_Income_Household, "unemployment rate" -> UnemploymentRate_Person. Returns variable ids with names and a match score. Use the id as `variable` in datacommons_observation.
• datacommons_observation ~334 tokens
  Get the value of one Google Data Commons statistical variable for one place: the latest value (default), the value at a date, or the whole time series. Each value names its original publisher (US Census, World Bank, Eurostat, CDC, ...) and lists how alternate sources differ. Example: variable "Count

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