NY Data Registry

Local install

io.github.BetaNYC/ny-data-registry-mcpv0.1.0 GitHub verified

Find New York open data: which portal covers a place or topic, how to query it, datasets and columns

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Registry entry

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{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-11-09T18:49:32.399617Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-11-09T18:49:32.399617Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-11-09T18:49:32.399617Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.BetaNYC/ny-data-registry-mcp",
    "title": "NY Data Registry",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "0.1.0",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "@betanyc/ny-data-registry-mcp",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Set to 0 to stop the first-run download of the dataset index"
          },
          {
            "name": "SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN",
            "format": "string",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional Socrata app token, used only when building your own index"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "url": "https://github.com/BetaNYC/ny-data-registry-mcp",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "description": "Find New York open data: which portal covers a place or topic, how to query it, datasets and columns"
  }
}

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This server only runs locally, from a package. Install it with the instructions on this page to try it.

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Pick your client. Values in capitals, like YOUR_TOKEN, are yours to fill in.

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Run in a terminal

claude mcp add ny-data-registry-mcp \
  -- npx -y @betanyc/[email protected]

Environment

NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD (optional, not in the config above): Set to 0 to stop the first-run download of the dataset index
SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN (optional, not in the config above): Optional Socrata app token, used only when building your own index

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