Public Data MCP

Public Data MCP

Remote MCP server that gives Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, n8n and any streamable-HTTP MCP client live access to official US public datasets, so your agent cites real numbers instead of guessing.

Hosted on Apify. Pay per successful call, no subscription.

• Endpoint: https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp (streamable HTTP)
• Auth: Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN> (free token at apify.com)
• Store page: https://apify.com/intuitive_ytterbium/public-data-mcp
• Website: https://payoffpath-wv2.pages.dev/public-data-mcp-server/

Tools

Tool	What it does	Price
search_recalls	Recent CPSC, FDA (food/drug/device) and USDA FSIS recalls matching brands, products, UPCs or keywords	$0.01
vehicle_recalls	NHTSA recalls for a make/model/year	$0.01
federal_contract_winners	Top federal contract recipients by NAICS code and state (USAspending.gov)	$0.03
zip_income	IRS Statistics of Income figures for up to 50 ZIP codes	$0.03
texas_new_businesses	Newly issued Texas sales-tax permits by county, city, ZIP or NAICS	$0.03
domain_lookup	Registrar, age, expiry, DNS, email provider, SPF/DMARC, SSL expiry	$0.01
website_tech_stack	CMS, ecommerce, analytics, pixels, payments and CDN for up to 25 sites	$0.01

Charges are billed through your Apify account (Apify's free plan includes monthly credit).

Setup

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "public-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer ${APIFY_TOKEN}"],
      "env": {"APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"}
    }
  }
}

Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http public-data https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "public-data": {
      "url": "https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"}
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "inputs": [{"type": "promptString", "id": "apify-token", "description": "Apify API token", "password": true}],
  "servers": {
    "public-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer ${input:apify-token}"}
    }
  }
}

Example prompts

• "Any FDA or USDA recalls mentioning listeria in the last 30 days?"
• "Who won the most NAICS 541511 contracts performed in Texas this year?"
• "Compare average income for ZIPs 77459, 77479 and 77489."
• "List new restaurants that got Texas sales-tax permits in Harris County this week."

Data sources

CPSC, openFDA, USDA FSIS, NHTSA, USAspending.gov, IRS SOI, Texas Comptroller open data, public WHOIS/RDAP/DNS. Data is provided as-is from these public sources.

License

MIT. This repo holds docs and registry metadata only; the server is hosted.