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MCP endpoint: https://api.exascale.build/mcp (streamable HTTP) · Discovery: /.well-known/agent.json · Website: exascale.build · Docs: exascale.build/docs · Pricing: exascale.build/pro

US ISO interconnection queues and cited energy data, over MCP or REST. Also served: EIA power data, ERCOT day-ahead prices, natural gas prices, fuel receipts and plant costs, generator ownership, AI-infrastructure construction, production, and trade, robotics adoption and trade, and FCC satellite filings and notices. Every value returns its source, as_of, and source_url.

Access

25 free queries, no key required. The free queries are one-time, not a daily refill, and cover the latest snapshot of the open data points. After that, a key is $49/mo or $490/yr, with a 7-day full refund.

Send a paid key as Authorization: Bearer <key>, or connect with the personal MCP URL from the welcome email. Querying a past as_of vintage needs a key. These four data points need a key on every query and are not part of the 25 free queries: power.capacity_accreditation_pjm, power.capacity_market_pjm, power.capacity_accreditation_miso, power.capacity_market_miso.

initialize and tools/list do not need a key. Fair-use rate limits still apply.

Connect

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http exascale https://api.exascale.build/mcp

JSON config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exascale": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.exascale.build/mcp"
    }
  }
}

For a paid key, add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <key>" }. A personal MCP URL from the welcome email replaces the URL above.

Claude.ai — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://api.exascale.build/mcp. Set Authentication to None for the free queries. Paid users paste the personal MCP link from the welcome email.

Claude Desktop — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://api.exascale.build/mcp. Set Authentication to None for the free queries. Paid users paste the personal MCP link from the welcome email. The JSON config above is the same server.

Cursor — Settings → MCP → New MCP server, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exascale": {
      "url": "https://api.exascale.build/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Paid key:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exascale": {
      "url": "https://api.exascale.build/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline — MCP Servers → Configure → Remote Servers → transport Streamable HTTP → https://api.exascale.build/mcp. In the MCP settings JSON, set "type": "streamableHttp" (a missing type is treated as legacy SSE):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exascale": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://api.exascale.build/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

Add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <key>" } for a paid key.

REST

curl https://api.exascale.build/v1/capabilities
curl -X POST https://api.exascale.build/v1/power/capacity/query \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"group_by":["state"],"order_by":"nameplate_mw","top_n":5}'

A paid key is the same Authorization: Bearer <key> header.

Capabilities

Data point	What it answers	Source
power.capacity	Operating, planned, and retired generator capacity (MW)	EIA-860M
power.generation	Net generation (MWh) by plant, fuel, state, and balancing authority	EIA-923
power.demand	Hourly electricity demand (MW) by balancing authority	EIA-930
power.demand_rollup	Published US48 and 13-region hourly demand totals	EIA-930
power.retail_sales	Annual retail sales, revenue, and customers by utility, state, and sector	EIA-861
power.capacity_factor	Generation ÷ (operating nameplate × hours)	EIA-860M + EIA-923
power.asset_ownership	Annual owner names and ownership shares by plant and generator	EIA-860
power.fuel_cost	Receipt-level delivered fuel cost (cents/MMBtu) and quantity	EIA-923
power.plant_costs	As-filed large-steam plant capacity, generation, balances, fuel expense, and O&M lines	FERC Form 1
natural_gas.prices	Daily Henry Hub spot ($/MMBtu) and monthly state electric-power prices ($/Mcf)	EIA
power.interconnection_queue	MISO queue — requested MW and status	MISO GI queue
power.interconnection_queue_pjm	PJM queue — requested MW and status	PJM New Services queue
power.interconnection_queue_pjm_cycle	PJM cluster/cycle grid — cycle phase MW	PJM cycle grid
power.interconnection_queue_caiso	CAISO queue — requested MW and status	CAISO Public Queue Report
power.interconnection_queue_nyiso	NYISO queue — requested MW and status	NYISO queue
power.interconnection_queue_isone	ISO-NE queue — requested MW and status	ISO-NE IRTT
power.interconnection_queue_ercot	ERCOT queue — requested MW and status	ERCOT GIS report
power.interconnection_queue_spp	SPP queue — requested MW and status	SPP GI summary
power.price_ercot	ERCOT day-ahead settlement-point prices ($/MWh), including hubs such as HB_NORTH	ERCOT DAM (NP4-190-CD)
power.capacity_accreditation_pjm	PJM marginal ELCC class ratings (paid key on every query)	PJM
power.capacity_market_pjm	PJM RPM clearing prices and cleared UCAP (paid key on every query)	PJM
power.capacity_accreditation_miso	MISO seasonal class accreditation ratios (paid key on every query)	MISO
power.capacity_market_miso	MISO PRA seasonal zonal clearing prices (paid key on every query)	MISO
ai_infrastructure.construction	Private data-center and semiconductor-fab construction spending ($M/month)	Census C30
ai_infrastructure.trade	Monthly US chip-import value (HS-8542) by country of origin	Census International Trade
ai_infrastructure.equipment_trade	Monthly US chip-making-equipment import value (HS-8486) by country of origin	Census International Trade
ai_infrastructure.production	Semiconductor and electronic-component production index and capacity utilization (NAICS 3344)	Fed G.17
robotics.trade	Monthly US industrial-robot imports — customs value and robot counts — by country of origin	Census International Trade
robotics.adoption	Share of plants using robots, workers exposed, and robotics capex, by industry, state, and plant size	Census Industrial Robotic Equipment
space.satellite_filings	FCC space-station filings back to the 1960s (applicant, type, status, lifecycle dates). New-filing intake ends at the ICFS cutover (~mid-2025).	FCC IBFS
space.satellite_notices	FCC weekly satellite public notices since the ICFS cutover: applications accepted for filing and actions taken	FCC Space Bureau

Queue MW is requested capacity, not built capacity. The seven ISO queues are separate data points; methodologies differ, and they are not a national total.

66 read-only tools: list_capabilities_v1, a describe_* / query_* pair for each data point, describe_capability_v1 / query_capability_v1 (any capability by id, including ones added after a client cached its tool list), and get_source_evidence_v1. get_source_evidence_v1 re-opens the raw government file, re-checks its SHA-256, and returns the exact cell.

Where the source provides them, rows share anchors such as state, county_fips, and eia_plant_id. Field reference: exascale.build/docs.

Agent flow

discover → describe → query → verify

1. discover — list_capabilities_v1 lists the data points.
2. describe — the matching describe_* tool returns filters, groupings, measures, and what that data point does not answer.
3. query — filters plus group_by, order_by, and top_n. Every value includes source, as_of, and source_url.
4. verify — pass the citation to get_source_evidence_v1. It re-opens the raw file, re-checks the SHA-256, and returns the exact cell.

Example questions

1. How much of PJM's interconnection queue has withdrawn vs reached service?
2. How did ERCOT HB_NORTH day-ahead prices compare with the same week last year?
3. What are the top 5 states for planned capacity by fuel?

Each figure comes back with its source, as_of, and source_url. Pass that citation to get_source_evidence_v1 to read the exact source cell.

Links

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