Socrata MCP server

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by cyanheads·io.github.cyanheads/socrata-mcp-server·v0.6.1·3 stars

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Search and query government open-data portals (Socrata SODA API).

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How Socrata compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 86/100; higher than 77% of 3,470 Web search servers
Uptime: 100%; of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
Response time: 200 ms; faster than 68% of 2,238 Web search servers
GitHub stars: 3; more than 73% of 1,786 Web search servers
Downloads a week: 272; more than 75% of 827 Web search servers with a package

Release history: 8 versions in the registry since 2026-08-22, latest 2026-11-04, typically one every 4 days.

Install Socrata in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http socrata-mcp-server https://socrata.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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What the publisher says

From the Socrata repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

@cyanheads/socrata-mcp-server Search and query government open-data portals (Socrata SODA API) via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 6 Tools • 2 Resources • 1 Prompt

Public Hosted Server: https://socrata.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Overview

Government open-data portals — searched and queried via the Socrata SODA 2.1 API and Discovery API. Discover portals and datasets, inspect typed column schemas, and run SoQL queries or DuckDB-powered SQL over large result sets, from any MCP client. Runs as a stdio process, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public hosted endpoint above.

Tools

Resources

All resource data is also reachable via tools. Use the corresponding tool for agent workflows — resources are for clients that support URI-addressable data.

Prompts

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Socrata: common questions

Is Socrata MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (86/100). Read the Socrata safety report
How do I install Socrata?: It runs remotely at socrata.caseyjhand.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does Socrata need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 15 settings from the environment.
Is Socrata maintained?: The last commit was 31 days ago (2026-10-04). The latest release is v0.6.1.
Is Socrata up?: 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
How does Socrata compare with other Web search MCP servers?: safety score 86/100 (higher than 77% of 3,470 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 200 ms (faster than 68% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.

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call io.github.cyanheads/socrata-mcp-server → <tool>

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Rating: —
Safety grade: A · 86/100
Stars: 3
Downloads/wk: 272
Price: Free
Licence: Apache-2.0
Transport: Remote · mixed
Uptime: 100% · 28/28 checks
Version: 0.6.1
Category: Web search
Last release: 2026-10-04

Credentials it needs

SOCRATA_APP_TOKENSocrata app token (X-App-Token header). Without a token, requests share a throttled pool per source IP. Free to register at any Socrata portal.
SOCRATA_DEFAULT_DOMAINDefault portal domain when domain is omitted from tool calls (e.g. data.seattle.gov, data.cityofnewyork.us).
SOCRATA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLEDSet to true to enable socrata_dataframe_drop, which deletes staged DataCanvas data. Off, the tool is omitted from the tool list.
SOCRATA_CLAMP_LIMITSServe a limit above a tool's per-call cap at the cap, with a notice naming the offset that continues, instead of rejecting it. Set to false to restore each cap as the schema maximum.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPESelects the HTTP transport.
SOCRATA_APP_TOKENSocrata app token (X-App-Token header). Without a token, requests share a throttled pool per source IP. Free to register at any Socrata portal.
SOCRATA_DEFAULT_DOMAINDefault portal domain when domain is omitted from tool calls (e.g. data.seattle.gov, data.cityofnewyork.us).
SOCRATA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLEDSet to true to enable socrata_dataframe_drop, which deletes staged DataCanvas data. Off, the tool is omitted from the tool list.
SOCRATA_CLAMP_LIMITSServe a limit above a tool's per-call cap at the cap, with a notice naming the offset that continues, instead of rejecting it. Set to false to restore each cap as the schema maximum.
MCP_HTTP_HOSTThe hostname for the HTTP server.
MCP_HTTP_PORTThe port to run the HTTP server on.
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATHThe endpoint path for the MCP server.
MCP_AUTH_MODEAuthentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').

Endpoint

https://socrata.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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