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UK ONS MCP Server

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UK ONS MCP Server 

npm version License: MIT GitHub

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for accessing the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) Beta API.
Fetch official UK government statistics—demographics, economics, social data—straight from your MCP‑compatible assistant, no API key required.

Features

  • Direct ONS access – no authentication, no tokens

  • Browse & search every published dataset

  • Flexible queries – filter observations by geography, time, etc.

  • Popular dataset shortcuts for CPIH, regional GDP, wellbeing & more

  • Time‑series & regional comparisons built in

  • 100 % MCP‑SDK TypeScript with robust error handling

Installation

# Global install npm install -g uk_ons_mcp_server # Or one‑off run npx uk_ons_mcp_server

Usage (Claude Desktop)

{ "mcpServers": { "uk-ons": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "uk_ons_mcp_server"] } } }

Available Tools

Tool

Purpose

list_datasets

Paginated list of all datasets

get_dataset

Metadata for a single dataset

search_datasets

Search by keyword

get_observation

Pull observations with dimension filters

get_latest_data

Convenience wrapper for the newest figures

Popular Dataset IDs

ID

What it is

cpih01

CPIH (UK inflation)

regional-gdp-by-year

Regional GDP

wellbeing-local-authority

Personal wellbeing

trade

UK trade stats

weekly-deaths-region

Weekly deaths

Development

git clone https://github.com/dwain-barnes/uk_ons_mcp_server.git cd uk_ons_mcp_server npm install npm run build # compile TypeScript npm start # production npm run dev # watch & reload

Tests and linting:

npm test npm run lint

Contributing

  1. Fork → branch → commit

  2. git push and open a PR

  3. Kindly follow the coding style in src/

License

MIT – see LICENSE.

Disclaimer
This project is unofficial and not endorsed by the UK Office for National Statistics. Data usage remains subject to ONS terms.

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