Seoul Public Data MCP Server Example

This is an example of an MCP server that provides various public data of Seoul using the Seoul Public Data API.

List of examples

Information on the number of passengers getting on and off at each subway line and station in Seoul
Seoul City Cultural Event Information

How to set up

Setting up Seoul Public Data API Key

Information on the number of passengers getting on and off at each subway line and station in Seoul

Add the following {API key} to the file modules/KoreaSeoulCulturalEventInfo.ts .

import {
    Tool,
} from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";

const API_URL = "http://openapi.seoul.go.kr:8088/{authKey}/json/culturalEventInfo/{StartIndex}/{EndIndex}";
const API_KEY = "{API 키}";

Seoul City Cultural Event Information

Add the following {API key} to the file modules/KoreaSeoulSubwayStatus.ts .

import {
    Tool,
} from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";

const API_URL = "http://openapi.seoul.go.kr:8088/{authKey}/json/culturalEventInfo/{StartIndex}/{EndIndex}";
const API_KEY = "{API 키}";

Build it

npm i; npm run build

Adding MCP Settings to Claude Desktop

Add the following to claude_desktop_config.json file. Replace {built path} with your own.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "KoreaSeoulData": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "{빌드된 경로}/seoul_korea/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Usage examples

Information on the number of passengers getting on and off at each subway line and station in Seoul

Seoul City Cultural Event Information

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security – no known vulnerabilities

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license - permissive license

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quality - confirmed to work

Tools

Provides access to Seoul public data including subway passenger statistics and cultural event information through a Model Context Protocol server.

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Seoul Public Data MCP Server Example

List of examples

How to set up

Setting up Seoul Public Data API Key

Information on the number of passengers getting on and off at each subway line and station in Seoul

Seoul City Cultural Event Information

Build it

Adding MCP Settings to Claude Desktop

Usage examples

Information on the number of passengers getting on and off at each subway line and station in Seoul

Seoul City Cultural Event Information

Tools

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