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Real-time data for AI agents. 177 tools. 50+ live domains. Pay per query.

LiveDataLink is an MCP server that gives AI agents instant access to real-world data across stocks, options, crypto, SEC EDGAR filings, US Treasury, FRED macroeconomics, BLS labor data, EIA energy, FMCSA trucking safety, federal courts, OpenSanctions screening, cybersecurity feeds (CVE/CWE/EPSS/CISA KEV), FEMA disasters, NWS weather, USGS earthquakes, FDA drug/device, EPA compliance, FEC campaign finance, NREL renewables, USAspending federal awards, US Census, World Bank, ProPublica nonprofits, NPI healthcare providers, package registries (npm, pypi, cargo, github), RDAP domain/IP records, IP reputation, FBI wanted, vehicle VIN, NHTSA recalls, property and parcel records, real estate analytics, weather, package tracking, local businesses, US college metrics, books, academic papers, SCOTUS case law, and more.

One server, one API key, no subscriptions. Connect any MCP-compatible client (Claude, GPT, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue, custom agents) and start querying live data in seconds.

Remote MCP endpoint: https://livedatalink.ai/mcp Status: https://livedatalink.ai/ Pricing JSON: https://livedatalink.ai/pricing Tool catalog: https://livedatalink.ai/tools Agent-readable summary: https://livedatalink.ai/llms.txt

Tool catalog (177 tools across 50+ domains)

The live catalog is canonical. Call tools/list against https://livedatalink.ai/mcp for the full machine-readable inventory. Selected highlights below.

Major domain groups

Group

Tool count

Examples

Finance and markets

30+

stock_quote, options_chain, edgar_filings, treasury_debt, fred_observations, bls_series, crypto_price

Compliance and legal

25+

sanctions_screen_entity, court_case_search, caselaw_search, reg_search, patent_search, entity_search

Government and public data

30+

census_demographics, epa_facility_search, fec_donor_search, spending_search_awards, fda_drug_label, fbi_wanted

Energy and environment

20+

eia_gasoline_prices, eia_natural_gas, nrel_solar_radiation, epa_emissions, worldbank_indicator

Property and real estate

15+

property_lookup, parcel_search, realestate_home_values, realestate_rents, flood_zone_lookup, nfip_flood_claims

Healthcare

6

npi_lookup, npi_search_provider, npi_search_organization, npi_search_specialty, trials_search, fda_device_510k

Cyber and developer

12+

cve_lookup, cve_search_by_vendor, cwe_lookup, epss_score, kev_status_check, npm_package, pypi_package, cargo_crate, github_repo, rdap_domain, ip_reputation

Transportation

7

fmcsa_carrier_lookup, fmcsa_carrier_search, fmcsa_safety_scores, fmcsa_carrier_authority, fmcsa_carrier_compare, vin_decode, vehicle_recalls

Weather and disasters

8

weather_current, weather_forecast, air_quality, disaster_declarations, nws_active_alerts, earthquake_recent, hurricane_tracker, disaster_history_summary

Knowledge

17

college_search, college_metrics, college_demographics, college_compare, college_trends, book_search, book_fulltext_search, paper_search, paper_fulltext_search

Misc

4

package_track, local_search, search_available_datasets, sanctions_status_summary

Sample tool table: Finance / Stocks (6 tools)

Tool

Description

Price

stock_quote

Real-time price, change, volume, market cap, P/E, dividend yield, 52-week range

$0.005

stock_quote_batch

Batch quotes for up to 10 stocks in one call

$0.01

options_chain

Full options chain with strike, bid/ask, volume, OI, implied volatility, Greeks

$0.02

stock_history

Historical OHLCV data, intraday to multi-year, configurable intervals

$0.01

company_info

Company profile, sector, revenue, margins, EPS, employees, market cap

$0.005

stock_compare

Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 stocks across all key metrics

$0.02

Finance (6 tools) - Live market data via Yahoo Finance

Tool

Description

Price

stock_quote

Real-time price, change, volume, market cap, P/E, dividend yield, 52-week range

$0.005

stock_quote_batch

Batch quotes for up to 10 stocks in one call

$0.01

options_chain

Full options chain with strike, bid/ask, volume, OI, implied volatility, Greeks

$0.02

stock_history

Historical OHLCV data - intraday to multi-year, configurable intervals

$0.01

company_info

Company profile, sector, revenue, margins, EPS, employees, market cap

$0.005

stock_compare

Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 stocks across all key metrics

$0.02

Tool

Description

Price

crypto_price

Real-time price for any cryptocurrency by symbol

$0.005

crypto_compare

Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 cryptocurrencies

$0.01

crypto_trending

Top trending coins right now by interest and momentum

$0.005

crypto_info

Detailed coin profile, market cap, supply, and price metrics

$0.005

Transportation (5 tools) - FMCSA federal carrier safety data

Tool

Description

Price

fmcsa_carrier_lookup

Full carrier profile by DOT or MC number

$0.02

fmcsa_carrier_search

Search carriers by company name

$0.03

fmcsa_safety_scores

BASIC safety percentiles across 6 categories

$0.02

fmcsa_carrier_authority

Operating authority status and insurance details

$0.02

fmcsa_carrier_compare

Compare 2-5 carriers side by side on safety and fleet data

$0.05

Property (4 tools) - County appraisal and tax records

Tool

Description

Price

property_lookup

Look up property by address or account number - ownership, values, legal description

$0.02

property_search_owner

Search properties by owner name

$0.02

property_search_area

Search by zip code, subdivision, or street name

$0.03

property_value_history

Year-by-year assessed value history for trend analysis

$0.02

Weather & Air Quality (3 tools) - Global coverage via Open-Meteo

Tool

Description

Price

weather_current

Current temperature, wind, humidity, conditions for any location worldwide

$0.005

weather_forecast

Up to 16-day forecast with daily highs/lows, precipitation, wind

$0.01

air_quality

Air quality index, PM2.5, PM10, ozone, and pollutant breakdown

$0.005

Vehicle (2 tools) - NHTSA vehicle identification and safety

Tool

Description

Price

vin_decode

Decode any 17-character VIN - year, make, model, engine, transmission, body style

$0.01

vehicle_recalls

Safety recalls by year/make/model with descriptions and remedy status

$0.01

Package Tracking (1 tool) - Universal carrier detection

Tool

Description

Price

package_track

Track any package - auto-detects UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, and more from tracking number

$0.01

Local Business (1 tool) - Location-based discovery

Tool

Description

Price

local_search

Find restaurants, businesses, and services near any location with ratings and hours

$0.01

Sanctions (7 tools) - OFAC, EU, UN, BIS denied-party screening

Tool

Description

Price

sanctions_screen_entity

Screen a single name or entity against OFAC SDN, EU CFSP, UN SC, and BIS DPL

$0.05

sanctions_screen_batch

Screen up to 50 names in one call

$0.05

sanctions_get_changes

Entities added or updated since a given ISO date for a chosen list

$0.05

sanctions_screen_address

Match a physical address against listed addresses

$0.05

sanctions_get_entity

Fetch a full record by entity ID and source

$0.05

sanctions_search_alias

Search aliases and AKAs across selected lists

$0.05

sanctions_status_summary

Counts and last-update timestamps for all four lists

Free

Disasters (7 tools) - FEMA, USGS, NWS, NOAA NHC

Tool

Description

Price

disaster_declarations

Recent FEMA disaster declarations by state, county, type, or date range

$0.01

nfip_flood_claims

NFIP claim history aggregated by zip, county, or state

$0.01

earthquake_recent

Recent USGS earthquakes filtered by region or magnitude

$0.01

nws_active_alerts

Active NWS alerts for a point, state, or NWS zone

$0.01

flood_zone_lookup

FEMA flood zone designation, BFE, FIRM panel, NFIP requirement

$0.01

hurricane_tracker

Active NOAA NHC hurricanes and tropical systems

$0.01

disaster_history_summary

Multi-year FEMA disaster summary for a location

$0.01

Courts (7 tools) - Federal and state courts via CourtListener

Tool

Description

Price

court_case_search

Search court opinions by keyword, court, judge, party, or date range

$0.01

court_docket_lookup

Federal docket lookup by court ID and docket number

$0.01

court_opinion_search

Full-text search of court opinions

$0.01

court_judge_lookup

Judge profile by name or CourtListener person ID

$0.01

court_citation_resolver

Resolve a legal citation to its case record

$0.01

court_oral_argument_search

Search SCOTUS and federal appellate oral argument audio

$0.01

court_recent_filings

Recent docket entries for a specific court, newest first

$0.01

Cyber (7 tools) - NVD, MITRE CWE, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV

Tool

Description

Price

cve_lookup

Full detail for a single CVE by ID with CVSS, weakness, references

$0.01

cve_search_by_vendor

CVEs by vendor with optional product and date range

$0.01

cve_search_by_keyword

Free-text CVE search

$0.01

cwe_lookup

MITRE CWE detail by ID with parent and child relationships

$0.01

epss_score

FIRST EPSS exploit probability and percentile for a CVE

$0.01

kev_status_check

Check whether a CVE is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

$0.01

cve_recent

Recent CVEs published in the last N days, with vendor and severity filters

$0.01

Education (7 tools) - College Scorecard, IPEDS, DAPIP

Tool

Description

Price

college_search

Find US colleges by name, state, control, size, or accreditor

$0.01

college_metrics

Cost, graduation, retention, earnings, admission rate for one school

$0.01

college_demographics

Race, gender, age, and geographic origin shares for one school

$0.01

college_accreditation

Current institutional accreditation status and accreditor

$0.01

college_compare

Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 schools

$0.01

college_outcomes_by_program

Program-level CIP earnings and debt for one school

$0.01

college_trends

Multi-year IPEDS trend for one school across enrollment, graduation, retention, or cost

$0.01

Discovery (1 tool) - Data catalog and availability

Tool

Description

Price

search_available_datasets

Explore the full 25-domain data menu and find the right tool for any query

Free

Quick Start

Option 1: Remote MCP (Hosted - No Install)

Point any MCP client at the hosted endpoint:

URL: https://livedatalink.ai/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP

For Claude Desktop, add to your config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livedatalink": {
      "url": "https://livedatalink.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Option 2: Local (stdio - Free, No Limits)

Run the server locally for unlimited free usage:

  1. Build the server:

git clone https://github.com/blackboxfoundry/livedatalink.git
cd livedatalink
npm install && npm run build
  1. Get a free FMCSA API key at https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/QCDevsite/ (only needed for trucking tools)

  2. Add to Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livedatalink": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/livedatalink/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "FMCSA_API_KEY": "your-fmcsa-key"
      }
    }
  }
}
  1. Restart Claude Desktop and start asking questions.

Python Client

Direct access to all 62 tools from Python scripts, Jupyter notebooks, or automation pipelines.

from livedatalink import LiveDataLink

with LiveDataLink() as ldl:
    # Finance
    print(ldl.stock_quote("AAPL"))
    print(ldl.stock_compare("AAPL,MSFT,GOOGL"))

    # Crypto
    print(ldl.crypto_price("BTC"))
    print(ldl.crypto_compare("BTC,ETH,SOL"))
    print(ldl.crypto_trending())

    # Trucking
    print(ldl.carrier_lookup(dot_number=2233966))
    print(ldl.safety_scores(dot_number=2233966))

    # Property
    print(ldl.property_lookup("2415 LAKE WOODLANDS DR"))
    print(ldl.property_search_owner("SMITH"))

    # Weather
    print(ldl.weather_current("Houston, TX"))
    print(ldl.weather_forecast("New York", days=5))

    # Vehicle
    print(ldl.vin_decode("1HGBH41JXMN109186"))
    print(ldl.vehicle_recalls(year=2020, make="Toyota", model="Camry"))

    # Tracking
    print(ldl.package_track("1Z999AA10123456784"))

    # Local
    print(ldl.local_search("coffee", "Austin, TX"))

    # Discovery
    print(ldl.search_available_datasets("energy data"))

CLI usage:

python python/livedatalink.py stock_quote symbol=AAPL
python python/livedatalink.py weather_current location="Houston, TX"
python python/livedatalink.py vin_decode vin=1HGBH41JXMN109186
python python/livedatalink.py package_track tracking_number=1Z999AA10123456784
python python/livedatalink.py local_search query=restaurants location="Dallas, TX"
python python/livedatalink.py search_available_datasets query="cryptocurrency"
python python/livedatalink.py list_tools

Example Output

> stock_quote symbol=AAPL

Symbol           AAPL
Name             Apple Inc.
Price            $214.29
Change           +$1.86 (+0.88%)
52-Week Range    $164.08 - $237.49
Volume           48.3M
Market Cap       $3.26T
P/E Ratio        33.21
Dividend Yield   0.47%
> fmcsa_carrier_lookup dot_number=2233966

FMCSA CARRIER DETAIL
================================================================
Legal Name:                SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS INC
DOT Number:                2233966
MC Number:                 133655
Status:                    ACTIVE
Power Units:               10543
Drivers:                   12847
Safety Rating:             Satisfactory
> weather_current location="Houston, TX"

CURRENT WEATHER - Houston, TX
================================
Temperature:     87°F (31°C)
Feels Like:      94°F (34°C)
Conditions:      Partly Cloudy
Humidity:        62%
Wind:            8 mph SSE

The Data Menu

LiveDataLink covers 25 data domains. 9 are live today, and new domains ship based on demand. Use the search_available_datasets tool to explore the full menu, or ask about any of these:

Live now: Finance, Cryptocurrency, Transportation/FMCSA, Property, Weather, Vehicle/NHTSA, Package Tracking, Local Business, Dataset Discovery

Shipping next: SEC Filings, FRED Economic Data, Energy/EIA, USPTO Patents, Census, Texas Oil & Gas (RRC), State Business Entity Search

On the roadmap: Court Records, Aviation, Maritime, Healthcare, Forex, Education, Environmental, Immigration, Elections, Sports, Food Safety, Nonprofits, Government Permits, Public Safety

Every query for an unavailable domain is logged and directly shapes the build priority. Ask for what you need.

Pricing

Plan

Monthly

Included Queries

Overage

Rate Limit

Free

$0

100

Hard cap

5/min

Starter

$10

5,000

$0.01/query

30/min

Pro

$49

50,000

$0.01/query

120/min

Local stdio usage is always free with no rate limits.

Most tools cost $0.005-$0.03 per query. At 50 queries/day, you pay roughly $0.50-1.00/day instead of $29-500/month for traditional data subscriptions.

Architecture

  • Local: Node.js MCP server over stdio (JSON-RPC)

  • Remote: Cloudflare Worker with Streamable HTTP transport at https://livedatalink.ai/mcp

  • Billing: D1 database for API keys and usage tracking, KV for rate limiting

  • Caching: In-memory (local), KV (hosted) for FMCSA and weather responses

  • Data providers: Yahoo Finance, FMCSA.gov, county appraisal districts, Open-Meteo, NHTSA, and more

License

MIT License - Copyright (c) Blackbox Foundry LLC

The hosted service at livedatalink.ai is operated by Blackbox Foundry LLC under the pricing terms above. Self-hosted use of this code is unrestricted under MIT.

About

The hosted service at livedatalink.ai is operated by Blackbox Foundry LLC, a Texas company. Source in this repository is MIT-licensed.

For service questions: support@livedatalink.ai

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