Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@@munispot/mcp Compare Austin TX and Denver CO finances"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
MCP server for MuniSpot — query financial health scores, budgets, debt levels, and economic indicators for 20,000+ US municipalities.
Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"munispot": {
"url": "https://www.munispot.com/api/mcp",
"headers": {
"X-API-Key": "ms_live_your_key_here"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"munispot": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@munispot/mcp"],
"env": {
"MUNISPOT_API_KEY": "ms_live_your_key_here"
}
}
}
}Related MCP server: Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
Sign up at munispot.com
Create an API key at /account/api-keys
Free-tier keys (100 calls/month) work for every tool except get_financials, which needs API Professional (see /pricing).
Tool | Description | Tier |
| Search by name, state, sector, score range, population | All |
| Detailed profile with full MuniScore breakdown | All |
| ACFR line items (balance sheet, income, obligations) | Pro+ |
| MuniScore across all fiscal years | All |
| Side-by-side comparison of 2-10 entities | All |
| Economic/demographic data by EIN, CBSA, or state | All |
Ask your AI assistant:
"Find Ohio cities with a MuniScore below 50"
"Compare Austin TX and Denver CO finances"
"Show me the debt-to-revenue trend for Phoenix"
"What's the poverty rate in the Phoenix metro area?"
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Compare 2-10 municipalities side by side for a given fiscal year.
Inputs: eins (required), fiscal_year.
Get economic and demographic data by municipality EIN, CBSA code, or state FIPS code.
Inputs: ein, year, cbsa_code, state_fips.
Get detailed financial line items from ACFR statements. Pro/Enterprise tier only.
Inputs: ein (required), fund_type, fiscal_year, statement_type.
Get detailed profile for a single municipality by EIN.
Inputs: ein (required), fiscal_year.
Get MuniScore history across all available fiscal years for a municipality.
Inputs: ein (required).
Search and filter 20,000+ US municipalities by name, state, sector, MuniScore range, and population.
Inputs: q, page, state, sector, +6 more.
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Scored across 6 tools
Each tool targets a clear sub-resource: search (by name/filter), get_municipality (by EIN), compare (multi-entity), plus three data-domain getters (economy, financials, score history). The only soft overlap is that get_municipality's 'detailed profile' could plausibly subsume get_economy or get_scores_history, but the other descriptions are specific enough to steer selection.
All six tools follow a consistent snake_case verb_noun pattern (get_*, search_*, compare_*), with nouns that clearly identify the resource being fetched. No mixed conventions or vague verbs.
Six tools is a tight, well-scoped surface for a municipal-data API: one discovery tool, one entity lookup, one comparison, and three domain-specific data getters. Nothing looks redundant or padded.
The read-oriented surface covers discovery, single-entity detail, comparison, financials, economic/demographic data, and score trends across fiscal years, which handles most analytics workflows. Minor gaps exist: no way to enumerate available sectors/fiscal years or score components, and no bulk export, but agents can work around these.
Financial data, fiscal health scores, and economic indicators for 20,000+ U.S. municipalities.
Query 4,300+ ranked metros across sixteen dimensions: profiles, search, and head-to-head comparisons
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