InfraNode

A keyless, remote MCP server for German public-infrastructure open data.

German cities publish a lot of open data, but every source has its own format, fields and quirks, and several need portal registration. InfraNode normalizes ~20 categories, weather, air quality, public transit (incl. realtime departures), traffic, parking, charging, water levels, demographics, energy and more, for 84+ German cities behind one interface, and serves it as an MCP server. 38 read-only tools, no API key, no account, no install.

Sources include the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Mobilithek/DELFI, GovData, OpenStreetMap, Bundesnetzagentur, KBA, DIVI and more.

Connect

One line with Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http infranode https://mcp.infranode.dev/mcp

Any other MCP client, point it at the remote endpoint (Streamable HTTP):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "infranode": { "url": "https://mcp.infranode.dev/mcp" }
  }
}

• Cursor / Windsurf: add the block above to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or the app's MCP settings).

• VS Code: code --add-mcp '{"name":"infranode","url":"https://mcp.infranode.dev/mcp"}'

• Claude Desktop: add the same mcpServers block to your claude_desktop_config.json.

• ChatGPT: add a connector with the URL https://mcp.infranode.dev/mcp.

Full install guide, the complete tool manifest with example outputs, the permission model and an example transcript are in docs/mcp-install.md. The registry manifest is server.json.

Related MCP server: mcp-swiss

Example

Ask your agent something like "What's the weather in Cologne right now?" and it calls weather:

// weather(slug="koeln")
{
  "data": {
    "city_slug": "koeln",
    "observed_at": "2026-06-18T13:00:00Z",
    "source": "dwd",
    "attribution": { "text": "Datenbasis: Deutscher Wetterdienst", "modified": true },
    "payload": { "kind": "weather", "temperature_c": 30.4, "humidity": 43.0, "station_id": "02667" }
  },
  "meta": { "source_status": "ok", "cache_status": "hit", "correlation_id": "..." }
}

Every response follows the same { data, meta } envelope: each record carries its attribution (license + source), and meta.source_status tells you whether the upstream source delivered data, so a dead source degrades gracefully instead of failing the call.

Tip: call list_cities first to discover valid city slugs (e.g. koeln, berlin, hamburg), then call any city-scoped tool.

Tools (38)

All tools are annotated readOnlyHint: true / destructiveHint: false / idempotentHint: true, so MCP clients can safely auto-allow them.

Prompts & resources

• Prompts: city_briefing, compare_air_quality, commute_check, ready-made flows that chain several tools.

• Resources: infranode://cities and infranode://sources, browse the coverage catalog without a tool call.

How it behaves

• Keyless & read-only. No credentials, no writes, no user accounts.

• Canonical envelope. { data, meta } with per-source status and attribution.

• Graceful degradation. A failing upstream returns source_status, not an error.

• Safe by design. SSRF and injection gates validate every request; inputs are checked against fixed allowlists.

See SECURITY.md for the security model.

Self-host (optional)

You don't need to, the hosted endpoint above is the fastest path. But the code is open. Run the API stack locally with Docker (Compose v2):

cp .env.example .env          # example config, contains NO real secrets
docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml up
curl http://localhost/api/v1/health   # -> {"status":"ok","version":"1.0.0","redis":true}

To run the MCP server itself locally over stdio (against the public API):

uv sync --group mcp
INFRANODE_MCP_API_BASE=https://infranode.dev/api/v1 uv run python -m infranode.mcp.server

All settings use the INFRANODE_ env prefix (see .env.example); each data source is toggled by its own INFRANODE_ENABLE_* flag. Real secrets are never committed, only .env.example is versioned and CI runs a gitleaks scan.

License: code and data are separate

• Code: Apache-2.0 (see LICENSE).

• Data: the open data served through InfraNode keeps the licenses of its upstream sources (e.g. ODbL for OpenStreetMap, DL-DE-BY for GovData, attribution for DWD). These data licenses and attribution are tracked separately in DATA-LICENSES.md. The Apache-2.0 license covers only the API source code, not the passed-through data.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Setup, gate commands and the secret rule are in CONTRIBUTING.md.