BLS MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLS_API_KEY | No | API key for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Register for a free key at https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/ to increase rate limits and access optional parameters. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| get_single_seriesA | Retrieve data for a single BLS time series for the past three years. Provide a valid BLS series ID (uppercase letters, numbers, underscores, dashes, hashes only). |
| get_latest_seriesB | Retrieve the most recent data point for a given BLS series ID. |
| get_multiple_seriesA | Retrieve data for one or more BLS time series. Registered users can include up to 50 series IDs. Optionally specify start/end years (up to 20-year range), and enable catalog, calculations, annual averages, or aspects. |
| get_popular_seriesA | Retrieve the 25 most popular BLS series IDs overall or for a specific survey. Optionally provide a survey abbreviation to filter by survey. |
| get_all_surveysB | Retrieve a list of all BLS surveys with their abbreviations and names. |
| get_surveyA | Retrieve metadata for a single BLS survey by its abbreviation. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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