Public Data MCP

io.github.clearline-labsPublished by GitHub account clearline-labsv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

US public data for AI agents: recalls, gov contracts, IRS ZIP income, TX leads, WHOIS, tech stack

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingData & AnalyticsBusiness & Commerce

Overview

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Remote MCP server giving assistants live lookups of official US public datasets: recalls, federal contracts, IRS ZIP income, Texas business permits, WHOIS and…

What you can do
  • Search recent CPSC, FDA and USDA FSIS recalls by brand, product, UPC or keyword, and look up NHTSA vehicle recalls by make, model and year
  • Find top federal contract recipients by NAICS code and state from USAspending.gov
  • Pull IRS Statistics of Income figures for up to 50 ZIP codes and newly issued Texas sales-tax permits by county, city, ZIP or NAICS
  • Inspect domains for registrar, age, expiry, DNS, email provider, SPF/DMARC and SSL expiry, and detect CMS, ecommerce, analytics, pixels, payments and CDN for up to 25 sites
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs cited, real figures from US government and public sources instead of estimates — for example recall checks, contract-award research, ZIP-level income comparisons, local new-business leads, or quick domain and website profiling.
Requirements
A remote streamable-HTTP endpoint hosted on Apify; no local install needed. Requires an Apify API token sent as an Authorization bearer header (a free token is available at apify.com). Some clients need a local bridge such as npx mcp-remote. Network access to the endpoint is required.
Before you install
Every successful tool call is billed to your Apify account at per-call prices (roughly $0.01–$0.03), so repeated or bulk queries cost money. The Apify API token is a credential and should be stored as a secret, not shared. Queries and looked-up domains, ZIPs or brands are sent to the hosted Apify service and its upstream public data sources. Data is provided as-is from those public sources.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Public Data MCP in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect Authorization token credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.clearline-labs%2Fpublic-data-mcp/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "public-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

README

Public Data MCP

Remote MCP server that gives Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, n8n and any streamable-HTTP MCP client live access to official US public datasets, so your agent cites real numbers instead of guessing.

Hosted on Apify. Pay per successful call, no subscription.

Tools

ToolWhat it doesPrice
search_recallsRecent CPSC, FDA (food/drug/device) and USDA FSIS recalls matching brands, products, UPCs or keywords$0.01
vehicle_recallsNHTSA recalls for a make/model/year$0.01
federal_contract_winnersTop federal contract recipients by NAICS code and state (USAspending.gov)$0.03
zip_incomeIRS Statistics of Income figures for up to 50 ZIP codes$0.03
texas_new_businessesNewly issued Texas sales-tax permits by county, city, ZIP or NAICS$0.03
domain_lookupRegistrar, age, expiry, DNS, email provider, SPF/DMARC, SSL expiry$0.01
website_tech_stackCMS, ecommerce, analytics, pixels, payments and CDN for up to 25 sites$0.01

Charges are billed through your Apify account (Apify's free plan includes monthly credit).

Setup

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "public-data": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer ${APIFY_TOKEN}"],      "env": {"APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"}    }  }}

Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http public-data https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "public-data": {      "url": "https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",      "headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"}    }  }}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

json
{  "inputs": [{"type": "promptString", "id": "apify-token", "description": "Apify API token", "password": true}],  "servers": {    "public-data": {      "type": "http",      "url": "https://intuitive-ytterbium--public-data-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",      "headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer ${input:apify-token}"}    }  }}

Example prompts

  • "Any FDA or USDA recalls mentioning listeria in the last 30 days?"
  • "Who won the most NAICS 541511 contracts performed in Texas this year?"
  • "Compare average income for ZIPs 77459, 77479 and 77489."
  • "List new restaurants that got Texas sales-tax permits in Harris County this week."

Data sources

CPSC, openFDA, USDA FSIS, NHTSA, USAspending.gov, IRS SOI, Texas Comptroller open data, public WHOIS/RDAP/DNS. Data is provided as-is from these public sources.

License

MIT. This repo holds docs and registry metadata only; the server is hosted.

Source: README.md at commit 62a8e16

Tools

0
This server asks for a credential such as an API key, so SourceWeft could not read its tools without one and has not indexed them.

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestOct 15, 2026

Score

85% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listed15 pts

    Answer tools/list without a credential, or ship a package that starts in a sandbox without one.

  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts