Ons Uk

io.github.pipeworx-ioPublished by GitHub account pipeworx-iov0.1.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

UK Office for National Statistics dataset catalogue + Beta JSON API

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Remote MCP endpoint exposing the UK Office for National Statistics dataset catalogue and Beta JSON API for browsing datasets, editions and time series.

What you can do
  • List publicly available ONS datasets and read a single dataset's metadata
  • Look up the editions available for a given dataset
  • Retrieve metadata for the latest observation data file of a dataset
  • Fetch time series data by ONS URI
  • Optionally ask questions in plain English through the gateway's ask_pipeworx tool, which picks the tool and arguments
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs official UK statistics: finding the right ONS dataset, checking its editions, or pulling a time series for analysis or reporting.
Requirements
A remote MCP client pointed at the Pipeworx gateway URL for this server; no local package, API key or environment variable is declared. Network access to the gateway is required.
Before you install
The server is a third-party gateway (Pipeworx) rather than an official ONS endpoint, so queries pass through that service; no authentication is declared, so do not send sensitive data. Data is read-only per the listed tools.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Ons Uk in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. 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.pipeworx-io%2Fons-uk/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": {
    "ons-uk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ons-uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

mcp-ons-uk

ONS UK MCP.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 673+ live data sources.

Tools

ToolDescription
datasetsList publicly available datasets.
datasetSingle dataset metadata.
editionsEditions of a dataset.
latest_observationsLatest observation data file metadata.
seriesTime series by ONS uri.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "ons-uk": {      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ons-uk/mcp"    }  }}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 673+ data sources:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "pipeworx": {      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"    }  }}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Ons Uk data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

License

MIT

Source: README.md at commit 7d5df32

Tools

0
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Version history

1
  1. v0.1.0LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

85% of the applicable checks met

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