Find New York open data: which portal covers a place or topic, how to query it, datasets and columns
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claude mcp add ny-data-registry-mcp -e NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD=<NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD> -e SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN=<SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN> -- npx -y @betanyc/[email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"ny-data-registry-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@betanyc/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD": "<NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD>",
"SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN": "<SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"ny-data-registry-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@betanyc/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD": "<NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD>",
"SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN": "<SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"ny-data-registry-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@betanyc/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD": "<NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOAD>",
"SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN": "<SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
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Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
NY_DATA_INDEX_AUTO_DOWNLOADOptional | Set to 0 to stop the first-run download of the dataset index |
SOCRATA_APP_TOKENOptional, secret | Optional Socrata app token, used only when building your own index |
Details
| Package | @betanyc/[email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 9 Nov 2026 |
| Last updated | 9 Nov 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.BetaNYC/ny-data-registry-mcp |
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