`austin_query`

Pack: data-austin · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-austin/mcp

Run a raw SoQL query against any Austin open-data resource (data.austintexas.gov) by its Socrata id (8-char like “fdj4-gpfu”). Full SoQL: where/select/group/order/limit/offset. Use austin_datasets to find a resource id, or austin_recent for the common ones.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`resource_id`	string	yes	Socrata resource id, e.g. “fdj4-gpfu” (crime reports).
`where`	string	no	SoQL $where filter.
`select`	string	no	SoQL $select (e.g. “crime_type, count(*)”).
`group`	string	no	SoQL $group.
`order`	string	no	SoQL $order (e.g. “occ_date_time DESC”).
`limit`	number	no	Max rows (default 100, max 5000).
`offset`	number	no	Row offset for paging.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "resource_id": "fdj4-gpfu",
  "where": "occ_date_time > '2024-01-01'",
  "select": "crime_type, count(*)",
  "group": "crime_type",
  "_apiKey": "your-data-austin-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-austin/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"austin_query","arguments":{"resource_id":"fdj4-gpfu","where":"occ_date_time > '\''2024-01-01'\''","select":"crime_type, count(*)","group":"crime_type","_apiKey":"your-data-austin-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('austin_query', {
  "resource_id": "fdj4-gpfu",
  "where": "occ_date_time > '2024-01-01'",
  "select": "crime_type, count(*)",
  "group": "crime_type",
  "_apiKey": "your-data-austin-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "resource_id": "wvfd-dwi5",
  "order": "inspection_date DESC",
  "limit": 100,
  "_apiKey": "your-data-austin-api-key"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "data-austin": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-austin/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

austin_query