`boston_recent`

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

Recent records from a common City of Boston open dataset (data.boston.gov) by friendly name — no CKAN resource id needed. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for “recent crime in Boston”, “Boston 311 requests”, “Boston building permits”. Names: crime, 311, permits. Returns the latest rows (newest-first). Pass q for a free-text keyword filter; for full control use boston_query.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`dataset`	string	yes	One of: crime, 311, permits.
`q`	string	no	Optional free-text filter across all columns (CKAN full-text), e.g. “larceny” or a neighborhood.
`limit`	number	no	Rows to return (1-1000, default 20).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "dataset": "crime",
  "q": "larceny",
  "limit": 50
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-boston/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"boston_recent","arguments":{"dataset":"crime","q":"larceny","limit":50}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('boston_recent', {
  "dataset": "crime",
  "q": "larceny",
  "limit": 50
});

More examples

{
  "dataset": "311"
}

{
  "dataset": "permits",
  "q": "Roxbury",
  "limit": 100
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

boston_recent