housing_employment_outlook
Pack: housing-intel · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/housing-intel/mcp
Assess labor market health for housing demand. Returns employment, construction jobs, residential building employment, unemployment rate, and job openings.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
_fredKey | string | no | FRED API key (accepted for consistency but not used — BLS is free) |
Example call
Arguments
{}curl
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/housing-intel/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"housing_employment_outlook","arguments":{}}}'TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();
const result = await pipeworx.call('housing_employment_outlook', {});Response shape
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
snapshot_date | string | |
total_nonfarm | object | |
construction | object | |
residential_building | object | |
unemployment_rate | object | |
jolts_openings | object | |
jolts_hires | object | |
error | string |
Full JSON Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"snapshot_date": {
"type": "string"
},
"total_nonfarm": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"current": {
"type": "number"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"thousands"
]
},
"trend": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"rising",
"falling",
"stable"
]
},
"recent_data": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
},
"error": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"construction": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"current": {
"type": "number"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"thousands"
]
},
"trend": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"rising",
"falling",
"stable"
]
},
"recent_data": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
},
"error": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"residential_building": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"current": {
"type": "number"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"thousands"
]
},
"trend": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"rising",
"falling",
"stable"
]
},
"recent_data": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
},
"error": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"unemployment_rate": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"current": {
"type": "number"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"percent"
]
},
"trend": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"rising",
"falling",
"stable"
]
},
"recent_data": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
},
"error": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"jolts_openings": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"current": {
"type": "number"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"thousands"
]
},
"trend": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"rising",
"falling",
"stable"
]
},
"recent_data": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
},
"error": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"jolts_hires": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"current": {
"type": "number"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"thousands"
]
},
"trend": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"rising",
"falling",
"stable"
]
},
"recent_data": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
},
"error": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"error": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"housing-intel": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/housing-intel/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.