ABS (Australia)

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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Data API MCP.

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

list_dataflows

Browse or search ABS datasets (dataflows). Returns dataflow IDs + descriptive names; the ID (e.g. "CPI", "ALC", "ABS_REGIONAL_LGA2021") is what you pass to dataflow_structure and get_data. Optionally

No parameters required.

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dataflow_structure

For one ABS dataflow, return its ordered dimensions and the valid codes for each. Use this to build a dataKey for get_data: the key has one dot-separated position per dimension, in the order returned

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get_data

Fetch observations from an ABS dataflow. dataKey is a dot-separated SDMX filter with one position per dimension (order from dataflow_structure); each position is a code, "+"-joined codes, or empty for

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/abs-au/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/abs-au/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_dataflows","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("list_dataflows", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("australian bureau of statistics (abs) data api mcp");