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DataAustin MCP — Austin, TX open data (data.austintexas.gov, Socrata SODA API).

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Tools

austin_recent

Recent records from a common Austin, TX open dataset (data.austintexas.gov) by friendly name — no Socrata id needed. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for "recent crime in Austin", "Austin 311 requests", "Austin

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austin_query

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

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austin_datasets

Search the Austin open-data catalogue (data.austintexas.gov) for datasets by keyword. Returns dataset names, descriptions, and Socrata resource ids to use with austin_query.

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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/data-austin/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/data-austin/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"austin_recent","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("austin_recent", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("dataaustin mcp — austin, tx open data (data");