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DataBoston MCP — City of Boston open data (data.boston.gov, CKAN API).

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

boston_recent

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", "B

No parameters required.

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boston_query

Query any City of Boston datastore resource (data.boston.gov, CKAN) by its resource id (a UUID). Supports a free-text `q`, exact-match `filters` (field→value), `sort` ("field desc"), limit and offset.

No parameters required.

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boston_datasets

Search the City of Boston open-data catalogue (data.boston.gov, CKAN) by keyword. Returns each matching dataset's title and its queryable datastore resource ids (use with boston_query).

No parameters required.

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