Calgary Open Data MCP Server

Unofficial — not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Calgary. This server provides MCP tools that query the publicly available Calgary Open Data portal (Socrata).

Available tools

• search_datasets — Search the catalog by keyword, category, or tag
• get_dataset_metadata — Get schema and details for a dataset ID
• query_dataset — Query any dataset with SoQL

Add to your MCP client

Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and enter:

https://calgary-open-data.baobabtech.app/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http calgary-open-data https://calgary-open-data.baobabtech.app/mcp

ChatGPT

Go to Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings, enable Developer mode, then click Create and enter:

https://calgary-open-data.baobabtech.app/mcp

Hugging Face Chat

Click + in the chat input, select MCP Servers → Add Server, and enter:

https://calgary-open-data.baobabtech.app/mcp

Run locally with npx

For stdio transport, no server needed:

npx calgary-open-data-mcp

To add as a local server in Claude Desktop, add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calgary-open-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "calgary-open-data-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Or in Claude Code:

claude mcp add calgary-open-data -- npx calgary-open-data-mcp

Other MCP clients

Connect via Streamable HTTP at https://calgary-open-data.baobabtech.app/mcp, or run locally with npx calgary-open-data-mcp over stdio.