Data ChileGob MCP Server

MCP server exposing Chile's open government dataset portal (datos.gob.cl / CKAN API v3)

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What is the Data ChileGob MCP server?

MCP server exposing Chile's open government dataset portal (datos.gob.cl / CKAN API v3). Exposed over MCP by the data chilegob mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

Servidor MCP que expone el portal de datos abiertos del gobierno de Chile — datos.gob.cl — como herramientas para asistentes de inteligencia artificial.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • URLhttp://localhost:3000/mcp
  • Encoding — Los archivos CSV de datos.gob.cl pueden estar en ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1). La herramienta intenta leerlos como UTF-8; si los caracteres aparecen
  • Nombre — Tipo
  • query — string
  • limit — number
  • resource_id — string
  • offset — number
  • Comando — Descripción
  • search_datasets — Busca datasets en datos.gob.cl por palabra clave. Devuelve una lista resumida
  • get_dataset — Obtiene los metadatos completos de un dataset: descripción, recursos, etiquetas y licencia
  • get_resource_data — Lee filas tabulares de un recurso CKAN. Intenta primero el datastore y, si no está disponible, descarga y parsea el archivo directamente. Soporta
  • Requisitos — The Requisitos tool exposed by this server

Adding it to your client

The server ships on npm as @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

When to reach for it

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Data ChileGob's toolset — URL, Encoding, Nombre and 10 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 13 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Data ChileGob.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the data chilegob mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
URLhttp://localhost:3000/mcp
EncodingLos archivos CSV de datos.gob.cl pueden estar en ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1). La herramienta intenta leerlos como UTF-8; si los caracteres aparecen corruptos, descarga el archivo directamente.
NombreTipo
querystring
limitnumber
resource_idstring
offsetnumber
ComandoDescripción
search_datasetsBusca datasets en datos.gob.cl por palabra clave. Devuelve una lista resumida.
get_datasetObtiene los metadatos completos de un dataset: descripción, recursos, etiquetas y licencia.
get_resource_dataLee filas tabulares de un recurso CKAN. Intenta primero el datastore y, si no está disponible, descarga y parsea el archivo directamente. Soporta paginación.
RequisitosThe Requisitos tool exposed by this server.
ArquitecturaThe Arquitectura tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Data ChileGob MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chilegob": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-chilegob-dataset"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Data ChileGob to URL.
  • Use Data ChileGob to Encoding.
  • Use Data ChileGob to Nombre.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Data ChileGob to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 13 tools (URL, Encoding, Nombre, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Data ChileGob directly.