MCP server for interacting with CKAN open data portals
Ckan MCP server is a hosted integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. MCP server for interacting with CKAN open data portals.
CKAN is the open-source platform behind most public open data portals worldwide (Italy's dati.gov.it, the US data.gov, Canada's open.canada.ca, and many more). Navigating these portals usually requires knowing their structure, APIs, and search syntax. This MCP server removes that barrier: once connected, your AI tool can do it all for you.
Once Ckan is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
ChatGPT — 1. Open the profile menu and go to Settings → Apps → Advanced settings 2. Enable Developer mode 3. Click Create app (top-right) 4. FillOrganizations — The Organizations tool exposed by this serverGroups — The Groups tool exposed by this serverDataStore — The DataStore tool exposed by this serverSPARQL — The SPARQL tool exposed by this serverUtilities — The Utilities tool exposed by this serverBeing a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.
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. Ckan's toolset — ChatGPT, Organizations, Groups and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by aborruso; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Ckan's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 1. Open the profile menu and go to **Settings → Apps → Advanced settings** 2. Enable **Developer mode** 3. Click **Create app** (top-right) 4. Fill in the form: - **Name:** CKAN MCP Server - **Description:** Search datas |
| Organizations | The Organizations tool exposed by this server. |
| Groups | The Groups tool exposed by this server. |
| DataStore | The DataStore tool exposed by this server. |
| SPARQL | The SPARQL tool exposed by this server. |
| Utilities | The Utilities tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"ckan": {
"url": "https://ckan-mcp-server.andy-pr.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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