Production-grade MCP server for Israeli Government Open Data (data.gov.il) — TypeScript, typed CKAN client, OAuth 2.1, dual transport
Data Gov Il MCP becomes available to MCP clients through the data gov il mcp mcp server. Production-grade MCP server for Israeli Government Open Data (data.gov.il) — TypeScript, typed CKAN client, OAuth 2.1, dual transport.
Production-grade Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Israeli Government Open Data from data.gov.il.
Once connected, the assistant can call these 14 tools directly:
structuredContent — the typed JSON objectfind_datasets — Primary dataset discovery tool. Uses the local catalog first, then live CKAN fallback when neededget_dataset_info — Full CKAN metadata for a dataset, including tags and resourceslist_all_datasets — Instant catalog-backed dataset summaries, optionally filtered by organizationlist_resources — Lists files/datastores inside a dataset and identifies datastore_active resourcessearch_records — Queries CKAN datastore records with full-text search, filters, fields, sorting, pagination, and distinct valueslist_organizations — Catalog-backed organizations with Hebrew titles and dataset countsget_organization_info — Live CKAN organization metadatalist_available_tags — Ranked catalog tags with dataset counts and related tagssearch_tags — Fuzzy tag search with related tag suggestionssummarize_dataset — MCP_ENABLE_SAMPLING=trueCore — The Core tool exposed by this serverCKAN — The CKAN tool exposed by this serverAuthentication — The Authentication tool exposed by this serverThe server is distributed via npm as data-gov-il-mcp, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
Before the server will start you need to supply one environment variable: CKAN_BASE_URL. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Data Gov Il MCP sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — structuredContent, find_datasets, get_dataset_info among others — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| structuredContent | the typed JSON object. |
| find_datasets | Primary dataset discovery tool. Uses the local catalog first, then live CKAN fallback when needed. |
| get_dataset_info | Full CKAN metadata for a dataset, including tags and resources. |
| list_all_datasets | Instant catalog-backed dataset summaries, optionally filtered by organization. |
| list_resources | Lists files/datastores inside a dataset and identifies datastore_active resources. |
| search_records | Queries CKAN datastore records with full-text search, filters, fields, sorting, pagination, and distinct values. |
| list_organizations | Catalog-backed organizations with Hebrew titles and dataset counts. |
| get_organization_info | Live CKAN organization metadata. |
| list_available_tags | Ranked catalog tags with dataset counts and related tags. |
| search_tags | Fuzzy tag search with related tag suggestions. |
| summarize_dataset | MCP_ENABLE_SAMPLING=true |
| Core | The Core tool exposed by this server. |
| CKAN | The CKAN tool exposed by this server. |
| Authentication | The Authentication tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"data-gov-il": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "data-gov-il-mcp"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| CKAN_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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