Zurich Opendata MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing AI-powered access to **Open Data from the City of Zurich, Switzerland**.

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What is the Zurich Opendata MCP MCP server?

Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. Zurich Opendata MCP MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing AI-powered access to Open Data from the City of Zurich, Switzerland.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 4 tools. What each one is for:

  • Demo — The Demo tool exposed by this server
  • Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server
  • Geodata — The Geodata tool exposed by this server
  • Tourism — The Tourism tool exposed by this server

Getting it running

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

What it needs from you

  • Python 3.11+ - pip or uv - mcp[cli] 2.x — installed automatically; the server uses the 2.x API (mcp.server.mcpserver) and cannot run on mcp 1.x > Use 0.6.0 or newer. Release 0.5.1 declared mcp[cli]>=1.28.1 with no > upper bound. Once mcp 2.0.0 removed mcp.server.fastmcp, every fresh > install of 0.5.1 resolved to 2.0.0 and failed at import with > ModuleNotFoundError.

How it compares

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. Zurich Opendata MCP's toolset — Demo, Prerequisites, Geodata and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by malkreide; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Things to watch

  • 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.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
DemoThe Demo tool exposed by this server.
PrerequisitesThe Prerequisites tool exposed by this server.
GeodataThe Geodata tool exposed by this server.
TourismThe Tourism tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Zurich Opendata MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zurich-opendata": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "zurich_opendata_mcp.server"]
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

  • Python 3.11+ - pip or uv - mcp[cli] 2.x — installed automatically; the server uses the 2.x API (mcp.server.mcpserver) and cannot run on mcp 1.x > Use 0.6.0 or newer. Release 0.5.1 declared mcp[cli]>=1.28.1 with no > upper bound. Once mcp 2.0.0 removed mcp.server.fastmcp, every fresh > install of 0.5.1 resolved to 2.0.0 and failed at import with > ModuleNotFoundError.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Zurich Opendata MCP to Demo.
  • Use Zurich Opendata MCP to Prerequisites.
  • Use Zurich Opendata MCP to Geodata.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Zurich Opendata MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (Demo, Prerequisites, Geodata, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Zurich Opendata MCP directly.