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bls-labor-mcp-server

Fetch US Bureau of Labor Statistics data — CPI, unemployment, wages, JOLTS, and more via MCP.

Description as published by the maintainer. Source

  • version 0.4.11
  • active

active — Most recent push to the repository was 2026-07-17.

What this server can do

6 functions, named and described by the server itself. Parameter names are shown because they say more about what a function does than its name usually does.

bls_dataframe_describe(name)
List canvas dataframes materialized by bls_get_series, with provenance (source tool, query parameters), TTL, row count, and column schema. Use before writing SQL to confirm column names. Lazy-sweeps expired tables before responding. Requires CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE=duckdb.
bls_dataframe_query(sql, preview, row_limit, register_as)
Run a single-statement SELECT against the canvas dataframes registered by bls_get_series. Read-only: writes, DDL, DROP, COPY, PRAGMA, ATTACH, and external-file table functions are rejected. System catalogs (information_schema, pg_catalog, sqlite_master, duckdb_*) are denied at the bridge layer — use bls_dataframe_describe to list available dataframes. Supports JOINs, aggregates, window functions, and CTEs. Optional register_as persists the result as a new dataframe with a fresh TTL for chained analysis. Canvas SQL operations consume zero BLS API quota. Requires CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE=duckdb. Required: sql.
bls_get_latest(series_ids)
Return the single most recent observation for one or more BLS series. Use for "what is X right now" questions — the current unemployment rate, the latest CPI reading, etc. Each series consumes one API query against the 500/day limit; for the current value of many series, bls_get_series with a 1-year window is more quota-efficient (one query for up to 50 series). Recommended limit: 10 series; maximum: 50. Required: series_ids.
bls_get_series(end_year, series_ids, start_year, calculations, annual_average)
Fetch time-series data for 1–50 BLS series by SeriesID in a single API request (one query against the 500/day limit). Supports optional year range (up to 20 years per request) and BLS-computed period-over-period calculations (net change and percent change; a survey returns whichever it supports and silently omits the rest — CPI and PPI return percent change only, the inflation rate). Observations cover real periods only and are safe to sum or average as returned; set annual_average to add each year's annual-average row, which is that year's mean rather than an additional period. When the total observation count would exceed the inline context budget, results spill to a canvas dataframe and the response includes a dataset.name handle for follow-up SQL via bls_dataframe_query. Use bls_search_series first if you need to resolve a concept to a SeriesID. Required: series_ids.
bls_list_surveys(category)
List BLS survey programs with their abbreviation codes, full names, and metadata about calculation support and annual averages. Use to discover which survey covers a topic before calling bls_search_series. Optional category filter narrows results to prices, employment, wages, productivity, injuries, or time_use surveys.
bls_search_series(area, limit, query, survey, seasonal_adjustment)
Search the BLS series catalog by natural language query, survey code, geographic area, or keywords to resolve cryptic SeriesIDs. Returns matching series with decoded components (survey, area, item, seasonal flag) and plain-language names. Use this before bls_get_series when you have a concept but not a SeriesID. Operates offline — no API quota consumed. Survey filter accepts two-letter codes (CU, CE, LN, LA, PC, JT, OE, EC, PR). Area filter accepts state names, MSA names, or FIPS area codes. Required: query.

Last successful function declaration observed on . Source: https://bls-labor.caseyjhand.com/mcp. We list what the server declared; we do not call any of these functions.

Endpoint status observed on . Source: https://bls-labor.caseyjhand.com/mcp.

Signals

These are separate measurements of different things. They are deliberately not combined into one score, because a popularity number that mixes website traffic with saves and stars cannot be checked or acted on.

Signal Value What it measures Window Observed Source
GitHub stars 1 Number of GitHub accounts that bookmarked this repository since it was created. It is a bookmark count, not installs, not active users and not quality. cumulative, all time GitHub
Last commit 2026-07-17 Date of the most recent push to any branch. This is the strongest cheap indicator of whether the project is still maintained. point in time GitHub
Open issues 11 Open issues plus open pull requests, as GitHub counts them together. A high number can mean an active project or an abandoned one. as of fetch GitHub
Latest published version 0.4.11 Latest version string the maintainer published to the registry. as of fetch Model Context Protocol
Registry record last updated 2026-07-17 When the registry record was last updated by its maintainer. point in time Model Context Protocol
First listed in the MCP Registry 2026-07-17 Date this server was first published to the official MCP Registry. Not a usage or quality measure. point in time Model Context Protocol
repository status active The repository exists on GitHub and is not archived. This says nothing about how recently it was worked on. as of fetch GitHub
mcp tools declared 6 tools Number of functions the server itself declared when asked to list them. This is what the server offers an agent, not a measure of how well any of them work. as of probe bls-labor.caseyjhand.com
mcp endpoint status ok The server listed 6 functions when asked. as of probe bls-labor.caseyjhand.com

Where to get it

Related, by what their authors tagged them

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These share tags the maintainers applied themselves, such as bls, bun, bureau-of-labor-statistics, cpi. Common tags like "mcp" or "ai" are ignored for this: agreeing with six hundred other projects is not a similarity.

This is not a recommendation and not a test result. It is a map of what the authors said their work is about.

Also from cyanheads

How the author describes it

Topics the maintainer set on GitHub: bls, bun, bureau-of-labor-statistics, cpi, cyanheads, economics, jolts, labor-market, mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, ppi, time-series, typescript, unemployment, wages.

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Sources

  1. cyanheads/bls-labor-mcp-server on GitHub — GitHub, observed , trust tier 3.
  2. Tools declared by the MCP server at https://bls-labor.caseyjhand.com/mcp — bls-labor.caseyjhand.com, observed , trust tier 4.
  3. Official MCP Registry — Model Context Protocol, observed , trust tier 1.