Does Idescat have an MCP server?
Idescat maintains an official MCP server.
Covers official statistics of Catalonia only, with labels in Catalan.
- Access
- Remote server
- Endpoint
- https://api.idescat.cat/mcp
- Repository
- idescat/mcp
- Maintainer
- Statistical Institute of Catalonia
- License
- MIT
- Stars
- 0
- Last commit
- 29d ago
- Category
- Data Platforms
What it does
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes tools to query the official statistics of Catalonia, published by Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya), from any MCP client.
The receipts
A remote server run by Idescat itself — nothing to install. Documented at github.com.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes tools to query the official statistics of Catalonia, published by Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya), from any MCP client.
Connect it
Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:
claude mcp add --transport http idescat https://api.idescat.cat/mcpAdd --scope user to make it available in every project.
- Open Settings → Connectors
- Click Add custom connector
- Paste
https://api.idescat.cat/mcp - Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu
Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for
every project:
{
"mcpServers": {
"idescat": {
"url": "https://api.idescat.cat/mcp"
}
}
}A green dot in Settings → MCP means it connected.
Add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"idescat": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.idescat.cat/mcp"
}
}
}Then pick the server from the tools menu in Copilot's agent mode.
- Enable Developer mode under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
- Choose Create and paste
https://api.idescat.cat/mcp - Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat
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Does Idescat have an official MCP server?
Yes. Idescat maintains an official MCP server, hosted at https://api.idescat.cat/mcp. The source lives at idescat/mcp on GitHub.
How do I connect Idescat to Claude?
Add https://api.idescat.cat/mcp as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors in Claude Desktop or claude.ai, or run "claude mcp add --transport http idescat https://api.idescat.cat/mcp" in Claude Code.
Do I need to install anything to use the Idescat MCP server?
No. It is a remote server hosted by Idescat, so your MCP client connects to it over HTTP. You authenticate with the vendor rather than installing a package.
How is this verdict verified?
Published to the MCP Registry under Idescat's verified namespace cat.idescat; the public, no-auth endpoint api.idescat.cat/mcp answers MCP initialize (200) and is documented in the idescat/mcp repo of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia's GitHub org. GitHub metadata is refreshed every six hours.
How we know
Published to the MCP Registry under Idescat's verified namespace cat.idescat; the public, no-auth endpoint api.idescat.cat/mcp answers MCP initialize (200) and is documented in the idescat/mcp repo of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia's GitHub org.
- GitHub data refreshed on 2026-10-08, and again every six hours.
- Vendor docs checked by hand on 2026-09-29.
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