Ausdata Mcp Client — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited Ausdata Mcp Client (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
mcp-name: io.ausdata/ausdata-mcp
MCP server for the Australian public data API. Plug into Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any other MCP client and get one-call access to 100+ curated Australian government datasets across 9 sources.
Add to your MCP client config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ausdata": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "ausdata-mcp"],
"env": {
"AUSDATA_API_KEY": "ak_xxx"
}
}
}
}Get a free API key at https://ausdata.io (500 calls/month on the free tier, no credit card).
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
search_datasets | Plain-English search across the catalog. "unemployment NSW" → dataset IDs to call. |
list_datasets | List curated datasets for a given source (abs, rba, ato, …). |
describe_dataset | Schema + filter dictionary for one dataset before you get_data it. |
get_data | Generic accessor by source + dataset_id. Search first, fetch second. |
releases | Upcoming + recent statistical release calendar across all sources. |
real_wages | Wage Price Index minus CPI, quarterly. The Greg Jericho chart in one call. |
real_cash_rate | RBA cash rate minus CPI — the real policy stance. |
economic_dashboard | Cash rate, CPI, unemployment, wage growth, lending — in one response. |
cost_of_living | ABS Selected Living Cost Indexes by household type. |
youth_unemployment | 15-24 unemployment rate, state-level. |
trade_balance | Goods + services trade balance, monthly. |
housing_affordability | House prices vs household disposable income, indexed. |
gender_pay_context | WGEA gender pay gap by industry / employer-size context. |
energy_snapshot | AEMO NEM dispatch + price snapshot, current trading interval. |
health | API reachability check. Useful for debugging. |
Once the MCP is connected, try asking your agent:
| Env var | Purpose | Default |
|---|---|---|
AUSDATA_API_KEY | Bearer token | required |
AUSDATA_API_URL | Override the API base URL | https://api.ausdata.io |
AUSDATA_TIMEOUT | Per-request timeout (ms) | 30000 |
Every tool returns MCP-formatted errors that AI agents can read and recover from:
Set AUSDATA_API_KEY in your MCP config. Get a free key at https://ausdata.ioPart of a family of MCP servers + a hosted API for Australian public data:
pip install ausdataio · Node MCP: npx -y ausdata-mcpMIT — see LICENSE.
This client is independent of the upstream data; each response carries attribution metadata for the underlying ABS / RBA / APRA / AIHW / etc. source under their respective CC-BY licenses.
npm install
npm run build
npm test
npm run lintSource lives in src/. Tool definitions are in src/tools/. The HTTP routing layer is src/client.ts — it does NOT parse responses, that's the API server's job.
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