What can Development Indicators MCP do?

It exposes 10 tools: list_sources, get_source_setup, find_microdata, search_indicators, faostat_list_domains, faostat_search_dimension, resolve_geographies, get_indicator_metadata, get_observations, compare_observations.

Is Development Indicators MCP safe and reliable?

Trust score 72/100 (grade B), based on live reachability, verified publisher, maintenance, adoption, transparency and tool quality. See our methodology.

Servers / Developer Tools

Development Indicators MCP

io.github.lbruce-wq/development-indicators

Open-source MCP for official development indicators with provenance and citations.

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Yes, your AI can use this right now.Answered a live MCP handshake in 333 ms with no sign-in needed and exposes 10 tools.

Connect it

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://indicatorsmcp.impactengines.ai/mcp

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://indicatorsmcp.impactengines.ai/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "development-indicators": {
      "url": "https://indicatorsmcp.impactengines.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http development-indicators https://indicatorsmcp.impactengines.ai/mcp

{
  "servers": {
    "development-indicators": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://indicatorsmcp.impactengines.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

10 tools, verified live

Pulled straight from the server with tools/list on 2026-10-17.

list_sources

List supported and planned official data sources and their access characteristics.

get_source_setup

Explain source access requirements without exposing server secrets.

find_microdata

Find relevant public microdata catalogues and state their access conditions.

search_indicators

Rank official indicators; returns match evidence, retrieval health and source failures.

faostat_list_domains

List live FAOSTAT groups and domains available to build source-qualified series.

faostat_search_dimension

Search a FAOSTAT domain's area, item, element, unit, or other definition table.

resolve_geographies

Resolve country names or codes to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes such as GHA and KEN.

get_indicator_metadata

Retrieve authoritative metadata for a source-qualified series reference.

get_observations

Retrieve official observations while retaining metadata, citations and warnings.

compare_observations

Retrieve series side by side and flag obvious metadata differences without merging them.

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