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Census Bureau integrations

Connect Census Bureau to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. REST API for querying U.S. Census demographic, economic, and geographic survey data by variable and location.

Connects with an API keycensus.gov

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

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What do you want to automate with Census Bureau?

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Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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Pair it

Connect Census Bureau with another app

What your agent can do with Census Bureau

Triggers and actions 5 actions

  • Action
    Find dataset data

    Returns statistics from a Census Bureau dataset for the variables and geographies you choose, such as population by state.

  • Action
    Geocode address

    Returns the latitude/longitude coordinates and standardized address matches for a U.S. street address using the Census Geocoder.

  • Action
    List dataset geographies

    Returns the geography levels (state, county, tract and so on) a Census dataset publishes, with the parent geographies each one requires.

  • Action
    List datasets

    Returns every dataset published on the Census Data API, with its title, description, vintage and API endpoint.

  • Action
    List dataset variables

    Returns every variable available in a Census dataset, with each variable's label, concept and table group.

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Census Bureau, answered

Is there a Census Bureau MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Census Bureau. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server, sign in once in your browser, and your client can build, test and run automations that use Census Bureau. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in Census Bureau?

Any of Census Bureau's 5 actions, including Find dataset data, Geocode address, List dataset geographies and List datasets. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Which apps can Census Bureau connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Census Bureau with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.