Government

District of Columbia Open Data integrations

Connect District of Columbia Open Data to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. District of Columbia Open Data is the Washington DC government's public data portal, publishing city datasets covering crime incidents, property and tax records, budgets and spending, permits, schools, transportation, and extensive GIS layers. Served through ArcGIS REST and OGC endpoints, it lets a caller search the dataset catalog, read a layer's field definitions, and query features with attribute filters, spatial filters, sorting, and paging, returning JSON or GeoJSON. No credentials required.

No account neededopendata.dc.gov

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

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want to automate with District of Columbia Open Data?

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Connect your AI client

Give your AI client this address.

https://mcp.apiant.ai

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. 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.

Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)
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.

Setup guide (opens in a new tab)
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.

Setup guide (opens in a new tab)
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 District of Columbia Open Data with another app

What your agent can do with District of Columbia Open Data

Triggers and actions 3 actions

  • Action
    Find datasets

    Search the DC Open Data catalog for datasets by keyword, category, or tag, returning matching dataset ids, titles, and descriptions.

  • Action
    Find records

    Query a dataset's features/records with attribute filters, spatial filters, sorting, and paging, returning JSON or GeoJSON results.

  • Action
    Get dataset

    Get a dataset's metadata and field/schema definitions by dataset or layer id, so callers know what attributes can be filtered or returned.

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District of Columbia Open Data, answered

Is there a District of Columbia Open Data MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with District of Columbia Open Data. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run District of Columbia Open Data actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use District of Columbia Open Data. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in District of Columbia Open Data?

Any of District of Columbia Open Data's 3 actions, including Find datasets, Find records and Get dataset. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use District of Columbia Open Data directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with District of Columbia Open Data two ways. Ask it to do something in District of Columbia Open Data once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the District of Columbia Open Data API?

No. APIANT connects to the District of Columbia Open Data API for you. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the District of Columbia Open Data triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the District of Columbia Open Data API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can District of Columbia Open Data connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs District of Columbia Open Data 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.