Boston Core MCP

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Provide city staff with quick, natural language access to Boston's open datasets for policy research and data analysis.

• 2

  Help residents explore and discover Boston's civic data without requiring technical knowledge.

• 3

  Assist developers and researchers in querying, understanding, and integrating Boston's open data.

Description

Boston Core MCP is a Model Context Protocol server developed by the City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology. It enables AI assistants and agentic tools to query and explore Boston's open data through natural language conversation, offering up-to-date, trustworthy data access without technical barriers. The server is production-ready, deployed on AWS Lambda, and supports multiple use cases for city staff, residents, and developers.