publicdata.au

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Law & government data

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Passed 5/5 checks · What you ask goes through the maker’s server (publicdata.au)

claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "publicdata": {
      "url": "https://publicdata.au/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "publicdata": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://publicdata.au/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 10, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• search_datasets

  Find the slug of a served dataset. Start here for any question about Australian government data, since the other tools read only the datasets this finds. Every word in query must match the title, summary, publisher, keywords or a field name. A word matches its plural and other en

• get_dataset

  Read a served dataset's data package and full version history: licence, attribution, whole-table files and the version dates diff_versions and the version parameter take. It carries no rows. To answer from the rows use query_rows or count_rows, and for field names use list_fields

• list_fields

  List a served dataset's fields, with their types, descriptions, ranges and values, before querying it. Call it before query_rows or count_rows unless you already know the exact names and values, because where matches values exactly and an unknown field is an error. It also names

• list_partitions

  List the download files that split a served dataset's newest version by one field, such as one file per year. Use it to hand someone a slice of the data as a file. It gives file links and no rows, so to answer a question use query_rows or count_rows instead, and for the whole tab

• query_rows

  Read individual rows of a served dataset, filtered across the whole table. For totals and breakdowns use count_rows, and for files use get_dataset or list_partitions. Field names and values for where, select and order come from list_fields. Filters hold at most 90 values per call

• count_rows

  Count, sum, average, minimum or maximum rows of a served dataset across the whole table, grouped by up to three fields. For the rows themselves use query_rows. Field names and values for group_by and where come from list_fields. sum and avg need a numeric or true-or-false field.

• diff_versions

  Compare two consecutive versions of a served dataset row by row on its key fields, to see what a publisher changed between releases. from and to must be adjacent dates in the version history from get_dataset, older first. Any other pair returns a 404 error, so step through a long

• search_catalogue

  Search every dataset listed on Australia's government portals, including the many publicdata.au does not serve yet. Its records describe data held elsewhere, which cannot be queried here. Use it when search_datasets finds nothing, to find where a dataset is published, or to pick

• list_backlog

  List the datasets people have asked publicdata.au to build, most votes first. Use it to see what is wanted or under way, or to check that a vote counted. To add a vote use upvote_dataset. To read a dataset that is already served use search_datasets. Votes on catalogue records tha

• upvote_dataset

  Add one anonymous vote for a government dataset that publicdata.au does not serve yet, so it is built sooner. To read a served dataset use search_datasets, and to see the votes so far use list_backlog. slug is a vote key from search_catalogue, such as act-3u5a-ve4j, or a list_bac

• search

  Find served datasets by keyword and return each one's id, title and citation URL, in the shape ChatGPT deep research and company knowledge call search with. It runs the same search as search_datasets, so every word in query must match. Pass an id to fetch to read the dataset's li

• fetch

  Read one served dataset's record as text to quote and cite: its summary, publisher, licence, attribution string, newest version and the URL of that version. It is the fetch that ChatGPT deep research and company knowledge call, with an id from search. It carries no rows. To answe

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 11, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified against the domain publicdata.au (the registry checks domain ownership)

• ✓ Pass

  Still maintained

  Code last changed yesterday

• ✓ Pass

  Has a licence

  Uses AGPL-3.0

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 81 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 12 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

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Compared with others in Law & government datai

• More stars than 96% of the other 1807 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 61% of the other 1807 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1807 servers in this category

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