# Data Howardcounty [Health: Active]

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**Repository:** https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-data-howardcounty  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/data-howardcounty

## Description
Howard County Open Data (opendata.howardcountymd.gov) Socrata MCP.

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **datasets** — Search the Howard County Open Data catalog of open datasets by keyword. Returns each dataset's resource_id, name, description, category and update date — pass the resource_id to query/metadata.
- **query** — Run a Socrata SoQL query against a Howard County Open Data dataset by resource_id (e.g. "qccx-65fg"). Filter with where/select/group/order (SoQL clauses, without the leading $) plus limit/offset. Returns matching rows as JSON.
- **metadata** — Get a Howard County Open Data dataset's schema + metadata (columns, types, row count, category, last-updated) by resource_id, e.g. "qccx-65fg".

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "data-howardcounty": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","@pipeworx/mcp-data-howardcounty"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation

## What Data Howardcounty does

Data Howardcounty exposes Howard County Open Data through the Model Context Protocol. The underlying catalog is hosted at opendata.howardcountymd.gov and uses the Socrata platform. Agents can discover datasets by keyword, inspect a dataset before querying it, and retrieve matching records as JSON.

The integration is an independent Pipeworx connection and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by Howard County or the upstream catalog provider.

## How it works

The normal hosted connection uses this streamable HTTP endpoint:

```text
https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-howardcounty/mcp
```

An MCP client can add that URL as a server. Pipeworx also provides a full gateway endpoint at `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp`; both endpoints reach the same gateway and data sources, while the scoped endpoint lists this pack's tools directly.

A local npm bridge is available as `@pipeworx/mcp-data-howardcounty`. The client starts it with `npx`, and the bridge forwards requests to the hosted endpoint. Network access is required because the package has no offline mode. Direct HTTP callers can invoke tools through the `/v1/tools/` API, such as `data_howardcounty_datasets`.

## Setup and configuration

For a hosted MCP connection, add the endpoint to the client's MCP configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "data-howardcounty": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-howardcounty/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

For the local bridge, use:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "data-howardcounty": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-data-howardcounty"]
    }
  }
}
```

Anonymous calls are supported and are limited to 50 calls per day. A free Pipeworx account and `PIPEWORX_API_KEY` raise the limit to 200 calls per day. The key is passed as a Bearer token. Set `PIPEWORX_META_TOOLS=1` for the local bridge if the client should also list Pipeworx-wide tools such as `ask_pipeworx`; otherwise, it lists the pack's own tools.

## Tools and capabilities

- `datasets` searches the Howard County catalog by keyword. Results include each dataset's resource ID, name, description, category, and update date.
- `query` runs a Socrata SoQL query against a resource ID. It accepts `where`, `select`, `group`, and `order` clauses without the leading `$`, along with `limit` and `offset`, and returns rows as JSON.
- `metadata` returns a resource's schema and catalog details, including columns, data types, row count, category, and last-updated information.

A typical workflow is to search with `datasets`, pass a returned resource ID to `metadata` to understand its columns, then use `query` to select, filter, group, or paginate records.

## Limitations and notes

The service depends on network access to Pipeworx and the Howard County catalog. The scoped endpoint also exposes shared Pipeworx meta-tools alongside the pack tools, so an MCP client's tool list may contain more entries than the three Howard County tools. `ask_pipeworx` can route natural-language questions across the wider Pipeworx catalog. Proxy users may need to enable Node's environment proxy support with `NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1`, depending on their Node version.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/data-howardcounty/readme_