mcp-neso

NESO MCP — Great Britain electricity grid open data (api.neso.energy)

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.

Tools

Tool	Description
`neso_search_datasets`	Search NESO (National Energy System Operator, ex National Grid ESO) open data for UK electricity grid datasets — GB power demand forecasts, wind generation forecasts, carbon intensity, balancing costs, historic demand, energy system data. Returns dataset slug/id, title, summary, and resource count. Example: neso_search_datasets({ query: "wind forecast" })
`neso_dataset_resources`	List the resources (data files/tables) inside one NESO UK electricity grid dataset by its id or slug (from neso_search_datasets). Returns the dataset title/description plus each resource's resource_id, name, format, datastore availability, and last_modified — pick a resource_id with datastore_active for neso_query_data. Example: neso_dataset_resources({ id: "14-days-ahead-wind-forecasts" })
`neso_query_data`	Query rows from a NESO GB energy dataset resource (CKAN DataStore) by resource_id — UK electricity demand, wind generation forecasts, carbon intensity, balancing data. Supports exact-match filters (field->value object), full-text query, limit, offset. Returns field names/types plus records. Example: neso_query_data({ resource_id: "aec5601a-7f3e-4c4c-bf56-d8e4184d3c5b", limit: 20 })
`neso_demand_forecast`	Current GB day-ahead national electricity demand forecast from NESO (National Grid ESO) — tomorrow's UK power demand in MW at each cardinal point (the daily peaks and troughs the grid operator forecasts, with start/end times). Answers "what is tomorrow's UK electricity demand", "GB power demand forecast", "National Grid demand peak". Example: neso_demand_forecast({})

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "neso": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/neso/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/neso/mcp returns the tools in the table above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx, discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and is the authoritative answer for a given day.

This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth, connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx reaches all of them from either one.

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:

Code

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Neso data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

License

MIT

Neso README