BEA.gov by Pipeworx

BEA — Bureau of Economic Analysis MCP — US national + regional + industry + international econ stats. Free key (email signup).

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1394+ live data sources.

Auth

• Platform: PLATFORM_BEA_KEY. BYO: ?_apiKey=….

Tools

• dataset_list() — list datasets
• parameter_list(dataset) — parameters for a dataset
• parameter_values(dataset, parameter) — valid values for a parameter
• parameter_values_filtered(dataset, target_parameter, ...filters) — filter-aware valid values (rare; pass other params as filters)
• get_data(dataset, ...params) — actual data (params per dataset; e.g. TableName, Frequency, Year, GeoFips, LineCode)

dataset examples: NIPA, NIUnderlyingDetail, MNE, FixedAssets, ITA, IIP, InputOutput, IntlServTrade, GDPbyIndustry, Regional, UnderlyingGDPbyIndustry, APIDatasetMetadata.

Data source

https://apps.bea.gov/api/data

Quick Start

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

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

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 1394+ data sources:

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

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Bea Gov data" })

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

More

• Docs and guides
• pipeworx.io

License

MIT