# BLS MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to access and retrieve economic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, such as Consumer Price Index and employment statistics, through natural language queries. It solves problems related to data discovery, retrieval, and analysis, providing outputs in a structured format. Ideal for use cases requiring up-to-date labor market indicators and economic insights, with inputs including data series names, dataset categories, and metadata queries.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/kovashikawa-bls-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kovashikawa-bls-mcp

## Description

Enables access to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) economic data including Consumer Price Index, employment statistics, and other labor market indicators. Supports fetching data series, listing available datasets, and retrieving metadata through natural language queries.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-05-04

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ys02mdcu89)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kovashikawa/bls_mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "kovashikawa-bls-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kovashikawa-bls-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kovashikawa-bls-mcp/pull`

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