# censuschat

> censuschat — smach-censuschat. Use this tool when you need to analyze U.S. Census data with ease, as it translates natural language queries into executable tidycensus R code. It solves problems of data accessibility and coding complexity, allowing users to retrieve Census data without extensive programming knowledge. The tool takes natural language questions as input and outputs corresponding R code for data analysis.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/smach-censuschat  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/smach-censuschat

## Description

censuschat aims to let you ask questions about U.S. Census data in natural language. More specifically, a large language model takes queries about Census data and translates them into tidycensus R code. It uses the ellmer R package under the hood.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/smach/censuschat)

## 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": "smach-censuschat"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/smach-censuschat` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/smach-censuschat/pull`

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