HealthData.gov (HHS Open Data)

HealthData.gov (HHS Open Data) MCP Connector for Claude

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Access and query thousands of U.S. health datasets from HHS — browse the catalog and perform deep data analysis via SoQL.

2 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your AI agent to HealthData.gov, the central clearinghouse for open data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). This MCP server empowers your agent to discover and analyze vast amounts of public health, social service, and Medicare/Medicaid data.

What you can do

  • Catalog Discovery — Search and list thousands of available datasets, views, and resources across the entire HHS ecosystem.
  • Deep Data Querying — Use Socrata Query Language (SoQL) to filter, sort, and aggregate data from specific datasets (e.g., hospital capacity, COVID-19 statistics, or provider directories).
  • Precision Filtering — Apply complex $where, $select, and $order parameters to extract exactly the records you need without downloading massive files.
  • Real-time Research — Fetch the latest updates on public health metrics directly into your conversation for immediate analysis.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. (Optional) Enter your HealthData.gov/Socrata App Token for higher rate limits
  3. Start querying public health data from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Data Scientists & Researchers — quickly prototype data queries and fetch subsets of health data for analysis.
  • Public Health Officials — monitor live datasets and trends across different states and regions.
  • Developers — integrate official HHS data into applications by testing queries through a natural language interface.
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2 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_catalog

Get catalog of datasets from HealthData.gov

query_dataset

g., 6xf2-c3ie) and SoQL parameters. Query a specific dataset on HealthData.gov using SoQL

See how to talk to your AI agent using HealthData.gov (HHS Open Data).

Search the HealthData.gov catalog for datasets related to 'COVID-19 hospitalizations'.

I found several datasets. The most relevant is 'COVID-19 Reported Patient Impact and Hospital Capacity by State' (ID: 6xf2-c3ie). Would you like me to query the latest records from this dataset?

Query dataset '6xf2-c3ie' to show the top 5 states with the highest adult ICU utilization.

I've queried the dataset sorting by ICU utilization. The top 5 states currently reporting the highest percentages are: 1. Alabama, 2. Georgia, 3. Texas, 4. Florida, 5. Mississippi. Would you like the specific percentage values?

List the first 10 datasets available in the health catalog.

Fetching the first 10 entries from the HealthData.gov catalog... I've retrieved datasets including 'Medicare Provider Utilization', 'Community Health Status Indicators', and 'National Health Nutrition Examination Survey'. Which one would you like to explore?

Use the `get_catalog` tool and provide 'Medicare' in the `q` parameter. This will return a list of relevant datasets along with their unique identifiers (dataset_id).

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