Bls
live EconomicsGovernmentJobsBLS MCP — Bureau of Labor Statistics public data API (v2)
Tools
bls_get_series Get time series data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for one or more series. Supports employment, CPI/inflation, wages, productivity, and housing-related series.
No parameters required.
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bls_search Search for BLS series IDs by keyword from a curated catalog of popular housing, employment, wages, prices, and productivity series. Returns matching series IDs with descriptions.
No parameters required.
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bls_latest Get just the most recent data point for a BLS series. Useful for quick current-value lookups.
No parameters required.
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bls_popular_series List all curated popular BLS series with IDs and descriptions, organized by category (housing, employment, prices, wages, productivity). Use this to discover available series.
No parameters required.
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Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bls/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bls/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"bls_get_series","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("bls_get_series", {});// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("bls mcp — bureau of labor statistics public data api (v2)");Related compound tools
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