How to connect Monitly to Claude Code
Monitly gives Claude Code read-only access to official statistics (100,000+ datasets for 150+ countries from Eurostat, OECD, the World Bank, the IMF, WHO and national statistics offices). Every number comes with its source, dataset and period.
Server URL
https://monit.ly/api/mcp/public
No sign-in is needed: the server is public and read-only.
Steps
- Add the server:
claude mcp add --transport http monitly https://monit.ly/api/mcp/public - Or install it as a plugin, which adds a skill with the recommended workflow:
/plugin marketplace add ContentWriterco/Monitly-MCP /plugin install monitly@monitly-plugins
Try these prompts
- What is the latest unemployment rate in Poland?
- Compare annual inflation in Germany, France and Italy over the last five years.
- How has GDP per capita in Spain changed since 2015?
Cost and limits
Monitly's public MCP server is free and needs no account or API key. A fair-use limit of 300 requests per user per day applies.
The tools are read-only: search_catalog, inspect_dataset, get_dataset and get_series. See the MCP documentation for parameters, or the GitHub repository.