How to connect Monitly to VS Code (GitHub Copilot)
Monitly gives VS Code (GitHub Copilot) 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
- Run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette, choose HTTP and paste the URL, or create .vscode/mcp.json:
{ "servers": { "monitly": { "type": "http", "url": "https://monit.ly/api/mcp/public" } } } - Open Copilot Chat in Agent mode and enable the server's tools in the tools picker.
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.