Geography

Data source: Curated dataset (US Census Bureau)

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/us-county/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-us-county": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/us-county/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/us-county/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "get_county", "arguments": {"fips": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/us-county/

5 endpoints available:

GET /rest/us-county/get_county
GET /rest/us-county/search_counties
GET /rest/us-county/list_counties_by_state
GET /rest/us-county/get_states
GET /rest/us-county/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/us-county/get_county?fips=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/us-county/get_county",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "fips": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

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