ausecon is a Model Context Protocol server that gives any AI assistant clean, structured access to Australia’s core economic and financial data — straight from the ABS, RBA, and APRA.
Open · free · no API key — always fresh & fully source-traceable, three official sources in one shape.
Documentation · Getting started · Tool reference · Changelog
Why this exists
Australian economic data is authoritative but awkward to reach — scattered across portals,
formats, and identifiers you have to memorise. ausecon is the open, free, no-API-key way to
put it in front of any AI assistant: every series comes back fresh and fully source-traceable, stamped with its provenance,
in one consistent shape
(metadata · series · observations) across all three regulators. Ask for “the cash
rate” or “quarterly real GDP growth” and get research-grade data back without
leaving the conversation.
| 14 read-only tools |
83 economic concepts |
16 derived indicators |
8 prompt templates |
3 data sources |
What you get
🔒 Fresh & source-traceableEvery value is fetched live and stamped with its provenance (retrieved_at, source, server_version). On an upstream
outage, a cached fallback is always flagged stale — never served silently.
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🧱 Three sources, one shapeABS, RBA and APRA all return the same tidymetadata · series · observations structure.
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🧮 Transparent derived seriesFormula-based indicators likereal_cash_rate — every calculation is
open and inspectable.
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🎯 Source-native controlDrop down to rawget_abs_data, get_rba_table or
get_apra_data whenever you need exact control.
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⚡ Quick-turn helpersConvenience tools for latest observations, top movers and release events — analysis in one call. |
🔌 Plugs into your clientClaude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Codex or Smithery. stdio locally, Streamable HTTP when hosted. |
Data sources
| Source | Coverage |
|---|---|
| ABS · Australian Bureau of Statistics | National accounts, prices, labour force, population |
| RBA · Reserve Bank of Australia | Cash rate, monetary & financial aggregates, exchange rates |
| APRA · Aust. Prudential Regulation Authority | ADI & insurer statistics, with release-cadence estimates |
Try it instantly (no install)
Prefer not to install anything? A hosted, read-only, no-API-key instance speaks MCP over Streamable HTTP at:
https://mcp.auseconmcp.com/mcp
Point any MCP client that supports remote (Streamable HTTP) servers at that URL — for example, in Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http ausecon https://mcp.auseconmcp.com/mcp
The hosted instance may take a few seconds to wake on the first request. The previous
https://ausecon-mcp-server.onrender.com/mcpURL continues to work and points at the same instance.
Install
The package lives on PyPI and is designed to be
launched on demand by your MCP client via uvx:
uvx ausecon-mcp-server
The server speaks MCP over standard input/output. Launched on its own, it simply waits for a client to connect.
Connect your client
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio ausecon -- uvx ausecon-mcp-server
Codex
codex mcp add ausecon -- uvx ausecon-mcp-server
Claude Desktop
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ausecon": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["ausecon-mcp-server"]
}
}
}
Cursor
Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project):
{
"mcpServers": {
"ausecon": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["ausecon-mcp-server"]
}
}
}
Or paste this one-click link into your browser:
cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=ausecon&config=eyJjb21tYW5kIjoidXZ4IiwiYXJncyI6WyJhdXNlY29uLW1jcC1zZXJ2ZXIiXX0=
Windsurf
Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ausecon": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["ausecon-mcp-server"],
"env": {}
}
}
}
VS Code
Or add to .vscode/mcp.json (workspace) or your user mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"ausecon": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["ausecon-mcp-server"]
}
}
}
Hosting it instead?
smithery.yamlandDockerfile.smitheryship a Streamable HTTP deployment at/mcp. See the Smithery guide.
A quick taste
Find the concept you want, then ask for the series:
list_economic_concepts(query="cash rate")
get_economic_series(
concept="cash_rate_target",
start="2020-01-01",
)
Need a transparent, formula-based indicator? Call the derived surface directly:
get_derived_series(concept="real_cash_rate", last_n=12)
Connected to an AI agent, you can skip the syntax entirely — ask for “quarterly real GDP growth” and it maps your request to the right tool calls for you.
Develop locally
Python 3.12 is recommended; the CI matrix supports 3.10+.
uv sync --python 3.12
uv run pytest
uv run ruff check src tests scripts
The repo also ships a manual benchmark (evals/) that measures the server's impact on model
answers across 52 Australian-economics questions, comparing a bare model, web search, and the
ausecon tools. Ground-truth resolution is free to check:
uv run --group evals python -m evals.run_eval --dry-run
A full run makes paid API calls — see the evaluation harness guide before running one.
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