MCP Public APIs

MCP Public APIs

An MCP server that indexes the public-apis catalogue, allowing LLMs to search and filter over 1,400 public APIs by category, authentication type, and technical requirements. It facilitates precise API discovery for developers by providing tools to query specific features like HTTPS support and CORS compatibility.

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MCP Public APIs

An MCP server that indexes the public-apis catalogue and lets an LLM query it by category, auth type, HTTPS support, CORS, and keyword — without browsing the README manually.

Why

Without this MCP, an LLM recommending a public API has to guess or ask the user to check manually. With it, the LLM can say:

"I need a Books API, HTTPS, no auth, CORS-enabled for your React app." → query_apis(category="Books", no_auth=True, https=True, cors="yes")

Tools

Tool Description
list_categories Returns all available API categories (Animals, Finance, …)
query_apis Filters the index by keyword, category, auth, HTTPS, CORS
update_index Re-downloads the README and rebuilds the index

query_apis parameters

Parameter Type Description
keyword str Substring match on name or description
category str Exact category (case-insensitive)
auth str "apiKey", "OAuth", "" (none), etc.
no_auth bool Shortcut: APIs that need no authentication
https bool True = HTTPS only, False = HTTP only
cors str "yes", "no", "unknown"

Installation

cd MCP_PUBLIC_APIS
pip install -e .

Running

mcp-public-apis

Or add it to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "public-apis": {
      "command": "mcp-public-apis"
    }
  }
}

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

Data Source

The index is built from the raw README.md of public-apis/public-apis on GitHub, which lists ~1400 public APIs organised into ~80 categories. The schema mirrors the README table exactly:

name · url · description · auth · https · cors · category

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