About
Bureau of Labor Statistics time series for employment, wages, prices, and productivity by NAICS, with a curated industrial seriesId map for oil & gas, mining, refining, and pipelines.
Setup
A few steps to connect your AI agents to BLS Labor Stats.
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Toggle Connector On
Open /mcp and enable BLS Labor Stats with the toggle, no credentials needed for the 25-req/day tier.
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Start Querying
Ask your AI agent for the data you need — it discovers this connector's methods automatically.
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Optional: Raise Tier Limits
Register at https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/ for a free access key and set BLS_API_KEY in your Vercel environment to raise to 500 calls/day, 50 series per call, 20-year span, and unlock calculations + catalog.
Connect to your AI assistant
Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.
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Open Claude settings
Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.
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Access connectors
Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.
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Name your connector
Enter any name you’d like for this connector.
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Get the connector URL
Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.
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Add the connector
Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.
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Start using
Your BLS Labor Stats connector is ready to use in Claude.