About
US Census Bureau imports and exports time series, by HS commodity, NAICS, US port, US state, and trading-partner country, with built-in CTY_CODE-to-ISO and HS chapter lookups.
Setup
A few steps to connect your AI agents to US Foreign Trade.
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Toggle Connector On
Open /mcp and enable US Foreign Trade with the toggle, no credentials needed.
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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://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html for a free access key and set CENSUS_API_KEY in your Vercel environment to raise the rate limit from 500 calls/day per IP.
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 US Foreign Trade connector is ready to use in Claude.