FracFocus

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Hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosures — operator-level frac jobs and per-chemical ingredient breakdowns nationwide.

What is FracFocus?

FracFocus is the national chemical disclosure registry for hydraulic fracturing in the US. PatchOps mirrors the public CSV bulk download nightly into Postgres so you can query ~250K frac jobs and 50M+ chemical disclosures with operator/county/API/bbox/CAS filters.

Available Tools

searchByOperator
TODO: Describe searchByOperator
searchByApi
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searchByCounty
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searchInBbox
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getJobChemicals
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getOperatorTopChemicals
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searchByChemical
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Requirements

ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS
Set ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS=true to allow connector toggles.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Set ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS=true for your deployment.

Open /mcp and turn on FracFocus with the environmental switch.

Call the fracfocus MCP tool with method=searchByOperator.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect FracFocus to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect FracFocus to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting FracFocus to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"FracFocus-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}