datawrapper-mcp-server
A model context protocol server for interacting with the Datawrapper API
Warning: Alpha software -- use at your own risk!
I've only tested with Claude Desktop on OS X.
See also: palewire/datawrapper-mcp
Installation
- Create a Datawrapper API key -- probably make it read-only since this is alpha software!
- Clone this repo somewhere
- Copy
.env.templateto.envand fill out the variables:
DATAWRAPPER_MCP_API_KEYYour API keyDATAWRAPPER_MCP_DIRECTORYAbsolute path to a directory for this server to save files in
- Install it in Claude Code by running:
just installAlternatively you can edit your Claude configuration manually. It's at: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. It should look like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"datawrapper": {
"command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--with",
"mcp[cli]",
"mcp",
"run",
"/Users/kevin/dev/datawrapper-mcp-server/src/datawrapper_mcp_server/server.py"
],
"env": {
"DATAWRAPPER_MCP_API_KEY": "YOUR_KEY_HERE",
"DATAWRAPPER_MCP_DIRECTORY": "/Users/kevin/datawrapper-mpc-server-files"
}
}
}
}Testing
To view logs (when connected to Claude Desktop):
tail -n 20 -F ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.logTest this MCP server interactively with inspector:
just dev
