Summary
Connects Claude to Belgium's official statistics through Statbel's open data APIs. Part of the Pipeworx gateway, which routes requests to over 250 data sources. You can call tools directly or use the ask_pipeworx function to query in natural language and let the gateway handle tool selection and parameters. Useful when you need demographic data, economic indicators, or other official Belgian government statistics in your conversations. The gateway model means no local setup, just point your MCP client at their hosted endpoint. Ships as both a standalone server and as part of the full Pipeworx bundle.
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Statbel — Statistics Belgium (be.STAT / bestat) open data MCP.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1683+ live data sources.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
list_views | Browse/search Statbel (Statistics Belgium, be.STAT) saved statistical views. Each view is a pre-built table over a dataset and carries a single locale (nl/fr/de/en). Returns id, name, locale, dataSourceId and publish dates. Filter by case-insensitive substring of the view name (matches in any language). |
get_view | Metadata for one Statbel view by its id (a UUID, e.g. from list_views). Returns the view object: name, locale, dataSourceId (the underlying dataset), and publish/change dates. To get the dataset description in all available languages, pass the returned dataSourceId to get_dataset. |
list_datasets | Browse/search Statbel datasets (be.STAT "datasources"). Each dataset has a name code (e.g. "IM_EAF_HOUSE_SALES_IDX"), a descriptions map with one entry per supported language (nl/fr/de/en), a category id, supportedLocales, and last-update timestamps. Filter by case-insensitive substring matched against the dataset code and all-language descriptions. |
get_dataset | Multilingual metadata for one Statbel dataset by its id (a UUID, e.g. the dataSourceId from a view). Returns the dataset code name, the descriptions map (nl/fr/de/en text), supportedLocales, defaultLocale, category id and update dates. |
Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"statbel-be": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/statbel-be/mcp"
}
}
}
What this endpoint actually serves
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/statbel-be/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1683+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
No MCP client? Call it over HTTP
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/list_views \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"query":"house prices"}'
No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/list_views. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.
Standalone (no gateway account)
This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:
{
"mcpServers": {
"statbel-be": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-statbel-be"]
}
}
}
Or run it directly to confirm it starts:
npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-statbel-be
It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call
for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway
connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.
Using with ask_pipeworx
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Statbel Be data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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License
MIT
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