Hong Kong Open Data FAQs

Name: Hong Kong Open Data
Author: mcp-open-data-hk

Question 1

What programming languages or environments are required to use it?

Accepted Answer

The core tool is a Python-based MCP server. While its primary interaction is through MCP-compatible clients (which can be integrated into various programming environments), developers can also use Python to build applications on top of it. Installation is straightforward via pip.

Question 2

What specific data operations are supported?

Accepted Answer

You can perform various operations including listing and retrieving detailed information about datasets and categories, searching for datasets using query terms and advanced filters, retrieving datasets based on specific file formats (e.g., CSV, JSON), and getting a list of all supported file formats.

Question 3

What is Hong Kong Open Data (mcp-open-data-hk)?

Accepted Answer

Hong Kong Open Data is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides programmatic access to data from data.gov.hk, the official open data portal of the Hong Kong government. It acts as a bridge for developers and AI assistants to interact with this vast dataset.

Question 4

Is this tool compatible with AI development environments or assistants?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. Hong Kong Open Data is specifically designed for seamless integration with MCP-compatible AI clients like Cursor, Claude Code, and Claude Desktop. This allows AI assistants to intelligently understand and interact with Hong Kong's official open data portal.

Question 5

How can I access Hong Kong government data using this tool?

Accepted Answer

This tool provides an API-like interface through an MCP server. You can install it via PyPI and configure it with MCP-compatible clients like Cursor, Claude Code, or Claude Desktop to programmatically list, search, retrieve details, and filter datasets and categories from data.gov.hk.

Hong Kong Open Data

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