# ckanext-mcp

> CKAN extension that exposes all available CKAN API actions as MCP tools via a Flask blueprint

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/ckanext-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/Mat-O-Lab/ckanext-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/Mat-O-Lab/ckanext-mcp
- version: 0.1.0
- license: AGPL
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ckan, mcp, model, context, protocol, ai, llm, api, bridge
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:ckanext-mcp

### Description (declared)

# ckanext-mcp

MCP bridge for CKAN — exposes all API actions from CKAN core and installed extensions as MCP tools. LLMs act as the authenticated user, inheriting all CKAN permissions.

## How it works

CKAN installations have ~200 API actions depending on installed extensions. Exposing all of them as flat MCP tools would overwhelm any LLM. Instead, ckanext-mcp builds **~25 synthetic entity tools** at startup:

- **`ckan_package`** — show, list, create, update, delete, patch, search
- **`ckan_resource`** — show, create, update, delete, patch, search
- **`ckan_organization`** — show, list, create, update, delete, patch
- **`ckan_tag`** — show, list, create, delete, search
- **`ckan_search_tools`** — discover any of the ~200 actions by keyword, entity, or source
- ... and more, derived automatically from installed plugins

Each entity tool bundles CRUD operations. The LLM passes an `operation` parameter to select the action:

```json
{
  "name": "ckan_package",
  "arguments": {
    "operation": "show",
    "id": "my-dataset"
  }
}
```

**Zero hardcoding** — entity grouping derived from CKAN's naming convention (`package_show` → entity `package`), source from `IActions` plugin registry, read/write from `side_effect_free` attribute.

## Installation

```bash
pip install ckanext-mcp
```

Add `mcp` to `ckan.plugins` in your ckan.ini or `.env`:

```
ckan.plugins = ... mcp
```

## Configuration

| Option | Default | Description |
|--------|---------|-------------|
| `ckanext.mcp.categories` | *(empty)* | Comma-separated entity or source filter (e.g. `package,resource,harvest`) |

The MCP endpoint is always available at `/mcp`.

## Client Setup

Generate a `.mcp.json` config for your MCP client:

```bash
ckan -c ckan.ini mcp init
```

This creates `.mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ckan": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://your-ckan.example.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (0.905, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/ckanext-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T11:30:43.858Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/ckanext-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/ckanext-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:ckanext-mcp