# nfl-data-mcp

> A provenance-aware factual NFL data server for Model Context Protocol clients.

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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/nfl-data-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Malav
- homepage: https://github.com/malav-majmudar/nfl-data-mcp/tree/main/docs
- repository: https://github.com/malav-majmudar/nfl-data-mcp/tree/main/docs
- version: 0.1.3
- protocols: mcp
- tags: football, mcp, nfl, nflverse, sports-data
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:nfl-data-mcp

### Description (declared)

# NFL Data MCP

A standalone, provenance-aware factual NFL data server for MCP clients and downstream
analytics. In the default `auto` mode, the server retrieves missing or stale data
from nflverse through `nflreadpy` and keeps a transparent local DuckDB cache.

> **Public alpha:** tool contracts are usable, tested, and versioned, but may change
> before 1.0. This project is independent and is not affiliated with the NFL.

The factual v0.1 surface provides:

- Canonical player search
- Player profiles
- Complete weekly player and team statistics across offense, defense, special teams,
  and miscellaneous categories
- NFL schedules
- Factual scoring events classified by offense, defense, or special teams
- Teams, individual games, weekly rosters, injuries, depth charts, and snap counts
- Player and team statistical leaderboards
- Automatic on-demand retrieval with last-known-good fallback
- Friendly team names and `current`/`upcoming`/`previous` season references
- Multi-season cache retention
- Cache, source, freshness, and as-of provenance
- stdio transport

Fantasy scoring, projections, rankings, ADP, recommendations, and league state are
intentionally outside this package.

## Install

The server requires Python 3.12. The simplest isolated installation uses
[uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):

```bash
uv tool install nfl-data-mcp
```

This installs three commands:

- `nfl-data-mcp` — start the MCP server over stdio
- `nfl-data-sync` — optionally prefetch datasets
- `nfl-data-doctor` — inspect the local cache

Upgrade or remove it with:

```bash
uv tool upgrade nfl-data-mcp
uv tool uninstall nfl-data-mcp
```

The package is also available from
[PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/nfl-data-mcp/).

## Connect an MCP client

Configure an MCP client to launch the installed `nfl-data-mcp` executable. GUI
applications often have a smaller `PATH` than your terminal, so use the absolute
path printed by:

```bash
command -v nfl-data-mcp
```

Example Claude Desktop entry:

```jso…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.docs-lookup (0.791, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.779, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/nfl-data-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T08:25:09.569Z)

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