Lambda Capture MCP Server

MCP implementation of our standard Semantic Search API for Macroeconomic Data

Pre-requisites

• Lambda Capture API key
• for MCP Typescript: Node.js 18+ (includes npx and npm)
• for MCP Python: Python 3.11+

Installation

1. Clone the repo

Node:

2. npm install to install the dependencies
3. npm run build to build the project

Python:

2. python -m venv .venv create virtual environment
3. source .venv/bin/activate activate virtual environment
4. pip install -r requirements.txt install the dependencies

Configure your MCP Client (Claude Desktop)

Go to Claude -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config. Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json

Node:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lambda-capture": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/Absolute Path to/mcp-server/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LAMBDA_CAPTURE_API_KEY": "Your API Key string"
      },
      "description": "Runs the Python MCP with Lambda Capture Macroeconomic Data API"
    }
  }
}

Python:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lambda-capture-mcp": {
      "command": "/Absolute Path to/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": [
        "/Absolute Path to/mcp-server/main.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LAMBDA_CAPTURE_API_KEY": "Your API Key string"
      },
      "description": "Runs the Python MCP with Lambda Capture Macroeconomic Data API"
    }
  }
}

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