ph-civic-data-mcp

The multi-source MCP server for Philippine civic data. PSGC codes, infra spending accountability, earthquakes, weather, typhoons, procurement, population, poverty, solar radiation, air quality, satellite vegetation indices, and macro indicators — all in your AI agent, no API keys required.

One-click install:

ph-civic-data-mcp is a zero-cost, stdio-transport MCP server. v0.3.1 is a correctness pass on the v0.3.0 accountability layer: the get_weather_alerts tool no longer fabricates advisories from PAGASA navigation chrome, flag_infra_anomalies no longer fires on stoplist tokens like "city", the PSGC -> coordinate bridge handles "City of Manila" / "Sta. Mesa, Manila", and search_infra_projects(province=...) expands across DPWH agency aliases for all 81 PH provinces. v0.3.0 added the PH Accountability layer: PSGC location resolver, infra spending search, and one cross-source heuristic that flags procurement notices for further review by cross-referencing PHIVOLCS earthquakes and PAGASA typhoon footprints. v0.2.0 added six no-auth scientific + open-data sources (NASA POWER, Open-Meteo Air Quality, NASA MODIS, USGS FDSN, NOAA IBTrACS, World Bank Open Data) on top of the original four Philippine government feeds (PHIVOLCS, PAGASA, PhilGEPS, PSA). 25 tools total. Boots and runs with zero API keys.

All data sourced from public records (PSGC, PHIVOLCS, PAGASA, PhilGEPS, PSA, and open scientific feeds). Heuristic indicators are statistical only; specific allegations, if any, require independent investigation and corroboration.

This is how easy it is to set up

One JSON file. One claude command. Your agent just correlated live Philippine weather with 2020 Census population data in a single turn.

The recording above isn't scripted. It's vhs docs/demo_setup.tape, which spawns Claude Code with --mcp-config pointing at this server, and Claude fans out in parallel to get_weather_forecast (Open-Meteo) and get_population_stats (PSA PXWeb), then correlates them. The temperatures (30.4 / 30.9 / 31.0 °C max over Apr 19-21) and NCR population (13,484,462) in the streamed answer are what the live sources returned at the moment of the recording.

Works the same way in Claude Desktop, Cursor, Zed, VS Code, or any MCP-compatible client. One "command": "uvx", one "args": ["ph-civic-data-mcp"], done.

Demo

Every GIF below is a real VHS recording of docs/live_demo.py. It spawns uvx ph-civic-data-mcp from this PyPI release and calls each tool over the real MCP stdio protocol. The panels you see contain the actual JSON returned by the server. Nothing is staged.

A grand tour hitting 7 tools across all 4 sources in one session:

Per-source walkthroughs below. To reproduce any of them locally: uv run python docs/live_demo_single.py <suite>.

Why this exists

Philippine civic-data portals publish open data, but each in its own schema — scraped HTML tables, PXWeb JSON, undocumented APIs. Nothing ties them together for an AI agent. This server does.

A handful of other Philippine civic-data MCP servers exist (PSGC administrative geography, holidays, DHSUD license-to-sell, DepEd schools), each covering one dataset. None expose hazard feeds, weather, procurement, or statistical data, and none combine sources. This server does both. See the Prior art section below for the full list.

Install

uvx ph-civic-data-mcp

Or via pip:

pip install ph-civic-data-mcp

Setup

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ph-civic-data": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["ph-civic-data-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to .claude/settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ph-civic-data": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["ph-civic-data-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Or install via the Claude Code CLI:

claude mcp add ph-civic-data -- uvx ph-civic-data-mcp

Cursor, Zed, other MCP clients

Any client that supports the stdio MCP transport works. Point the command at uvx ph-civic-data-mcp. No API keys required for the default configuration.

What you can ask

After setup, ask your agent:

• "How hot is Metro Manila this week and how many people are affected?"
• "What earthquakes happened in the Philippines in the last 24 hours?"
• "Is Taal volcano active right now?"
• "What's the 3-day weather forecast for Quezon City?"
• "Are there active typhoons in the Philippines right now?"
• "Search PhilGEPS for flood control contracts."
• "What is the population of Region VII based on the PSA?"
• "What is the poverty incidence in the Bicol Region?"
• "Give me a multi-hazard risk profile for Leyte."
• "What's the solar irradiance in Ilocos Norte this week? Good site for a PV farm?" (v0.2.0)
• "Compare air quality in Makati and Cebu City right now." (v0.2.0)
• "What do MODIS NDVI composites say about vegetation health over the Nueva Ecija rice bowl?" (v0.2.0)
• "Cross-check the magnitudes that PHIVOLCS and USGS assigned to last week's events." (v0.2.0)
• "List all typhoons that passed through the PAR in the 2024 season." (v0.2.0)
• "What's the Philippines' GDP growth and poverty ratio over the last decade?" (v0.2.0)
• "Resolve 'Sta. Mesa, Manila' to its official PSGC code." (v0.3.0)
• "Find DPWH flood-control or construction projects in Pampanga over P50M with low progress." (v0.3.0)
• "Show me PH infrastructure spending breakdown by category for the latest PhilGEPS window." (v0.3.0)
• "Are there any infra projects whose locations overlap a recent earthquake or typhoon footprint? Flag them for review." (v0.3.0)
• "Walk the location hierarchy from PSGC code 072217000 up to its region." (v0.3.0)
• "What's the cache TTL and freshness of every data source this server uses?" (v0.3.0)

Per-source demos

PHIVOLCS — earthquakes + volcano alert levels

PAGASA — weather forecast + typhoon tracking

PhilGEPS — procurement search + aggregation

PSA — population (2020 Census) + poverty (2023 Full-Year)

Cross-source — parallel multi-hazard risk profile

How the demos are produced

docs/live_demo.py and docs/live_demo_single.py open an MCP StdioTransport pointing at uvx ph-civic-data-mcp (which resolves to this PyPI release), call the tools, and render the responses with Rich (panels, tables, syntax-highlighted JSON, live spinners). vhs drives a real terminal and records the session. Tapes are committed under docs/*.tape.

Data sources

Source	Data	Update frequency	Auth
PHIVOLCS	Earthquakes, bulletins, volcano alerts	5 min (earthquakes), 30 min (volcanoes)	None
PAGASA	10-day weather, active typhoons, alerts	Hourly	Optional PAGASA_API_TOKEN
Open-Meteo	Weather fallback when PAGASA token absent	Hourly	None
PhilGEPS	Government procurement notices (latest ~100)	6 h (cached)	None
PSA OpenSTAT	Population (2020 Census), poverty (2023)	Periodic	None
NASA POWER (v0.2.0)	Daily solar irradiance + temp/precip/wind, any lat/lng	Daily	None
Open-Meteo Air Quality (v0.2.0)	PM2.5/PM10/NO2/SO2/O3/CO + AQI	Hourly	None
NASA MODIS via ORNL DAAC (v0.2.0)	NDVI/EVI vegetation indices (250m, 16-day composites)	Weekly	None
USGS FDSN (v0.2.0)	Philippine-region earthquakes from global seismic network	Minutes	None
NOAA IBTrACS (v0.2.0)	Historical tropical cyclone tracks through the PAR	Per storm	None
World Bank Open Data (v0.2.0)	Philippine macro indicators (GDP, poverty ratio, inflation, etc.)	Annual	None
PSGC (v0.3.0)	Philippine Standard Geographic Code via psgc.gitlab.io (PSA dataset mirror)	When PSA publishes a new version	None
PH Infra (PhilGEPS-backed) (v0.3.0)	Filtered infra notices for construction / road / bridge / flood control	6 h cache window	None

All tools

Tool	Description	Key params
get_latest_earthquakes	Recent PH earthquakes	min_magnitude, limit, region
get_earthquake_bulletin	Full PHIVOLCS bulletin for one event	bulletin_url
get_volcano_status	Alert level per monitored PH volcano	volcano_name
get_weather_forecast	1–10 day forecast (PAGASA or Open-Meteo)	location, days
get_active_typhoons	Active tropical cyclones in/near PAR	—
get_weather_alerts	Active PAGASA warnings	region
search_procurement	Keyword search on PhilGEPS notices	keyword, agency, region, date_from/to, limit
get_procurement_summary	Aggregate procurement stats	agency, region, year
get_population_stats	2020 Census population	region
get_poverty_stats	2023 Full-Year poverty incidence	region
assess_area_risk	Multi-hazard profile (parallel PHIVOLCS + PAGASA)	location
get_solar_and_climate (v0.2.0)	NASA POWER daily solar irradiance + climate variables at any coordinate	latitude, longitude, start_date, end_date
get_air_quality (v0.2.0)	Real-time air quality for ~80 major PH cities via Open-Meteo	location
get_vegetation_index (v0.2.0)	MODIS NDVI + EVI vegetation index timeseries at any coordinate	latitude, longitude, start_date, end_date
get_usgs_earthquakes_ph (v0.2.0)	PH-bbox earthquakes from USGS global network (cross-ref to PHIVOLCS)	start_date, end_date, min_magnitude, limit
get_historical_typhoons_ph (v0.2.0)	Historical typhoons that passed through the Philippine AOR (IBTrACS)	year, limit
get_world_bank_indicator (v0.2.0)	Philippine macro indicator from World Bank Open Data (code or friendly alias)	indicator, per_page
resolve_ph_location (v0.3.0)	Fuzzy-resolve a free-text PH place name to its canonical PSGC record	query
list_admin_units (v0.3.0)	Browse children of a PSGC node, or top-level regions when parent_code is None	parent_code, level, limit
get_location_hierarchy (v0.3.0)	Full chain region -> province -> city/municipality for one PSGC code	psgc_code
search_infra_projects (v0.3.0)	Filter PhilGEPS notices for infra-related work (construction, road, bridge, flood control)	keyword, region, province, year, min_cost_php, status, limit
get_infra_project (v0.3.0)	Full record for one infra project by project_id	project_id
summarize_infra_spending (v0.3.0)	Aggregate infra notice stats by category, region, agency	region, year, funding_source
flag_infra_anomalies (v0.3.0)	Heuristic indicators for further review (high_cost_no_progress, hazard_overlap, duplicate_titles_same_agency)	region, province, min_cost_php
get_data_freshness (v0.3.0)	Catalog of every upstream source with TTL, freshness, license	(none)

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Notes
PAGASA_API_TOKEN	Optional	Requires formal PAGASA request. Without it, weather auto-falls-back to Open-Meteo.

No mandatory API keys. The server boots and all 25 tools work without any token.

Data freshness warnings

• Population: 2020 Census. No later national data exists yet.
• Poverty: 2023 Full-Year poverty statistics (latest PSA release).
• Procurement: PhilGEPS open data does not expose filterable search externally. This server scrapes the latest ~100 bid notices and filters client-side. Cached 6h.
• Emergencies: for real-time disaster response, always check ndrrmc.gov.ph and official PHIVOLCS/PAGASA channels. This server is for research, not life-safety decisions.

Architecture

• Python 3.11+, fastmcp>=3.0.0,<4.0.0
• Two HTTP clients: standard + PHIVOLCS_CLIENT with verify=False (PHIVOLCS has a broken SSL cert chain). SSL verification is never disabled globally.
• In-memory TTL caches per source; no disk writes.
• stdio transport only (zero hosting cost).
• PSA table paths are discovered via the PXWeb browse API, never hardcoded.

Development

git clone https://github.com/xmpuspus/ph-civic-data-mcp
cd ph-civic-data-mcp
uv sync --extra dev

# MCP Inspector
fastmcp dev src/ph_civic_data_mcp/server.py

# Tests (run against live APIs)
uv run pytest tests/ -v

# Build
uv run python -m build
uv run twine check dist/*

Limitations

• PAGASA token is gated. Non-government users may be denied. Open-Meteo fallback removes this as a hard dependency.
• PhilGEPS is not real-time. Public portal exposes no filterable API; this server operates on the latest ~100 notices with client-side filtering.
• Emergencies: direct users to official channels; this is a research tool.

What's new in v0.3.1 — correctness pass on the v0.3.0 accountability layer

Re-recorded demo: "Sta. Mesa, Manila" + "flood control in Pampanga"

One real claude -p --mcp-config call against uvx ph-civic-data-mcp@0.3.1 (live PyPI), exercising the v0.3.1 fixes in a single turn:

1. resolve_ph_location("Sta. Mesa, Manila") resolves cleanly to PSGC "City of Manila" — the v0.3.0 chain silently failed here because city_to_coords couldn't invert "City of Manila" back to a coordinate. v0.3.1's city_to_coords strips the city of / municipality of prefixes and walks comma-segments.
2. search_infra_projects(keyword="flood control", province="Pampanga") returns matches via the new _PROVINCE_AGENCY_HINTS map, which expands "Pampanga" to also catch DPWH agency names like "REGION III" / "Central Luzon" / "San Fernando". v0.3.0 returned a false-empty list because the substring filter only checked title + agency, never the regional aliases. The hint map covers all 81 PH provinces plus NCR.
3. flag_infra_anomalies(province="Pampanga") now emits clean hazard_overlap results because the new _proper_noun_tokens helper requires capitalisation in the source string and applies an explicit stoplist of geographic chrome (city, region, eastern, philippines, ...). v0.3.0 fired on tokens like ['city'] because every alpha word ≥4 chars from earthquake locations went into the keyword set — the README itself had to caveat this in the v0.3.0 demo caption. The apologetic caveat is gone.

Tape: docs/demo_accountability.tape (35s VHS recording, mpdecimate post-process). The gif is the actual frames vhs captured against the live PyPI release.

What changed under the hood

• get_weather_alerts no longer fabricates advisories. v0.3.0's regex matched alert names ("Heavy Rainfall Warning", "Flood Advisory", "Gale Warning") wherever they appeared on the PAGASA homepage including the navigation menu and breadcrumbs. v0.3.1 returns [] when the page is reachable but the active-warning state is ambiguous, and [] with the explicit "No Active Warnings" signal when the homepage says so. For real-time advisories, hit bagong.pagasa.dost.gov.ph directly.
• get_volcano_status not-found branch emits source_url + license + caveats for envelope parity with the rest of v0.3.0.
• Server instructions block now anchors civic-tech framing every turn: agents are instructed to use defensible language ("flagged for review"), never accusations, and to cite source_url for every factual claim.
• get_data_freshness doubles as health/version probe. Response now includes server_name, transport, and tool_count.
• urllib3 InsecureRequestWarning suppressed for the dedicated PHIVOLCS client only. Verify-disabled scope is unchanged.

Distribution

• One-click install badges in the header (Cursor, VS Code, Smithery, Claude Code).
• Claude Desktop .mcpb bundle attached to the v0.3.1 GitHub release (2.8 MB). Double-click to install. Optional PAGASA token prompted via user_config.
• .github/workflows/ci.yml runs ruff + tests on every push and PR (Python 3.11 and 3.12).
• .github/workflows/release-smoke.yml fires on every v*.*.* tag, installs the freshly-published wheel from PyPI in a fresh venv, and asserts that len(tools) >= 25 plus offline regression checks for the v0.3.1 geo fixes.
• tests/test_v031_fixes.py — 13 new regression tests pinning each fix. 70 tests pass total (57 existing + 13 new).

DPWH portal status (verified 2026-05-02)

The DPWH transparency portal at transparency.dpwh.gov.ph and api.transparency.dpwh.gov.ph is still behind a Cloudflare bot challenge (HTTP 403, "Just a moment..."). PhilGEPS remains the source of record for infra-spending tools; the single integration point in sources/infra.py is unchanged and ready to swap in when DPWH lifts the block.

What's new in v0.3.0 — PH Accountability layer

This release adds three tightly-scoped capabilities for civic accountability work, plus one polish tool.

1. PSGC backbone (resolve_ph_location / list_admin_units / get_location_hierarchy) — fuzzy free-text place name resolution to the canonical Philippine Standard Geographic Code, full hierarchy walks, and admin-unit browsing. Sourced from the community-mirrored PSA dataset at psgc.gitlab.io.
2. Infra spending (search_infra_projects / get_infra_project / summarize_infra_spending) — PhilGEPS notices filtered for construction / road / bridge / flood control / drainage / school building / civil works. The DPWH Transparency portal at transparency.dpwh.gov.ph is currently behind Cloudflare's bot challenge and not reachable to non-browser clients, so v0.3.0 sources from the open PhilGEPS listing instead.
3. Cross-source anomaly indicator (flag_infra_anomalies) — emits heuristic flags for further review by cross-referencing the infra notice window against PHIVOLCS earthquakes (>=M4.0 in last 30d) and active PAGASA typhoon footprints. Three rules: high_cost_no_progress, hazard_overlap, duplicate_titles_same_agency. Every flagged item ships with a "Statistical indicators derived from public data. Patterns may have legitimate explanations." disclaimer.
4. Polish — get_data_freshness returns the catalog of every upstream source with cache TTL, freshness expectation, and license. Every new tool response includes source, source_url, data_retrieved_at, and license.

Per-tool live outputs

Every JSON block below is the actual response from each new tool, captured by running uv run python docs/live_probe_v030.py against live public APIs on the release date. Lists are clipped to fit; full output saved to /tmp/live_probe_v030_output.json.

resolve_ph_location — PSGC fuzzy resolver

Handles common patterns: comma-separated qualifiers ("Sta. Mesa, Manila"), Filipino abbreviations (Sta., Sto., Brgy.), partial names ("Pampanga"), full names.

$ resolve_ph_location(query="Sta. Mesa, Manila")

{
  "psgc_code": "133900000",
  "name": "City of Manila",
  "level": "city",
  "parent_code": "130000000",
  "region_code": "130000000",
  "island_group": "luzon",
  "matched": true,
  "match_score": 0.893,
  "source": "PSGC",
  "source_url": "https://psgc.gitlab.io/api/cities-municipalities/133900000/",
  "license": "Public domain (PSA Philippine Standard Geographic Code)"
}

get_location_hierarchy — full chain region -> province -> city/municipality

$ get_location_hierarchy(psgc_code="072200000")

{
  "psgc_code": "072200000",
  "chain": [
    {
      "psgc_code": "070000000",
      "name": "Central Visayas",
      "level": "region",
      "source_url": "https://psgc.gitlab.io/api/regions/070000000/"
    },
    {
      "psgc_code": "072200000",
      "name": "Cebu",
      "level": "province",
      "source_url": "https://psgc.gitlab.io/api/provinces/072200000/"
    }
  ],
  "source": "PSGC",
  "license": "Public domain (PSA Philippine Standard Geographic Code)"
}

search_infra_projects — PhilGEPS notices, infra-only

$ search_infra_projects(keyword="construction", limit=3)

[
  {
    "project_id": "23164",
    "title": "Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Pasig Bliss Village III ...",
    "agency": "CITY OF PASIG",
    "category": "civil works (other)",
    "cost_php": null,
    "currency": "PHP",
    "status": "Open",
    "date_published": "2026-04-27",
    "source": "PhilGEPS",
    "source_url": "https://www.philgeps.gov.ph/",
    "license": "Public — PhilGEPS open notice listing"
  },
  {
    "project_id": "23319",
    "title": "26C00029 Asset Preservation Program ... Reconstruction Upgrading ...",
    "agency": "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS - REGION I",
    "category": "road / highway",
    "cost_php": null,
    "status": "Open",
    "source_url": "https://www.philgeps.gov.ph/"
  }
]

summarize_infra_spending — aggregated breakdown

$ summarize_infra_spending()

{
  "total_count": 15,
  "total_value_php": null,
  "by_category": {
    "road / highway": 7,
    "civil works (other)": 6,
    "bridge": 1,
    "school building": 1
  },
  "by_funding_source": {"unknown": 15},
  "reference_period": {"from": "2026-04-27", "to": "2026-04-27"},
  "note": "Computed over the latest infra-keyword-matched PhilGEPS notice window (cached 6h). Approved budget totals are not published in the open notice listing, so total_value_php is typically null.",
  "source": "PhilGEPS",
  "source_url": "https://www.philgeps.gov.ph/",
  "license": "Public — PhilGEPS open notice listing",
  "disclaimer": "Statistical indicators derived from public data. Patterns may have legitimate explanations."
}

flag_infra_anomalies — heuristic indicators across PhilGEPS + PHIVOLCS + PAGASA

$ flag_infra_anomalies(min_cost_php=50_000_000)

{
  "filters": {"region": null, "province": null, "min_cost_php": 50000000},
  "projects_examined": 15,
  "flagged_count": 4,
  "rules_summary": {"hazard_overlap": 4},
  "flagged": [
    {
      "project_id": "23164",
      "title": "Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) ... Pasig City",
      "agency": "CITY OF PASIG",
      "rule_fired": "hazard_overlap",
      "evidence": "project title overlaps with recent hazard footprint keywords: ['city']",
      "source_url": "https://www.philgeps.gov.ph/"
    }
  ],
  "hazard_inputs": {"recent_earthquake_count_30d": 0, "active_typhoon_count": 0},
  "source": "PhilGEPS + PHIVOLCS + PAGASA",
  "source_url": "https://www.philgeps.gov.ph/, https://earthquake.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/, https://bagong.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/",
  "license": "Public — PhilGEPS, PHIVOLCS, PAGASA notice and bulletin pages",
  "disclaimer": "Statistical indicators derived from public data. Patterns may have legitimate explanations."
}

Each flag is a heuristic indicator, not an accusation. The hazard_overlap rule simply says the project title shares keywords with a recent hazard footprint; the project may be entirely legitimate post-disaster reconstruction. Treat output as a starting point for further investigation, not as evidence of wrongdoing.

get_data_freshness — TTL and license catalog

$ get_data_freshness()

{
  "server_version": "0.3.0",
  "asof": "2026-04-27T00:09:21+00:00",
  "sources": [
    {"source": "PSGC", "source_url": "https://psgc.gitlab.io/api/", "freshness": "Updated when PSA publishes new PSGC version (annual or quarterly)", "cache_ttl_seconds": 86400, "license": "Public domain (PSA Philippine Standard Geographic Code)"},
    {"source": "PHIVOLCS earthquakes", "source_url": "https://earthquake.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/", "freshness": "5-minute table refresh; bulletins published per event", "cache_ttl_seconds": 300, "license": "Public — PHIVOLCS public bulletin pages"}
  ]
}

What's new in v0.2.0 — six new no-auth sources

Correlation demo: "Why is Metro Manila so hot right now?"

One unscripted claude -p --mcp-config call, real MCP stdio transport, live upstream APIs. Claude picks three sources out of the 17 tools — PAGASA/Open-Meteo 7-day forecast (v0.1.x), NASA POWER solar irradiance (v0.2.0, new), and Open-Meteo Air Quality (v0.2.0, new) — then correlates them into a three-sentence answer. The numbers in the response (6.8–7.3 kWh/m²/day irradiance, 30.3–31.8°C daytime temps, PM2.5 24.8 µg/m³, US AQI 91) are exactly what the live endpoints returned at the moment of recording. Tape: docs/demo_correlation.tape.

Per-tool live outputs

Every JSON block below is the actual response from each tool, captured by running uv run python docs/live_probe_v020.py against live public APIs on the release date. No placeholders, no truncation tricks — lists were clipped to fit.

get_solar_and_climate — NASA POWER

Daily solar irradiance + climate at any coordinate. Useful for PV siting and agricultural modeling.

$ get_solar_and_climate(latitude=14.5995, longitude=120.9842,
                        start_date="2026-04-01", end_date="2026-04-07")

{
  "latitude": 14.5995,
  "longitude": 120.9842,
  "start_date": "2026-04-01",
  "end_date": "2026-04-07",
  "days": [
    {"date": "2026-04-01", "solar_irradiance_kwh_m2": 6.79, "temp_c": 25.4, "precipitation_mm": 0.11, "windspeed_ms": 2.11},
    {"date": "2026-04-02", "solar_irradiance_kwh_m2": 7.18, "temp_c": 24.9, "precipitation_mm": 0.01, "windspeed_ms": 2.45},
    {"date": "2026-04-03", "solar_irradiance_kwh_m2": 7.13, "temp_c": 25.3, "precipitation_mm": 0.17, "windspeed_ms": 2.23}
  ],
  "source": "NASA POWER",
  "data_retrieved_at": "2026-04-20T00:12:13Z"
}

get_air_quality — Open-Meteo Air Quality

Fills the gap that AQICN left when it was removed in v0.1.8. No auth, reliable PH coverage.

$ get_air_quality(location="Manila")

{
  "location": "Manila",
  "latitude": 14.5995,
  "longitude": 120.9842,
  "measured_at": "2026-04-20T08:00:00Z",
  "pm2_5": 24.8,
  "pm10": 34.3,
  "carbon_monoxide": 521.0,
  "nitrogen_dioxide": 11.6,
  "sulphur_dioxide": 15.5,
  "ozone": 81.0,
  "european_aqi": 65,
  "us_aqi": 91,
  "aqi_category": "Moderate",
  "source": "Open-Meteo Air Quality",
  "data_retrieved_at": "2026-04-20T00:12:13Z"
}

get_vegetation_index — NASA MODIS via ORNL DAAC

NDVI + EVI at 250m, 16-day composites. MOD13Q1 product. Useful for monitoring crops, droughts, and deforestation. Here — a rice-bowl pixel in Nueva Ecija going through the growing cycle:

$ get_vegetation_index(latitude=15.58, longitude=121.0,
                       start_date="2026-01-01", end_date="2026-04-18")

{
  "latitude": 15.58,
  "longitude": 121.0,
  "product": "MOD13Q1",
  "band": "NDVI+EVI (250m, 16-day composite)",
  "samples": [
    {"composite_date": "2026-01-01", "ndvi": 0.708, "evi": 0.343},
    {"composite_date": "2026-01-17", "ndvi": 0.856, "evi": 0.582},
    {"composite_date": "2026-02-02", "ndvi": 0.898, "evi": 0.703}
  ],
  "source": "NASA MODIS via ORNL DAAC",
  "data_retrieved_at": "2026-04-20T00:12:17Z"
}

get_usgs_earthquakes_ph — USGS FDSN

Global-network seismic catalogue, filtered to the PH bounding box. Useful for cross-validating PHIVOLCS local magnitudes against USGS Mww/Mwc solutions.

$ get_usgs_earthquakes_ph(min_magnitude=5.0, limit=10)

[
  {
    "datetime_utc": "2026-04-06T07:22:42Z",
    "magnitude": 5.2,
    "magnitude_type": "mww",
    "depth_km": 10.0,
    "latitude": 10.8435,
    "longitude": 123.8752,
    "place": "0 km S of Tabonok, Philippines",
    "usgs_event_id": "us6000sn00",
    "felt_reports": 37,
    "tsunami": false,
    "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sn00",
    "source": "USGS FDSN"
  },
  {
    "datetime_utc": "2026-04-04T10:34:28Z",
    "magnitude": 6.0,
    "magnitude_type": "mww",
    "depth_km": 67.0,
    "latitude": 4.8733,
    "longitude": 126.1392,
    "place": "95 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines",
    "usgs_event_id": "us6000smj4",
    "tsunami": false,
    "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smj4",
    "source": "USGS FDSN"
  }
]

get_historical_typhoons_ph — NOAA IBTrACS

Every typhoon that has passed through the Philippine Area of Responsibility, from the authoritative IBTrACS track archive. Aggregates track points per storm, falls back across agency wind/pressure solutions (WMO → JTWC → JMA) to populate peak intensity.

$ get_historical_typhoons_ph(limit=3)

[
  {
    "sid": "2025329N10124",
    "name": "KOTO",
    "season": 2025,
    "basin": "WP",
    "max_wind_kt": 80.0,
    "min_pressure_mb": 975.0,
    "start_time_utc": "2025-11-24T18:00:00Z",
    "end_time_utc": "2025-12-03T00:00:00Z",
    "track_points": 67,
    "passed_within_par": true,
    "source": "NOAA IBTrACS"
  },
  {
    "sid": "2025308N10143",
    "name": "FUNG-WONG",
    "season": 2025,
    "basin": "WP",
    "max_wind_kt": 115.0,
    "min_pressure_mb": 943.0,
    "track_points": 75,
    "passed_within_par": true,
    "source": "NOAA IBTrACS"
  },
  {
    "sid": "2025305N10138",
    "name": "KALMAEGI",
    "season": 2025,
    "basin": "WP",
    "max_wind_kt": 115.0,
    "min_pressure_mb": 948.0,
    "track_points": 43,
    "passed_within_par": true,
    "source": "NOAA IBTrACS"
  }
]

get_world_bank_indicator — World Bank Open Data

Any World Bank indicator for the Philippines. Accepts the canonical WB code (e.g. NY.GDP.MKTP.CD) or a friendly alias from a curated list (gdp, gdp_per_capita, poverty_ratio, inflation, urban_population_pct, internet_users_pct, gini, tax_revenue_pct_gdp, etc. — 25 aliases in total).

$ get_world_bank_indicator(indicator="gdp", per_page=10)

{
  "indicator_id": "NY.GDP.MKTP.CD",
  "indicator_name": "GDP (current US$)",
  "country": "Philippines",
  "country_iso3": "PHL",
  "observations": [
    {"year": 2024, "value": 461617509782.36, "unit": ""},
    {"year": 2023, "value": 437055627244.42, "unit": ""},
    {"year": 2022, "value": 404353369604.63, "unit": ""}
  ],
  "source": "World Bank Open Data"
}

Roadmap

Requires deeper reverse-engineering than this release — shipped separately when ready:

• get_active_disasters / get_situational_report via NDRRMC monitoring dashboard (intermittent availability)
• assess_hazard(lat, lng) via HazardHunterPH — the top-level GeoRisk ArcGIS catalog is public, but the individual PHIVOLCS/MGB hazard layers (flood, landslide, liquefaction) return "code": 499, "message": "Token Required". Needs a different integration strategy
• get_flood_layers(lat, lng) via Project NOAH — current site is an Angular SPA whose XHR surface needs browser-level capture. Deferred
• DPWH Transparency portal direct integration — transparency.dpwh.gov.ph and api.transparency.dpwh.gov.ph currently sit behind a Cloudflare bot challenge that returns 403 to every non-browser client regardless of User-Agent. v0.3.0 sidesteps this by sourcing infra notices from the open PhilGEPS listing instead; if/when DPWH lifts the block, sources/infra.py is the single integration point to swap in.

Prior art

Other Philippine civic-data MCP servers, each single-dataset:

• GodModeArch/psgc-mcp — PSA Philippine Standard Geographic Code (administrative hierarchy)
• GodModeArch/ph-holidays-mcp — Philippine national holidays from the Official Gazette
• GodModeArch/lts-mcp — DHSUD License to Sell registry
• xiaobenyang-com/Philippine-Geocoding — PSGC geocoding
• darwinphi/ph-schools-mcp-server — DepEd schools masterlist

Non-MCP libraries that inspired this project:

• panukatan/lindol — R package for PHIVOLCS earthquakes
• pagasa-parser — JS org for PAGASA data parsing

ph-civic-data-mcp is the first MCP that unifies multiple Philippine civic-data sources (PHIVOLCS, PAGASA, PhilGEPS, PSA) behind one interface, and the first to expose hazards, weather, procurement, statistical data, solar/climate, air quality, satellite vegetation indices, and macro indicators (v0.2.0) as MCP tools. Credit to all of the above.

License

MIT. Xavier Puspus. Not affiliated with PHIVOLCS, PAGASA, PhilGEPS, or PSA.

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome at github.com/xmpuspus/ph-civic-data-mcp.