Data access API

Check whether a source is worth collecting.

EconIndx exposes exportability, free API availability, Docker fit, download locations, tracking evidence, and caveats through a read-only JSON API and MCP endpoint.

View MCP endpoint View JSON API

Copy for AI — pastes the MCP endpoint + a short prompt into your clipboard so you can connect any AI assistant in seconds.

Day-one tools

The first version is access intelligence, not bulk economic data delivery. It helps decide what is exportable, trackable, accessible, and worth building against.

search_sources

Find sources by topic, provider, access model, or dataset need.

get_source_profile

Return the full source profile, including the data access report.

get_source_status

Explain liveness, probe evidence, and recent monitoring events.

get_collection_plan

Show access level, collection level, caveats, and next action.

compare_sources

Rank candidate sources for a research or pipeline task.

get_recent_source_events

Review recent source tracking events.

Machine-readable feeds

Pull source status straight into your pipeline, README, or feed reader. All endpoints are read-only, CORS-open, and CDN-cached. The v1 JSON shape is frozen — breaking changes ship as v2.

Status feed — all sources, one call

# Python / pandas
import pandas as pd, requests
doc = requests.get("https://econindx.com/api/v1/status.json").json()
df = pd.DataFrame(doc["sources"])  # slug, name, status, checked_at

# curl
curl -s https://econindx.com/api/v1/status.json | jq '.summary'

Status badge — embed in a README

![FRED status](https://econindx.com/badge/federal-reserve-economic-data.svg)

Live example: FRED status badge

RSS — outage & restoration events

https://econindx.com/feed.xml

Connect pattern

MCP endpoint:
https://econindx.com/mcp

Example prompts:
- Find open sources for inflation data with API access.
- Is OECD currently trackable, blocked, or a bad plan?
- Compare World Bank, DBnomics, and Eurostat for a low-cost macro pipeline.