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How to Connect Destatis GENESIS to Claude for AI-Powered Statistics

Connect German federal statistics (Destatis) to Claude AI using MCP. Access population, trade, and economic data with natural language.

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Destatis GENESIS Statistics

Destatis GENESIS Statistics

Access official German federal statistics from Destatis (Statistisches Bundesamt) via the GENESIS API. Population, economy, trade, labor market, prices, and more.

tools

5

Region

DE

Category

Government

Authentication

API Key

Required env vars

DESTATIS_USERNAME_OR_TOKEN
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  • Open-source on GitHub
    Open source · AGPL-3.0
  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
    Any MCP-compatible client

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Summary

Connect German federal statistics (Destatis) to Claude AI using MCP. Access population, trade, and economic data with natural language.

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Connect Destatis GENESIS to Claude

Destatis (Statistisches Bundesamt) provides official German federal statistics via the GENESIS API. With AnythingMCP, you can connect Destatis data to Claude AI and explore statistical tables using natural language.

What You Can Do

  • "What is Germany's current population by Bundesland?"
  • "Search for tables about consumer price index"
  • "Show me the latest foreign trade statistics"
  • "Get metadata for table 12411-0001"

Setup

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
  1. Open http://localhost:3000/connectors/store and import the Destatis GENESIS Statistics adapter
  2. Enter your Destatis GENESIS username and password (register at genesis.destatis.de)
  3. Assign the connector to an MCP server

Connect Claude

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "destatis": { "url": "http://localhost:4000/mcp" }
  }
}

Available Tools

ToolDescription
destatis_search_tablesSearch for statistical tables by keyword
destatis_get_tableRetrieve data from a specific table
destatis_get_table_metadataGet table structure and dimensions
destatis_list_statisticsBrowse available statistics categories
destatis_login_checkVerify that the configured GENESIS credentials work and report which account the API sees

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