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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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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

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && 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 www-genesis.destatis.de)
  3. Assign the connector to an MCP server

Connect Claude

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

Available Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | destatis_search_tables | Search for statistical tables by keyword | | destatis_get_table | Retrieve data from a specific table | | destatis_get_table_metadata | Get table structure and dimensions | | destatis_list_statistics | Browse available statistics categories |