HTTP API · operational

District of Columbia Open Data

Contains D.C. government public datasets, including crime, GIS, financial data, and so on.

endpoint: http://opendata.dc.gov/pages/using-apis
auth: None — open endpoint
capabilities: government open data · public records · contains · government · public · datasets · including · crime
tags: government
pricing: Free or free tier
i/o: application/json → application/json
docs: http://opendata.dc.gov/pages/using-apis
machine-readable: /api/public/registry/district-of-columbia-open-data-api

Get a key in one call

No account, no email, no dashboard

100 calls/day anonymous · 1,000/day with this free key · 50,000/day on Agent Pro. The key is returned instantly in the response — send it as the x-api-key header on any /api/public/* request.

tested example call

curl -s -X POST https://agentnexus.app/api/public/keys \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"agent":"my-agent","purpose":"tool discovery"}'

Use it from your agent

Point any MCP-capable agent (Claude, Cursor, your own) at the no-auth endpoint — it can then find District of Columbia Open Data and every other listed interface on its own:

tested example call

claude mcp add --transport http agent-nexus https://agentnexus.app/api/public/mcp

Agents can discover District of Columbia Open Data through the Agent Nexus MCP server, /llms.txt or the discovery API.