The US government publishes an enormous amount of data through free, well-documented APIs. Most developers don't know they exist. Martin (io.github.martc03), a developer based in Boise, registered 13 MCP servers in a single batch — each one wiring AI agents into a different government data source.
The Thirteen Servers
| Server | Data Sources |
|---|---|
| us-safety-recalls | NHTSA vehicle recalls, FDA food/drug recalls |
| natural-disaster-intel | FEMA declarations, NOAA weather alerts, USGS earthquakes |
| federal-financial-intel | SEC filings, CFPB complaints, BLS economic data |
| cybersecurity-vuln | NIST NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS scores, MITRE ATT&CK |
| court-records | PACER, federal court systems |
| public-health | NIH research, FDA drug data |
| environmental-compliance | EPA enforcement, HUD data |
| gov-contracts | SAM.gov, USAspending.gov |
| grant-finder | Grants.gov |
| regulatory-monitor | Federal Register |
| business-entity | SEC EDGAR, SBA |
| competitive-intel | SEC filings, patents, trade data |
| immigration-travel | Visa bulletins, border wait times |
The Stack
All 13 servers share the same architecture: TypeScript, Express, the official MCP SDK, Docker-ready. They expose 45 REST API endpoints through a unified gateway. Deployed on Apify as Actors in standby mode. The source code lives in a single monorepo at github.com/martc03/gov-mcp-servers.
Martin wrote on DEV.to about the experience: "Government APIs are better than you think." He specifically praised NVD 2.0's clean JSON responses and FEMA's geospatial query support. Most data sources require no API keys at all — the data is public by law and the APIs are maintained with taxpayer funding.
Why This Matters
The use cases are immediately tangible. An AI agent connected to these servers can answer:
- "Are there any active NHTSA recalls on my 2019 Honda CR-V?"
- "Show me FEMA disaster declarations for Harris County in the last 5 years."
- "What CVEs were added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this week?"
- "Find federal grants related to renewable energy with deadlines in Q2 2026."
This is the civic hacker meeting MCP. The data already exists, is already free, and is already well-structured. What was missing was discoverability — and a standard interface for AI agents to query it. MCP provides both.
All servers score 46. No flags. All open source.
Sources: martc03 — GitHub · gov-mcp-servers — repo · Scorecard: io.github.martc03 (score 46)