What is Ilbudget Mcp

ILBudget-mcp is an MCP Server designed to access Israeli budget data through the OpenBudget API, facilitating easy access to budget data, contracts, and support information.

Use cases

Use cases include budget analysis, contract management, financial reporting, and supporting decision-making processes in public finance.

How to use

To use ILBudget-mcp, clone the repository, set up a virtual environment, install dependencies, and run the server. It can be integrated with Visual Studio Code or Claude AI Assistant for enhanced functionality.

Key features

Key features include full access to Israeli governmental budget data, real-time integration with the OpenBudget API, comprehensive search capabilities, historical budget tracking, contract and support payment information retrieval, and an easy-to-use MCP interface.

Where to use

ILBudget-mcp can be used in governmental agencies, financial institutions, and research organizations that require access to Israeli budget data for analysis and reporting.

ILBudget-mcp

MCP Server for accessing Israeli budget data through the OpenBudget API.

Description

This project provides a FastMCP server that interfaces with Israel’s OpenBudget data.

Allowing easy access to budget data, contracts, and supports information.

It serves as a bridge between the OpenBudget API and MCP clients.

This project is possible only thanks to amazing work of OpenBudget/BudgetKey team.

See their UsingTheAPI for more details about the API used in this MCP server.

If you wish to craft your own queries or tool you can use their Redash to test them (You can see my queries in ILBudgetServer.py).

Features

• Full access to Israel’s governmental budget data
• Real-time integration with the OpenBudget API
• Comprehensive search capabilities across multiple data categories
• Historical budget tracking and analysis
• Contract and support payment information retrieval
• Easy-to-use MCP interface for client applications

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or higher
• uv package manager

Installation

git clone <repository-url>
cd ILBudget-mcp
uv venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
uv pip install -r pyproject.toml
uv lock

Usage

Install and run the server using one of these methods:

1. For use with Visual Studio Code (using Copilot):
   
   Go to vscode/mcp.json and replace {YOUR-LOCAL-PATH} with the path you cloned the repo.
   
   VSCode should discover you server automatically.
   
   If that doesn’t work, make sure you enabled MCP & MCP.Discovery in vscode://settings/mcp.
   
   Make sure to enable agent mode in your vscode copilot.
   
   

2. For use with Claude AI Assistant:

fastmcp install ILBudgetServer.py

3. For testing with MCP Inspector (Learn how at MCP Inspector):

fastmcp dev ILBudgetServer.py

Available Tools

• get_budget() - Retrieves the entire budget structure
• get_detailed_budget_for_specific_parent(parent) - Gets detailed budget items under a specific parent
• get_budget_history_for_code(code) - Retrieves historical data for a specific budget code
• get_contract(code) - Gets contract information for a specific budget code
• get_supports(code) - Retrieves support payment information for a specific budget code
• search(searchTerm, searchType) - Performs a general search across different categories

Dependencies

• fastmcp >= 2.1.1
• requests >= 2.32.3

Contributing

We welcome contributions to help improve the DataGov Israel MCP server.

Whether you want to add new tools, enhance existing functionality, or improve documentation, your input is valuable.

For examples of other MCP servers and implementation patterns, see the Model Context Protocol servers repository.

License

This project is dual-licensed under:

• MIT License
• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

See the LICENSE file for details.