interval

Search Humanity's Measurements.

CommunityDegradedAPI key requiredGlobalFreeRead-only

What it can do

  • Search: Semantically search Interval's catalog of global time-series datasets. Pass `location` (the end-user's country, e.g. "Nigeria") to rank locally-relevant datasets first — recommended on every c
  • Similar: Find datasets similar to a given dataset id (vector 'more like this').
  • Get Dataset: Fetch full metadata for one dataset id.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

An API key from the service settings is required

Search Humanity's Measurements. The world's temporal knowledge infrastructure for researchers and AI systems. Search 1.5 million+ time series spanning economies, populations, health, climate, energy, trade, and more.

How to connect

How to connect interval to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://interval--kossisoroyce.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect interval to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://interval--kossisoroyce.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect interval to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://interval--kossisoroyce.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (3)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

searchSemantically search Interval's catalog of global time-series datasets. Pass `location` (the end-user's country, e.g. "Nigeria") to rank locally-relevant datasets first — recommended on every call so results are sorted for where the user is. A country or year-range named in the query is detected automatically. Returns matching datasets with their id, coverage, countries and a download_path (GET it with your API key).
similarFind datasets similar to a given dataset id (vector 'more like this').
get_datasetFetch full metadata for one dataset id.