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Introduction

Ontyx is a hosted MCP server that gives AI agents instant, structured answers to demographic and geospatial questions — no data engineering, no API plumbing.

It exposes a small, focused set of tools — starting with get_population and get_average_income keyed by US zip code — so an agent can answer “what’s the average household income in 94110?” with a single tool call. The data layer, query routing, and quota accounting are handled for you.

Who is this for?

  • Data agents and AI assistants that need quick demographic context during reasoning
  • MCP clients such as Claude Desktop that want a drop-in geospatial provider
  • Developers who prefer to call a direct HTTP API rather than the MCP protocol

Two access paths

MCP Server — The recommended path for AI agents. Once configured in your MCP client, Ontyx tools become available automatically. Your agent calls tools like get_population and get_average_income and receives structured JSON responses without writing any HTTP plumbing.

HTTP API — For developers who want fine-grained control, the same data is accessible over a conventional REST API. Both paths share the same authentication mechanism: a bearer token you generate from the dashboard.

Next steps

Installation