Lambda Capture MCP Server

MCP implementation of our standard Semantic Search API for Macroeconomic Data

Remote MCP Server (streamable HTTP)

Check server status HERE

OpenAI Responses API

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()

resp = client.responses.create(
    model="gpt-4.1",
    input="Key shifts in inflation expectations",
    tools=[
        {
            "type": "mcp",
            "server_label": "lambda-capture",
            "server_url": "https://mcp.lambda-capture.com/v1/mcp/",
            "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
            }
        }
    ]
)

print(resp.output_text)

Curl

curl -X POST "https://mcp.lambda-capture.com/v1/mcp/" \\
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \\
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \\
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \\
-d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "macroecon_semantic_search",
    "arguments": {
      "query_text": "inflation expectations",
      "max_results": 3
    }
  }
}'

curl -X POST "https://mcp.lambda-capture.com/v1/mcp/" \\
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \\
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \\
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \\
-d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "1",
    "method": "list_tools",
    "params": {}
}'

Configure your MCP Client (Claude Desktop App)

Go to Claude -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config. Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json

Node:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lambda-capture-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.lambda-capture.com/v1/mcp/",
        "--header", "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
      ],
      "description": "RemoteMCP with Lambda Capture Macroeconomic Data API"
    }
  }
}

Local MCP Server

Pre-requisites

• Lambda Capture API key
• for MCP Typescript: Node.js 18+ (includes npx and npm)
• for MCP Python: Python 3.11+

Installation

1. Clone the repo

Node:

2. npm install to install the dependencies
3. npm run build to build the project

Python:

2. python -m venv .venv create virtual environment
3. source .venv/bin/activate activate virtual environment
4. pip install -r requirements.txt install the dependencies

Configure your MCP Client (Claude Desktop App)

Go to Claude -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config. Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json

Node:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lambda-capture-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/Absolute Path to/mcp-server/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LAMBDA_CAPTURE_API_KEY": "Your API Key string"
      },
      "description": "Runs the Node MCP with Lambda Capture Macroeconomic Data API"
    }
  }
}

Python:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lambda-capture-mcp": {
      "command": "/Absolute Path to/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": [
        "/Absolute Path to/mcp-server/main.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LAMBDA_CAPTURE_API_KEY": "Your API Key string"
      },
      "description": "Runs the Python MCP with Lambda Capture Macroeconomic Data API"
    }
  }
}

Context Window Size

Adjust maxTokens (.ts) or max_tokens (.py) variables, based on context window size of your model (doesn't count metadata, just content tokens)

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