# `io.github.cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server` on anlyon.dev

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- Version: 0.4.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.cyanheads (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/faostat-mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:28:33.676Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
UN FAOSTAT global food & agriculture statistics over a local SQLite mirror, via MCP.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:15:23.697Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 3 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `faostat_list_domains` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "faostat_list_domains" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "faostat_list_domains" says "list": a word for reading.
```

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `faostat_dataframe_query` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "faostat_dataframe_query" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "faostat_dataframe_query" says "query": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (3)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `faostat_commodity_profile`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Assemble a global profile for one QCL item in a single call: top-producing countries, the annual production trend, and trade flows (top exporters and importers). Supply item_code or item_query; code wins when both are supplied. A query selects a unique normalized exact label, otherwise a unique relevance match; ambiguous queries require an explicit code. Each ranking uses the selected item at each country's own latest year with data, grouped by unit. The trend is returned inline as year/value points. Country-level only (aggregates excluded). QCL is required; unavailable TCL yields a production-only profile with a notice. When the merged observation set is too large to inline, it spills to a DataCanvas table (canvas_id + table_name) — call faostat_dataframe_describe for its columns, then faostat_dataframe_query for deeper SQL.
```

### `faostat_dataframe_query`

- The name "faostat_dataframe_query" says "query": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.sql), which can change anything it can reach.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run a single-statement SELECT against the canvas tables staged by faostat_query_observations and faostat_commodity_profile (table names look like faostat_xxxxxxxx). Use this for cross-country and cross-item aggregation, GROUP BY rankings, joins, and time-series analysis over the full result set the inline preview only sampled. Standard DuckDB SQL — joins, aggregates, window functions, CTEs all work. Read-only: writes, DDL, DROP, COPY, PRAGMA, ATTACH, and external-file table functions are rejected; system catalogs (information_schema, sqlite_master, duckdb_*) are denied — list staged tables via faostat_dataframe_describe. Every row carries its data-quality `flag` — commonly A=Official, B=time-series break, E=Estimated, I=Imputed, M=Missing (value cannot exist), T=Unofficial, X=from an international organization, plus others FAOSTAT defines per domain — keep it in projections, treat any unrecognized flag as informational, and never assume it is official.
```

### `faostat_list_domains`

- The name "faostat_list_domains" says "list": a word for reading.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Discover FAOSTAT statistical domains (production, trade, food balances, food security, land use, agri-emissions, prices, value) with their codes, descriptions, last-update date, upstream row count, and local index status. Every query keys on a domain code from here. The `indexed` flag tells you which domains are queryable right now; un-indexed domains exist in the catalog but must be added to FAOSTAT_DOMAINS and re-synced before faostat_query_observations can read them. The catalog runs to ~69 domains with long descriptions, so responses are paged: narrow with `topic` / `indexed_only`, pass `code` to fetch one domain outright, or page with `offset` + `limit` — when the response reports `truncated`, pass the returned `nextOffset` to fetch the rest.
```

## Only reads (3)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `faostat_dataframe_describe`

- The name "faostat_dataframe_describe" says "describe": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the canvas tables (faostat_xxxxxxxx) staged by faostat_query_observations and faostat_commodity_profile, each with its source tool, the query parameters that produced it, creation/expiry timestamps, row count, and column schema. Call this before faostat_dataframe_query to discover the exact table and column names to reference in SQL. Tables are listed newest-first and paged: pass `name` to describe one table outright, or page with `offset` + `limit` — when the response reports `truncated`, pass the returned `nextOffset` to fetch the rest.
```

### `faostat_query_observations`

- The name "faostat_query_observations" says "query": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Query a FAOSTAT domain's data cube by area(s), item(s), element(s), and year range, returning observations (area, item, element, year, value, unit, and the data-quality flag). Resolve codes first with faostat_resolve_codes — the cube is unqueryable without them. Aggregate regions (World, continents, economic groupings) are EXCLUDED by default so a naive SUM does not double-count a region with its member countries; set include_aggregates=true to get the regional roll-ups, or pass explicit area_codes to query exactly what you name. Small result sets return inline; large ones spill to a DataCanvas table (returned canvas_id + table_name) — call faostat_dataframe_describe for its columns, then faostat_dataframe_query for GROUP BY / ranking / time-series analysis. Every row carries its flag — commonly A=Official, B=time-series break, E=Estimated, I=Imputed, M=Missing (value cannot exist), T=Unofficial, X=from an international organization, plus others FAOSTAT defines per domain — so honor it, treat any unrecognized flag as informational, and never assume an estimated, imputed, or unrecognized value is official.
```

### `faostat_resolve_codes`

- The name "faostat_resolve_codes" says "resolve": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Resolve human terms to the opaque integer codes faostat_query_observations needs, within a dimension: areas (countries/regions), items (commodities), or elements (metrics like production, yield, import quantity). Pass `query` for fuzzy full-text matching ("maize" → item 56), `name_contains` for a substring filter, or `code` for an exact-code lookup; omit all three to list the whole dimension. Item and element results are scoped to the requested domain — only codes present in that domain's cube are returned, so a resolved code is always queryable there (areas are shared across domains). Page large listings with `offset` + `limit`: when the response reports `truncated`, pass the returned `nextOffset` to fetch the next page. Every area match is flagged `country` or `aggregate` — aggregates (World, continents, economic groupings — codes ≥ 5000 plus a few curated sub-threshold roll-ups such as China=351, which sums mainland + Taiwan + Hong Kong + Macao) double-count if summed with their member countries, so resolve before querying and exclude aggregates unless you want the regional roll-up.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `faostat`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__faostat__faostat_resolve_codes",
      "mcp__faostat__faostat_query_observations",
      "mcp__faostat__faostat_dataframe_describe"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__faostat__faostat_list_domains",
      "mcp__faostat__faostat_commodity_profile",
      "mcp__faostat__faostat_dataframe_query"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```