Analyze Boston
data.boston.gov
Analyze Boston is the City of Boston open data hub (CKAN) with 230+ datasets including property assessments building permits and code enforcement violations
GET /v1/data/data-boston-gov/dataset1Request
The dataset's URL slug (its `name`) or its UUID. Both are accepted.
curl "https://api.fastcrw.com/v1/data/data-boston-gov/dataset?id=live-street-address-management-sam-addresses" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FASTCRW_API_KEY"
2Response example
A sample shape. Press Run to see live data from Analyze Boston.
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}Attribution: Source: Analyze Boston (City of Boston). Data published by the portal's contributing organisations.
Licence: Dataset records on this portal declare the licence "Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)" (http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-pddl). This is the licence the publishing organisations attach to their own datasets; the portal itself states no separate API licence. Quoted as found in the portal's own dataset metadata.
Ask with this source
A prompt for your agent that names this source and how to call it through the crw MCP.
Dataset detail
Use Analyze Boston (data-boston-gov) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Dataset detail" (dataset). You already have a dataset name or UUID from a search and need its resources, licence or full description. Example options: id=live-street-address-management-sam-addresses. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "data-boston-gov" and capability "dataset". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
Dataset as DCAT-AP JSON-LD
Use Analyze Boston (data-boston-gov) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Dataset as DCAT-AP JSON-LD" (dataset-dcat). You are feeding a European data catalogue or an RDF pipeline and want standards-shaped metadata instead of CKAN's package dict. Example options: id=live-street-address-management-sam-addresses. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "data-boston-gov" and capability "dataset-dcat". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
All dataset names
Use Analyze Boston (data-boston-gov) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "All dataset names" (dataset-names). You want the complete inventory of dataset ids to iterate over, rather than a scored search page. Example options: limit=100, offset=0. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "data-boston-gov" and capability "dataset-names". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
Dataset search
Use Analyze Boston (data-boston-gov) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Dataset search" (datasets). You want to find datasets on this portal by keyword, filter, or recency, and you do not already know a dataset id. Example options: q=statistika, fq=res_format:CSV, sort=metadata_modified desc. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "data-boston-gov" and capability "datasets". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>