data.cambridgema.gov
data.cambridgema.gov
Socrata open data portal at data.cambridgema.gov, publishing 447 public datasets from the publishing organisation, led by the Public Safety category.
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Catalogue search
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Dataset metadata
Use data.cambridgema.gov (data-cambridgema-gov) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Dataset metadata" (dataset). You already hold a dataset id and need its columns, licence or description before querying rows. Example options: id=ex75-8iwq. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "data-cambridgema-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>
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