Baselight data via MCP

Connects to the Baselight MCP (Model Context Protocol) server to discover and query 50+ premium dataset sources including Kaggle, OWID, World Bank, Data Commons, Eurostat, FiveThirtyEight, DefiLlama, EVM blockchains, Polymarket, NFLverse, Yahoo Finance, FRED, IMF, SEC filings, OECD, US Census, CDC, FBI Crime, CIA World Factbook, sports (soccer, basketball, fantasy football), weather (Open-Meteo), crypto (XrpScan, XRPL, CoinDesk), and education/health statistics. Run live SQL queries against structured data from AI tools.

Security Scan

The skill is an instruction-only connector for querying the Baselight MCP dataset service; its requirements and instructions are generally coherent with its stated purpose, with only a minor omission (it mentions needing an API key/OAuth but does not declare required credentials in metadata).

Purpose & Capability

Name, description, and runtime instructions consistently describe a data-query connector for the Baselight MCP server and the listed dataset sources. Nothing in the SKILL.md asks for unrelated services or capabilities.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md provides discovery/query workflow, the MCP server URL, SQL syntax examples, and troubleshooting; it does not instruct the agent to read unrelated files, system paths, or to exfiltrate data. All steps stay within the connector/querying scope.

Install Mechanism

Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — lowest-risk install posture. Nothing will be written to disk by the skill itself.

Credentials

SKILL.md states a Baselight account or API key (or OAuth) is required, but the registry metadata lists no required environment variables or primary credential. This is a minor inconsistency: the skill itself does not demand unrelated secrets, but the metadata should declare how credentials are provided.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill is user-invocable; it does not request elevated or persistent platform privileges and does not instruct modifying other skills or global settings.

Assessment

This skill is an instruction-only connector for Baselight's MCP and appears coherent. Before installing: (1) Confirm you trust the Baselight service URL (https://api.baselight.app/mcp) and the public docs; (2) Prefer authorizing via OAuth where supported instead of pasting API keys into chat; (3) If you must supply an API key, use the platform's secure credential storage and limit the key's scope and lifetime; (4) Check rate limits, billing, and dataset licensing for the sources you will query; (5) Test with minimal queries and a least-privilege key; (6) If you need stronger assurance, ask the publisher for a declared primary credential field and a repository/source of the skill.

Baselight MCP

Use Baselight via MCP to browse, discover, and query Baselight datasets directly from your AI tool or IDE.

MCP Server URL: https://api.baselight.app/mcp

When to Use This Skill

• User wants datasets for a topic
• User wants structured tables
• User wants SQL analysis
• User wants verifiable results

Quick Start

Connect using OAuth or API key depending on client.

OAuth Clients

• ChatGPT connectors
• Claude Web/Desktop

API Key Clients

• VS Code
• Gemini CLI
• LibreChat

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Workflow

1. Understand question
2. Discover datasets
3. Inspect schema
4. Query data
5. Return results + SQL

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Query Format

Tables use:

@username.dataset.table

Example:

SELECT * FROM @user.soccer.matches LIMIT 10;

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Best Practices

• Discover first
• Inspect schema
• Query iteratively
• Include SQL
• Explain assumptions

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Limitations

• Requires Baselight account or API key
• Query limits may apply
• Dataset freshness varies

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Troubleshooting

Connection fails: - Verify MCP URL - Reauthenticate or regenerate key

Unauthorized: - Invalid key or expired OAuth

Slow query: - Reduce scope - Add LIMIT

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Support

Docs: https://baselight.ai/docs/connecting-to-the-baselight-mcp-server/

App: https://baselight.app