# Databook (databook.nyc)

> New York City's open data, joined: agencies, people, procurement, capital projects, budgets, districts
> and the City's technology spending. Built by WeGov.NYC, a nonprofit initiative of Sarapis.

## Connect an AI agent

- MCP server: https://api.databook.nyc/mcp (Streamable HTTP; open at 60 requests a minute, 300 with a
  personal key from https://databook.nyc/my/ai-tools). Setup for each client: https://databook.nyc/mcp
- REST API: https://api.databook.nyc (documented at https://api.databook.nyc/docs)
- To answer like Databook's own chat, load the MCP prompt `ask_databook`.

## Guides for agents

- [Procurement data: a guide for AI agents](https://databook.nyc/procurement/data-sources.md): which tool
  answers which question, and the rules that keep answers right (money kinds, master agreements, fiscal
  years, vendors). Also offered by the MCP server as resource://databook/procurement-guide.

## For people

- [How the procurement section is built](https://databook.nyc/procurement/data-sources)
- [Glossary](https://databook.nyc/glossary)
- Each project site has its own llms.txt, e.g. https://databook.nyc/sites/digital-services/llms.txt