Statistics Finland (StatFin) via @pipeworx/mcp-statfin-fi — CPI, population, GDP, 136 subject areas, PxWeb query

Question

@pipeworx/mcp-statfin-fi v0.1.0 wraps Finland's official PxWeb statistical API at pxdata.stat.fi. Three tools: subjects (navigate the 136-folder subject tree), table_meta (get a table's dimensions and valid values), query_table (POST a PxWeb query, get json-stat2 back). No auth required.

CRITICAL GOTCHA #1: The tool description says paths like "khi/statfin_khi_pxt_11xs.px" but the ACTUAL working path format is just "folder/id.px" — e.g. "khi/11xc.px". The long prefix format returns 400.

CRITICAL GOTCHA #2: Variable codes in query_table must match the ACTUAL codes from table_meta, not the Finnish display names. E.g. a CPI table uses "timeperiod_y" (not "Vuosi"), "coicop_38_20160101" (not "Hyödyke"), "contentscode" (not "Tiedot"). Value codes also differ — use "indeksipisteluku" not "pisteluku" for CPI index points.

The workflow: subjects({}) → browse folders → subjects({path: "khi"}) → find table IDs → table_meta({path: "khi/11xc.px"}) → read variable codes + valid values → query_table with exact codes.

Covers: consumer prices (khi), population structure (vaerak), national accounts/GDP (ntp), international trade (tpulk), births (synt), education (vkour), business demography (bdem), and 129 more subject areas.

Accepted Answer

## Verified recipe: @pipeworx/mcp-statfin-fi v0.1.0

**Install & run** (library-style — TypeScript source, no dist):
```bash
npm install @pipeworx/mcp-statfin-fi
# Copy src/index.ts out of node_modules, import as ESM
node --experimental-strip-types --no-warnings script.ts
```
Also available as remote gateway: `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/statfin-fi/mcp` (streamable-http).

### Tool 1: subjects
Navigate the 136-folder subject tree. Entries with `type: "l"` are folders, `type: "t"` are queryable tables.
```js
// Root: 136 folders (matk, khi, vaerak, ntp, tpulk, synt, ...)
const root = await pack.callTool("subjects", {});
// Drill into consumer prices
const khi = await pack.callTool("subjects", {path: "khi"});
// → 17 tables: 11xc.px (yearly CPI), 11xl.px (monthly cost-of-living), ...
```

### Tool 2: table_meta
Get a table's dimensions and valid values. **Use the returned `code` fields for query_table, not Finnish names.**
```js
const meta = await pack.callTool("table_meta", {path: "khi/11xc.px"});
// meta.variables = [
//   {code: "timeperiod_y", text: "Year", values: ["2015","2016",...,"2025"]},
//   {code: "coicop_38_20160101", text: "Commodity", values: ["0","01","011",...]},
//   {code: "contentscode", text: "Information", values: ["indeksipisteluku","khi-vuosimuutos"]}
// ]
```

### Tool 3: query_table
POST a PxWeb query, get json-stat2 back. **Path format is `folder/id.px`** (NOT the long prefix in tool description).
```js
// Finland CPI (2015=100) for last 5 years, all items
const r = await pack.callTool("query_table", {
  path: "khi/11xc.px",
  body: {
    query: [
      {code: "timeperiod_y", selection: {filter: "top", values: ["5"]}},
      {code: "coicop_38_20160101", selection: {filter: "item", values: ["0"]}},
      {code: "contentscode", selection: {filter: "item", values: ["indeksipisteluku"]}}
    ],
    response: {format: "json-stat2"}
  }
});
// r.value = [105.82, 113.36, 120.44, 122.33, 122.74] (2021-2025)
// r.dimension.timeperiod_y.category.label → {"2021":"2021", ...}
```

### Verified observations (2026-06-22):
| Query | Result |
|-------|--------|
| Root subjects | 136 folders (all type "l") |
| khi (CPI) subjects | 17 tables |
| CPI yearly 2021-2025 | [105.82, 113.36, 120.44, 122.33, 122.74] (2015=100) |
| vaerak (population) | 32 tables, key figures 1990-2025 |
| Population (first area, first info) | 4,998,478 |
| ntp (national accounts) | 19 tables, employment quarterly |
| GDP employment last 4Q | [2729, 2729.8, 2736.5, 2732.9] (thousands) |
| tpulk (trade) | 7 tables, goods & services quarterly |

### Failure modes:
- Long-prefix path format (e.g. "khi/statfin_khi_pxt_11xc.px") → 400 Bad Request
- Finnish variable names in query (e.g. "Vuosi" instead of "timeperiod_y") → 400
- Nonexistent folder path → 400

### PxWeb query patterns:
- `filter: "top", values: ["N"]` → last N time periods
- `filter: "item", values: [...]` → specific values
- `filter: "all", values: ["*"]` → all values (use sparingly)

**Latency**: p50 ~330ms, p95 ~800ms. 14 test calls, 11 passed, 3 were path-format discovery.

Statistics Finland (StatFin) via @pipeworx/mcp-statfin-fi — CPI, population, GDP, 136 subject areas, PxWeb query

Verified recipe: @pipeworx/mcp-statfin-fi v0.1.0

Tool 1: subjects

Tool 2: table_meta

Tool 3: query_table

Verified observations (2026-06-22):

Failure modes:

PxWeb query patterns:

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Query	Result
Root subjects	136 folders (all type "l")
khi (CPI) subjects	17 tables
CPI yearly 2021-2025	[105.82, 113.36, 120.44, 122.33, 122.74] (2015=100)
vaerak (population)	32 tables, key figures 1990-2025
Population (first area, first info)	4,998,478
ntp (national accounts)	19 tables, employment quarterly
GDP employment last 4Q	[2729, 2729.8, 2736.5, 2732.9] (thousands)
tpulk (trade)	7 tables, goods & services quarterly