Cline census mcp server census_search_variables
How to: Cline census mcp server census_search_variables
Add census mcp server to Cline
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01
Open ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"census-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://census.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}-
02
Save the file and restart Cline.
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03
Ask for something census_search_variables does. Cline lists the server's tools on connect and calls census_search_variables itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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04
If nothing happens, check the server is running and that census mcp server's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
Cline's MCP Servers pane edits this file for you if you would rather not find it. Cline docs
Set these first
census mcp server will not start until these are set, so census_search_variables never becomes available.
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CENSUS_API_KEY -
MCP_LOG_LEVEL
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 November 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.