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# pipeworx `eia` — Eia

## Coverage
US Energy Information Administration API v2 — petroleum prices, natural gas, electricity generation, and ethanol production data.

Catalog `tool_count`: 5. Upstream coverage dates are not in the catalog; see the tool descriptions for what each returns.

## Access
MCP endpoint `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/eia/mcp` — JSON-RPC `tools/list` and `tools/call` over POST, SSE-framed response (`event: message`, one `data:` line; the answer is in `result.structuredContent`). `tools/list` on 2026-10-01 returned 41 tools: these 5 plus the 36 platform tools every pack endpoint lists.

Tools (names and first sentence of each description as served on 2026-10-01):

- `eia_series` — Search EIA for any energy data series by route path. Required: `_apiKey`, `route`.
- `eia_petroleum` — Get EIA petroleum time series data for a specific product (gasoline, diesel, crude, stocks, supply, production, imports). Required: `_apiKey`, `product`.
- `eia_natural_gas` — Get EIA natural gas time series for a named series (prices, production, consumption, storage, spot_prices). Required: `_apiKey`, `series`.
- `eia_electricity` — Get EIA electricity data for a named series (generation, retail_sales, prices, state_generation). Required: `_apiKey`, `series`.
- `eia_ethanol` — Get fuel ethanol production volumes, stocks, and imports. Required: `_apiKey`, `series`.

Client setup: `claude mcp add pipeworx-eia -- npx -y mcp-remote https://gateway.pipeworx.io/eia/mcp`.

## Auth
Catalog `auth.shape`: `platform-keyed`. Verbatim detail: "Pipeworx supplies the eia API key — no key needed from you. You may override it with `_apiKey`." No credential is needed at the gateway to list or call (anonymous tier; see the gateway record).

## Rate limits
Gateway anonymous tier: 50 calls per day per IP, reset 00:00 UTC, printed in `x-ratelimit-*` headers (observed 2026-10-01 on the fred and weather packs; this pack was listed, not called). Upstream limits are not stated in the catalog.

## Freshness
Not stated in the catalog. Reliability: not measured — catalog says treat as unknown, not good.

## Known gaps
- Cost per call as quoted: 50 credits ($0.0050), category `gov`, basis `list`.
- Your own upstream key can be passed as `_apiKey`.
- This record is the catalog's description plus one `tools/list`; it is not a test of the upstream data. Reuse it to find the tool, then observe the upstream yourself.

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