Other Agents¶

For agents that do not have a dedicated NBER-CLI plugin, use MCP plus the NBER-CLI skill.

Preferred Setup¶

Add this MCP server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nber-cli-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["nber-cli", "mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Then load or paste the skill from:

plugins/nber-cli/skills/NBER-CLI/SKILL.md

Use direct commands:

uvx nber-cli search "labor economics"
uvx nber-cli info w25000 --format json
uvx nber-cli download w34567 --save-base ./papers

Use JSON output when another program or agent needs to consume the result.

Do not bypass NBER restrictions. Surface 403, 404, timeout, access-denied, and download-limit responses clearly to the user.