What it is
Sourced
Every response has a meta block: data_as_of, sources, licence, refresh and known limits.
Joinable
Shared keys across APIs: country_iso2, admin1_iso (ISO 3166-2), lat, lon.
Free to inspect
tools/list and the list_apis tool are free. sample=true (MCP) or sample=1 (HTTP) returns up to 3 rows at no cost.
Pay per call
x402 v2, USDC on Base (eip155:8453), from $0.005 per call. Only 200 responses are charged; errors are free.
Connect an agent
The MCP server speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST (methods initialize, ping, tools/list, tools/call). It exposes list_apis plus one tool per API, named by the ids in the table below. Tool arguments: route (for example "/search"), params (object of query strings) and sample (true for the free preview). For paid calls over MCP, put the x402 v2 payload in _meta["x402/payment"].
Claude Desktop
Either add https://api.lilambd.com/mcp as a custom connector in Settings, or bridge it in claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"lilambd": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.lilambd.com/mcp"]
}
}
}Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project):
{
"mcpServers": {
"lilambd": {
"url": "https://api.lilambd.com/mcp"
}
}
}Any MCP client or plain curl
# Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST
curl -s https://api.lilambd.com/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
# Free 3-row preview through MCP
curl -s https://api.lilambd.com/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{
"name":"airports",
"arguments":{"route":"/nearby","params":{"lat":"35.68","lon":"139.76"},"sample":true}}}'
Without MCP
# Plain HTTP: free preview
curl -s 'https://api.lilambd.com/units/convert?value=100&from=degF&to=degC&sample=1'
# Paid call: first response is HTTP 402 with a PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
# (x402 v2, scheme exact, network eip155:8453, USDC). Sign it, then retry
# with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header. Any x402 client does this for you.
curl -si 'https://api.lilambd.com/units/convert?value=100&from=degF&to=degC'
Clients without an x402 wallet can still use tools/list, list_apis, samples and the always-free routes. Paid calls need an x402-capable client.
Discovery files
- llms.txt: short index for language models (llms-full.txt has every route, parameter, price, licence and source)
- openapi.json: OpenAPI 3.1, every route with parameters and
x-payment-info - /.well-known/x402: x402 v2 payment requirements per resource
- /meta: sources, licence, data date and refresh for every API
- MCP Registry name:
io.github.Veniwol-Li-Lambd/lilambd-data
Finished answers
One call returns a finished, sourced answer instead of raw rows. USDC on Base via x402. Add ?sample=1 for a free preview.
| Path | Answer | Price | Try |
|---|---|---|---|
country-economy | Country economy brief | $0.50 | api · sample |
firm-brief | Company brief | $0.50 | api · sample |
place-brief | Place brief | $0.50 | api · sample |
rules-ahead | Rules ahead: upcoming regulation | $0.50 | api · sample |
x402-pricing | x402 price benchmark | $0.50 | api · sample |
world-power | World power grid answer | $0.50 | api · sample |
disaster-exposure | Disaster exposure | $0.50 | api · sample |
next-languages | Next languages to localise | $0.05 | api · sample |
world-education | World education answer | $0.05 | api · sample |
world-dishes | World dishes | $0.02 | api · sample |
APIs
Prices are USDC per call on Base. "sample" opens a free 3-row preview over plain HTTP.
| MCP tool | API | Price | Licence | Try |
|---|---|---|---|---|
agents | AI Agent Economy Census What AI agents can buy, and at what price, measured every day: about 92,700 x402 paid endpoints with prices, MCP servers, and price checks against the market. | $0.005 | Facts measured by Lilambd; listing texts belong to their publishers | sample |
airports | Airports of the World Airport lookup for travel apps, flight tools, logistics and games: 86,329 airports, airfields, heliports and seaplane bases with IATA/ICAO codes, coordinates and nearby search. | $0.005 | Public domain | sample |
colors | Color Names: 30,000+ Named Colors Give every color a human name: 30,242 named colors with hex and RGB, nearest name for any hex, search and random palettes. | $0.005 | MIT | sample |
conflict | Armed Conflict Events by Country and Region Clean yearly conflict numbers 1989-2025 for every country and first-level region: events, best-estimate deaths and civilian deaths. | $0.005 | CC BY 4.0 | sample |
exchanges | Stock Exchanges and Trading Venues (MIC) Look up any of 2,883 exchanges and trading venues by ISO 10383 Market Identifier Code. | $0.005 | ISO 10383 public list | sample |
exposure | Exposure brief: one finished security answer per company domain or tech stack One call returns a finished security answer about a company domain or a tech stack: breach history and every actively exploited CVE in its vendors and products. | $0.5 | per source; attribution in every response | sample |
japan | Japan Municipality Statistics Official statistics for all 1,741 cities, towns and villages in Japan in one JSON API: 120+ indicators from population to land prices and flood risk. | $0.005 | CC BY 4.0 compatible (Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0) | sample |
kinds | Kinds: linked ledgers of kinds of things (instruments, woods, alloys, elements) Kinds of things in one shared shape, linked to what they are made from: 2,392 musical instruments, 504 woods, 285 alloys and 174 elements. | $0.05 | CC0-1.0 | sample |
koyomi | Koyomi: Calendars, Holidays and Helplines for AI Answers Data that grounds what people ask AI about fortune, love and daily life: computed calendars for any date and place, world public holidays and verified listening helplines. | $0.05 Free: /koyomi/helplines, /koyomi/topics, /koyomi/rules | Computed values CC0; holidays CC BY-SA 3.0 (date-holidays); helplines facts with source_url | sample |
languages | World Languages (Glottolog) 8,120 world languages with Glottocode and ISO 639-3, family, countries where spoken and endangerment status. | $0.005 | CC BY 4.0 | sample |
licenses | Open Source Licenses (SPDX) All 740 SPDX licences with official id, OSI-approved and FSF-libre flags, deprecated flag and reference links. | $0.005 | CC0 | sample |
local-markets | Local Markets: markets away from big cities Every recorded market place tagged by how far it sits from cities, so you can ask for village and remote markets that big catalogues bury. | $0.05 | CDLA-Permissive-2.0 (places); locality values CC0 | sample |
markets | World Markets: Farmers, Flea, Night and Fish Markets Find real-world markets anywhere: 137,975 farmers', flea, night and fish markets, bazaars and fairs in 207 countries. | $0.005 | CDLA-Permissive-2.0 / Apache-2.0; Natural Earth public domain | sample |
orgs | World Organizations: Research Bodies Societies Funders and Publishers 195,967 organisations that are not just companies or governments (research institutions, funders, publishers) plus 606,825 US nonprofits. | $0.005 | CC0 (OpenAlex); US government work (IRS) | sample |
pet-entry | Pet entry: can my dog or cat cross this border in time? Official rules for taking a dog, cat or ferret into another country, with the shortest number of days from scratch to legal entry, each row cited to the government page. | $0.5 Free: /pet-entry/countries | Facts from public government pages; Lilambd shaping CC BY 4.0 | sample |
platforms | Online Platforms Directory 5,001 of the world's online platforms (app stores, social, streaming, retail, payments, delivery and more) with country, website and parent company. | $0.005 | CC0 | sample |
power | Power Plants of the World 34,936 power plants in 167 countries (5.7 TW in total) with capacity, fuel, coordinates, owner and commissioning year. | $0.005 | CC BY 4.0 | sample |
regions | States and Provinces of the World + Land Stats Every first-level region on Earth (4,596 states, provinces and prefectures) with ISO 3166-2 code, local names and satellite land statistics. | $0.005 | Public domain (boundaries); CC BY 4.0 (indicators) | sample |
rising | What Is Rising in the World Today A daily answer, not raw data: what jumped since the previous measured day across npm, GitHub, Hugging Face and world events. | $0.05 Free: /rising/days | Derived counts; cite GDELT Project; npm/HF/GitHub public metadata | sample |
science | World Science Output by Country and Field The shape of world research in one API, counted from all 464,765,485 OpenAlex works: rankings, per-million gaps, open-access share and fastest-rising subfields. | $0.005 | CC0 (OpenAlex) | sample |
security | Security ledgers: exploited CVEs (CISA KEV + EPSS + NVD), breach disclosures, change feed Fresh, sourced security facts in one joined shape: every actively exploited CVE (CISA KEV) with EPSS score and NVD details, plus organisation-level breach records. | $0.01 Free: /security/stats, /security/gaps | Per source; attribution in every response | sample |
travel-meds | Travel meds: can I bring this medicine into this country? Official rules for carrying personal medicines across borders: days of supply allowed, which classes need a permit, how to apply and what is banned, each with its government source. | $0.5 Free: /travel-meds/countries | Facts from public government pages; Lilambd shaping CC BY 4.0 | sample |
units | Unit Converter and Physical Constants Correct unit maths for apps, games and AI agents: convert between 2,932 units, look up 355 CODATA constants and 3,352 isotopes. | $0.005 | CC BY 4.0 (QUDT); US government work (NIST) | sample |
If a person may be in crisis, call /koyomi/helplines (free) first. Travel-meds, pet-entry and exposure answers are facts with cited sources, not medical, veterinary, legal or security advice. No personal records are served.
Free datasets
Bulk files for training, analysis and offline use on Hugging Face and Kaggle:
- World Signals (daily) CC BY 4.0
- World Seeds CC BY-SA 4.0
- Japan DPC Hospitals CC BY 4.0
- Japan by Prefecture CC BY 4.0
- World Markets CDLA-Permissive 2.0
- World Marketplaces CDLA-Permissive 2.0
- World Earth Surface Ledger CC BY 4.0
- World Ground Ledger CC BY 4.0
- World Hazard Ledger CC BY 4.0
- World Prices Long Record CC BY 4.0
- World Biodiversity Cells CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial)
- World Science (papers by field x country x year) CC0 1.0
- Machine Economy Daily Census CC BY 4.0
- security-daily
- world-pulse-daily
Game and sound assets built from the same sources are on itch.io.