DatawrapperSAFE
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and app for creating Datawrapper charts using AI assistants.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
[](https://pypi.org/project/datawrapper-mcp/) [](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/?q=datawrapper) [](https://hub.docker.com/r/palewire/datawrapper-mcp)
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and app for creating Datawrapper charts using AI assistants. Built on the datawrapper Python library.
Status: early and experimental. This project — including its Claude Code/Desktop plugin and marketplace listing — is under active development, and behavior can change between releases. In particular, the plugin/marketplace install path has known gaps (see issue #78) — don't treat it yet as a finished, zero-maintenance install path for a wider rollout.
Example Usage
You can provide a data file and simply ask for the chart you want. The draft will soon appear in the panel.
Here's a more complete example showing how to create, publish, update, and display a chart by chatting with the assistant:
"Create a datawrapper line chart showing temperature trends with this data: 2020, 15.5 2021, 16.0 2022, 16.5 2023, 17.0" # The assistant creates the chart and returns the chart ID, e.g., "abc123" "Publish it." # The assistant publishes it and returns the public URL "Update chart with new data for 2024: 17.2°C" # The assistant updates the chart with the new data point "Make the line color dodger blue." # The assistant updates the chart configuration to set the line color "Show me the editor URL." # The assistant returns the Datawrapper editor URL where you can view/edit the chart "Show me the PNG." # The assistant embeds the PNG image of the chart in its con
2d3093bc6cd8OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control. Replace the environment placeholders with a token scoped to the least it needs.
claude mcp add datawrapper-mcp --env DATAWRAPPER_ACCESS_TOKEN=${DATAWRAPPER_ACCESS_TOKEN} -- uvx datawrapper-mcp==0.1.0Exposed tools (1)
0 read · 1 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
Datawrapper | write | Create, update and publish Datawrapper charts from an AI assistant |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- declared (1 observation(s))
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (4)
.codespell-ignore-words.txt
.pre-commit-config.yaml
base_url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"mcp, datawrapper, pandas, starlette, uvicorn
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
2d3093bc6cd8full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/palewire__datawrapper.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 2d3093bc6cd8 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Datawrapper MCP server?
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and app for creating Datawrapper charts using AI assistants.
What tools does Datawrapper expose?
1 in total: 0 read-only, 1 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Datawrapper safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Datawrapper need?
It reads DATAWRAPPER_ACCESS_TOKEN from the environment. Give it a token scoped to the least it needs — an agent that can be talked into calling a tool can be talked into calling it with your credentials.
How does Datawrapper run?
It speaks stdio and streamable-http, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as datawrapper-mcp at 0.2.4.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (2d3093bc6cd8), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.