How to Use the EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP in Claude Code

Q: How do I use EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence with Claude Code in a GitHub Action?

Once you've added the server with claude mcp add, you can call its tools from any shell environment. In your GitHub Action workflow, just use a command like claude eia-electricity-power-grid-intelligence-mcp getgriddemand --ba PJM and process the output.

Pipe real-time U.S. grid data from the EIA directly into your shell scripts and CI/CD pipelines with Claude Code.

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Automate grid stability checks in cron

This server gives your scripts a direct line to grid operator data. You don't need to write a custom API client. Just use Claude Code in a shell script to monitor grid conditions from the terminal. Set up a cron job that runs a simple command. It can call `get_grid_demand` for a specific balancing authority and pipe the output to another tool that checks for unusual spikes or drops. If it detects an anomaly, it can trigger an alert. It’s simple, reliable, and runs anywhere.

Build a power generation data pipeline

You need to get daily generation stats into your data warehouse. This MCP Server makes that a one-line command. It's designed for exactly this kind of headless, automated task. Your pipeline script can use Claude Code to call `get_power_generation`, specifying the state and fuel source. The tool returns structured JSON, which you can pipe directly to `jq` for transformation and then load into your database. No manual downloads, no parsing messy files.

Generate daily power plant reports

Get a daily summary of a power plant's output without leaving the command line. The `get_plant_generation` tool exposes detailed operational data from the EIA-923 survey, perfect for automated reporting. A simple shell script can call the tool with a plant ID and get back its net generation, fuel consumption, and more. Format the JSON output into a clean text report and email it to your team. You can set this up in minutes.

Setup guide

Set up EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see eia-electricity-power-grid-intelligence-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http eia-electricity-power-grid-intelligence-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eia-electricity-power-grid-intelligence-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP in Claude Code

Once you've added the server with `claude mcp add`, you can call its tools from any shell environment. In your GitHub Action workflow, just use a command like `claude eia-electricity-power-grid-intelligence-mcp get_grid_demand --ba PJM` and process the output.

All tools return clean, structured JSON. This makes it easy to pipe the output to command-line tools like `jq` for filtering and transformation or into your own scripts for further processing.

This server provides retail electricity prices by state and sector using the `get_electricity_prices` tool, sourced from EIA-826/861 data, which is typically monthly or annual. For real-time wholesale prices, you'd need a different MCP server focused on ISO/RTO market data.

Vinkius handles it. When you add the server, your Claude Code client gets a single endpoint token. Every request is authenticated through the Vinkius gateway, so you don't need to manage separate API keys for the EIA.

The server itself is ephemeral and stateless; it doesn't store your queries. It only processes public EIA data (like generation stats from EIA-923). Vinkius's platform isolates your requests and doesn't log the specific data you access, only that a request was made.

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