What can the MISO MCP server access?

Only datasets registered for MISO. The resource URL, OAuth audience, discovery responses, and SQL validator all hold that boundary.

Is this MISO MCP server operated by Midcontinent Independent System Operator?

No. Ask the Grid operates it independently. Each catalog record names its original publisher and links to the source publication, including MISO Data Exchange and Live Data.

How is MCP different from using MISO Data Exchange and Live Data directly?

The source portal remains the publication of record. The MCP server gives AI clients typed dataset discovery, schema descriptions, MISO-scoped authorization, and bounded read-only queries over Ask the Grid's catalog.

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MISO MCP server

Midcontinent Independent System Operator · MISO Data Exchange and Live Data

The MISO MCP server gives compatible AI clients an ISO-bound path into Ask the Grid's live and historical Midcontinent catalog. Discovery, schemas, SQL validation, OAuth audience, and grid-asset reads all retain the MISO boundary.

Connection instructions Open the MISO map

MISO resource URL

https://mcp.askthegrid.com/v1/miso

datasets

tools

MISO

scope

Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25

Connect it in about a minute

Pick your client. If you're signed in, any MISO access you've already approved shows here.

Checking your Ask the Grid session…

Connect with Claude

Add Ask the Grid as a custom connector, then authorize it with your existing account.

Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise

01Open Claude Settings → Connectors.
02Choose Add custom connector, name it “Ask the Grid MISO,” and paste the resource URL below.
03Select Add, then Connect. Review the requested scopes and choose Allow.
04In a conversation, open Search and tools and enable the Ask the Grid MISO tools.

MISO resource URL

https://mcp.askthegrid.com/v1/miso

Official Claude MCP documentation

Once connected

Ask it MISO questions.

Compare MISO real-time prices across its eight trading hubs.

How does current MISO demand compare with committed and available capacity?

Which constraints and reserve zones are setting the strongest prices now?

Find wind plants near the Minnesota planning zone and summarize their capacity.

MISO market workflows

Each one opens the catalog entry for the table behind it.

Trading-hub and nodal LMPCompare live five-minute MISO prices across trading hubs, load zones, interfaces, and pricing nodes.Demand, capacity, and load forecastsPut current demand beside committed and available capacity, then extend the view with the medium-term forecast.Reserve prices and binding constraintsInspect reserve-zone prices and the transmission constraints binding in current MISO operations.Fuel mix and fuel on the marginTrack regional generation by fuel and identify MISO’s published marginal-fuel mix over time.

54 MISO datasets, query-ready

Each keeps its source, schema, coverage, and query notes, which the agent reads before it queries.

Live Consolidated LMPmiso.live_lmpMISO · 1-minute snapshots; 5-minute RT and hourly market runs Live System Load and Forecastmiso.live_loadMISO · 1-minute snapshots; 5-minute and hourly series Live Demand, Capacity, and Short-Term Reserve Outlookmiso.live_capacityMISO · 1-minute snapshots Live Binding Constraintsmiso.live_constraintsMISO · 1-minute snapshots Live Ancillary-Service Pricesmiso.live_ancillary_servicesMISO · 1-minute snapshots Live Fuel Mixmiso.live_fuel_mixMISO · 1-minute snapshots of 5-minute data Fuel on the Marginmiso.generation_fuel_on_the_marginMISO · 5-minute Medium-Term Load Forecastmiso.load_forecastMISO · hourly (7-day forecast)

Browse all 54 datasets+ 46 more in the catalog

Under the hood

15 typed tools. Every credential is bound to MISO.

Full tool contracts

Authentication: OAuth 2.1 with PKCE S256
Market boundary: MISO-only audience, allowlist, row caps, audited
Default scopes: mcp:catalog.read · mcp:grid.read · mcp:sql.read · mcp:assets.read
Hydration scope: mcp:assets.write — Enterprise approval required

Questions

What can the MISO MCP server access?: Only datasets registered for MISO. The resource URL, OAuth audience, discovery responses, and SQL validator all hold that boundary.
Is this MISO MCP server operated by Midcontinent Independent System Operator?: No. Ask the Grid operates it independently. Each catalog record names its original publisher and links to the source publication, including MISO Data Exchange and Live Data.
How is MCP different from using MISO Data Exchange and Live Data directly?: The source portal remains the publication of record. The MCP server gives AI clients typed dataset discovery, schema descriptions, MISO-scoped authorization, and bounded read-only queries over Ask the Grid's catalog.