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Domain knowledge for your AI assistant — workflow patterns, data model concepts, and gotchas for BLS tools.

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Domain knowledge for BLS — US labor data, employment, CPI, wages, productivity

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Bureau of Labor Statistics provides US labor market data: employment, unemployment, inflation (CPI), wages, productivity. 200K+ time series.

Data Model

  • Surveys list available data programs. Popular series returns common series IDs.
  • Series are time series. get_series(single) or get_multiple_series(ids). Series IDs like LNS14000000 (unemployment), CES0000000001 (employment).

Gotchas

  • Series IDs: Use get_popular_series or surveys to discover. Format varies by survey.

Use with BLS Bundle

This skill teaches your AI assistant domain knowledge. To actually execute BLS API calls, enable the MCP bundle — the skill and bundle work together.

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Install the skill for domain knowledge, enable the bundle for authenticated tool access

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