Switchje open data
Dutch energy market, open data computed nightly: cheapest contracts, market levels, offer lifecycle
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Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"open-data": {
"url": "https://switchje.nl/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://switchje.nl/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (5)
⚪cheapest_today(profile)
The five cheapest energy offers in the Netherlands for a standard household profile on the most recent day with data, with a coarse cost split (supply, taxes and levies, network, feed-in, one-off) and the time each price was fetched. profile: one of methodology()'s standard profiles, e.g. 'median', 'solar', 'heatpump', 'ev'.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"profile": {
"default": "median",
"title": "Profile",
"type": "string"
}
},
"title": "cheapest_todayArguments"
}⚪cheapest_history(profile, from_date, to_date)
The five cheapest offers per day for a standard profile over a date range (ISO dates, inclusive; both optional). A missing day had no valid run.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"profile": {
"default": "median",
"title": "Profile",
"type": "string"
},
"from_date": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "From Date"
},
"to_date": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "To Date"
}
},
"title": "cheapest_historyArguments"
}⚪market_summary(date, profile)
Market aggregates for one day (ISO date; default the most recent) and profile: offers priced per contract type, median yearly cost, spread between cheapest and priciest, offers with cashback, offers added and withdrawn that day.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Date"
},
"profile": {
"default": "median",
"title": "Profile",
"type": "string"
}
},
"title": "market_summaryArguments"
}⚪offer_lifecycle(supplier)
When each offer was first seen on sale and when it was withdrawn (empty = still on sale), across every supplier we track; optionally filtered by supplier code (e.g. 'eneco').
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"supplier": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Supplier"
}
},
"title": "offer_lifecycleArguments"
}⚪methodology
How Switchje ranks offers, the standard profiles spelled out, the licence and how to attribute.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"title": "methodologyArguments"
}Community
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