Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fbls.gov%2Fbls" | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fbls.gov%2Fbls" | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API.

Retrieve data for one or more time series

Retrieve a single time series or just its latest value

List the available BLS surveys

Retrieve the most popular time series

Use Cases

Patterns agents use Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API for, with concrete tasks.

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Track a single indicator

Watch one indicator closely. The agent reads a single series or just its latest observation so it can report the current figure without pulling the full history each time.

Call GET /timeseries/data/{seriesId}/latest for the indicator

Discover available data

Find out what BLS publishes before querying it. The agent lists the surveys and reviews the most popular series to pick the right data to pull.

Call GET /surveys, then GET /timeseries/popular to choose a series

Key Endpoints

5 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for bureau of labor statistics public data api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

POST

/timeseries/data/

Retrieve data for one or more time series

GET

/timeseries/data/{seriesId}

Retrieve data for a single time series

GET

/timeseries/data/{seriesId}/latest

Retrieve the latest observation for a time series

GET

/timeseries/popular

Retrieve popular time series

GET

/surveys

List available BLS surveys

POST

/timeseries/data/

Retrieve data for one or more time series

GET

/timeseries/data/{seriesId}

Retrieve data for a single time series

GET

/timeseries/data/{seriesId}/latest

Retrieve the latest observation for a time series

GET

/timeseries/popular

Retrieve popular time series

GET

/surveys

List available BLS surveys

Why Jentic?

What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.

Setup

Wiring the BLS Public Data API by hand means registering for a key, pointing at the api.bls.gov host, and shaping the time-series requests yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the BLS Public Data API from the Jentic API Directory, store the key once, and your agent calls it.

Permission scoping

The BLS Public Data API is read-only, so nothing can be mutated. You choose which of the five operations your agent may call, and because the series id sits in the URL path (/timeseries/data/{seriesId}), a rule can pin the agent to one series and nothing else.

Credential isolation

Your BLS registration key, passed as the registrationkey query parameter, is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'get the latest value for a BLS series' or 'list BLS surveys', and Jentic returns the matching operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without reading the reference.

FAQs

Specific to using Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for the BLS Public Data API?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the Public Data API but does not ship a machine-readable OpenAPI description for it. Jentic wrote and validated one so agents can discover and call the service. To run it on your own infrastructure, install Jentic One from its GitHub repo.

What authentication does the BLS Public Data API use?

The BLS Public Data API uses a registration key supplied as the registrationkey query parameter. Through Jentic, that key is stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so the raw key never enters the agent context.

What can an agent do with the BLS Public Data API?

It can retrieve observations for one or more time series, read a single series or its latest value, list the available surveys, and pull the most popular series. Responses are structured so an agent can parse and act on them directly.

What are the rate limits for the BLS Public Data API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the Bureau of Labor Statistics documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, retries are handled in the execution layer.

How many endpoints does the BLS Public Data API have?

The BLS Public Data API exposes 5 endpoints covering time series, surveys, and popular series.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the BLS Public Data API?

Yes. Jentic One is self-hosted by you, so your own rules decide which BLS operations your agent may call. The service is read-only, so nothing can be mutated, and because the series id sits in the URL path, such as /timeseries/data/{seriesId}, a rule can pin the agent to a single series and nothing else.

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For Agents

Query United States labour statistics from the BLS Public Data API: time series, latest values, surveys, and popular series. Secured with a registration key.

Use for: Get BLS data for a time series, Retrieve the latest value for a series, List the available BLS surveys, Find the most popular BLS series

Not supported: Does not handle data visualization or any write operations - use it for reading Bureau of Labor Statistics data only.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. The BLS Public Data API serves official United States labour statistics. An agent can retrieve observations for one or more time series, read a single series or just its latest value, list the available surveys, and pull the most popular series. It covers employment, wages, inflation, and productivity figures published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Grade: A-Signals: 4

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Connect the Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API to your agent

Capabilities

Use Cases

Start building with Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API

Key Endpoints

Why Jentic?

Related APIs

FAQs

Bls Gov Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API

Jentic AI Readiness Score

Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API

Foundational Compliance

Lint Results

Resolution Completeness

Specification Validity

Structural Integrity

Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility

Example Density

Example Validity

Response Coverage

Tooling Readiness

AI-Readiness & Agent Experience

Description Coverage

Error Standardization

OperationId Quality

Summary Coverage

Agent Usability

Complexity Comfort

Security

Authentication Strength

AI Discoverability

Descriptive Richness