Find official statistics on a question
The latest official numbers with the year, the definition and a link, and a short answer.
- You start it: When you start it
What it does
The task
Find official statistics that answer this question: question. Use national statistics offices, international bodies such as the World Bank, the OECD and Eurostat, and Our World in Data. For each number, record the value, the unit, the year, the exact definition and the link. When two sources give different numbers, show both and explain the difference. Put the numbers in a new Google Sheet, and write an answer of 5 lines or fewer.
- It works in Our World in Data, any government site and Google Sheets, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
- It runs once, when you start it.
What you give it
| Blank | What to give | Example |
|---|---|---|
| question | The question, with the places and the years you need | How did the share of electric cars in new car sales change in Norway, Germany and Spain since 2019? |
What you get back
An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.
Share of battery-electric cars in new car sales
| Country | 2019 | 2025 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 42.4% | 95.9% | OFV (Norwegian road traffic information council) |
| Germany | 1.8% | 19.0% | KBA (federal motor transport authority) |
| Spain | 0.8% | 8.9% | ANFAC (car makers association) |
Note: some sources show higher numbers because they include plug-in hybrids.
Answer: the share grew in all 3 countries. Norway is close to 100%. Germany grew about 10 times and Spain 11 times, from a low base.
Sheet: EV share, 9 rows with definitions and links
Run it in Cuiar
- 01
Open it
Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.
- 02
Fill in the blank
Type question. Tab moves to the next blank.
- 03
Run it
Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.
From the terminal
cuiar exec "Find official statistics that answer this question: How did the share of electric cars in new car sales change in Norway, Germany and Spain since 2019?. Use national statistics offices, international bodies such as the World Bank, the OECD and Eurostat, and Our World in Data. For each number, record the value, the unit, the year, the exact definition and the link. When two sources give different numbers, show both and explain the difference. Put the numbers in a new Google Sheet, and write an answer of 5 lines or fewer."Run it from your AI agent
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.
1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp2. Ask your agent
Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Find official statistics on a question" template with question = How did the share of electric cars in new car sales change in Norway, Germany and Spain since 2019?.Setup for other agents: AI agents.
The tool call
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"name": "run_task",
"arguments": {
"task": "Find official statistics that answer this question: How did the share of electric cars in new car sales change in Norway, Germany and Spain since 2019?. Use national statistics offices, international bodies such as the World Bank, the OECD and Eurostat, and Our World in Data. For each number, record the value, the unit, the year, the exact definition and the link. When two sources give different numbers, show both and explain the difference. Put the numbers in a new Google Sheet, and write an answer of 5 lines or fewer."
}
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