CB Insights MCP Server for LlamaIndexGive LlamaIndex instant access to 13 tools to Chat Cbi, Check Cbi Status, Get Deal, and more
LlamaIndex specializes in data-aware AI agents that connect LLMs to structured and unstructured sources. Add CB Insights as an MCP tool provider through Vinkius and your agents can query, analyze, and act on live data alongside your existing indexes.
Ask AI about this App Connector for LlamaIndex
The CB Insights app connector for LlamaIndex is a standout in the Industry Titans category — giving your AI agent 13 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
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import asyncio
from llama_index.tools.mcp import BasicMCPClient, McpToolSpec
from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent
from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI
async def main():
# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
mcp_client = BasicMCPClient("https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp")
mcp_tool_spec = McpToolSpec(client=mcp_client)
tools = await mcp_tool_spec.to_tool_list_async()
agent = FunctionAgent(
tools=tools,
llm=OpenAI(model="gpt-4o"),
system_prompt=(
"You are an assistant with access to CB Insights. "
"You have 13 tools available."
),
)
response = await agent.run(
"What tools are available in CB Insights?"
)
print(response)
asyncio.run(main())
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About CB Insights MCP Server
Connect your CB Insights enterprise account to any AI agent and take full control of your market intelligence workflows through natural conversation.
LlamaIndex agents combine CB Insights tool responses with indexed documents for comprehensive, grounded answers. Connect 13 tools through Vinkius and query live data alongside vector stores and SQL databases in a single turn. ideal for hybrid search, data enrichment, and analytical workflows.
What you can do
- Organization Research — Search companies by name and retrieve full profiles including industry classification, employee count, and headquarters
- Funding Intelligence — Track the complete funding history of any organization, from Seed rounds to IPO, with amounts and lead investors
- Competitive Mapping — Identify direct competitors for any company based on market positioning and funding patterns
- Deal Tracking — Browse recent investment deals across the market or filter by specific organizations
- Investor Profiling — Explore investor profiles, fund strategies, and their full portfolio of backed companies
- AI-Powered Q&A — Ask natural language questions about markets, trends, and technologies and get data-backed answers
The CB Insights MCP Server exposes 13 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to LlamaIndex in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 13 CB Insights tools available for LlamaIndex
When LlamaIndex connects to CB Insights through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning market-intelligence, venture-capital, company-research, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
CB Insights AI chat
Verify connectivity
Get deal details
Get investor details
Get investor portfolio
Get competitors
Get organization funding
Get organization details
List recent deals
List deals by organization
List industries
List investors
Search organizations
Connect CB Insights to LlamaIndex via MCP
Follow these steps to wire CB Insights into LlamaIndex. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Install dependencies
pip install llama-index-tools-mcp llama-index-llms-openaiReplace the token
[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius tokenRun the agent
agent.py and run: python agent.pyExplore tools
Why Use LlamaIndex with the CB Insights MCP Server
LlamaIndex provides unique advantages when paired with CB Insights through the Model Context Protocol.
Data-first architecture: LlamaIndex agents combine CB Insights tool responses with indexed documents for comprehensive, grounded answers
Query pipeline framework lets you chain CB Insights tool calls with transformations, filters, and re-rankers in a typed pipeline
Multi-source reasoning: agents can query CB Insights, a vector store, and a SQL database in a single turn and synthesize results
Observability integrations show exactly what CB Insights tools were called, what data was returned, and how it influenced the final answer
CB Insights + LlamaIndex Use Cases
Practical scenarios where LlamaIndex combined with the CB Insights MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Hybrid search: combine CB Insights real-time data with embedded document indexes for answers that are both current and comprehensive
Data enrichment: query CB Insights to augment indexed data with live information before generating user-facing responses
Knowledge base agents: build agents that maintain and update knowledge bases by periodically querying CB Insights for fresh data
Analytical workflows: chain CB Insights queries with LlamaIndex's data connectors to build multi-source analytical reports
Example Prompts for CB Insights in LlamaIndex
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your LlamaIndex agent to start working with CB Insights immediately.
"Search for the company OpenAI and show me its full funding history."
"Who are the top competitors of Anthropic in the AI space?"
"Show me the full portfolio of Sequoia Capital and highlight their AI investments."
Troubleshooting CB Insights MCP Server with LlamaIndex
Common issues when connecting CB Insights to LlamaIndex through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
BasicMCPClient not found
pip install llama-index-tools-mcpCB Insights + LlamaIndex FAQ
Common questions about integrating CB Insights MCP Server with LlamaIndex.