CB Insights MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDKGive OpenAI Agents SDK instant access to 13 tools to Chat Cbi, Check Cbi Status, Get Deal, and more
The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect CB Insights through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.
Ask AI about this App Connector for OpenAI Agents SDK
The CB Insights app connector for OpenAI Agents SDK is a standout in the Industry Titans category — giving your AI agent 13 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
Vinkius delivers Streamable HTTP and SSE to any MCP client
import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp
async def main():
# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
) as mcp_server:
agent = Agent(
name="CB Insights Assistant",
instructions=(
"You help users interact with CB Insights. "
"You have access to 13 tools."
),
mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
)
result = await Runner.run(
agent, "List all available tools from CB Insights"
)
print(result.final_output)
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.
The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 13 tools from CB Insights through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries CB Insights, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.
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 OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK
When OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP
Follow these steps to wire CB Insights into OpenAI Agents SDK. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Install the SDK
pip install openai-agents in your Python environmentReplace the token
[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.comRun the script
python agent.pyExplore tools
Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the CB Insights MCP Server
OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with CB Insights through the Model Context Protocol.
Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety
Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure
Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate
First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output
CB Insights + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases
Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the CB Insights MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Automated workflows: build agents that query CB Insights, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously
Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries CB Insights, another analyzes results, a third generates reports
Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through CB Insights tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop
Customer support bots: agents query CB Insights to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention
Example Prompts for CB Insights in OpenAI Agents SDK
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK
Common issues when connecting CB Insights to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
MCPServerStreamableHttp not found
pip install --upgrade openai-agentsAgent not calling tools
CB Insights + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ
Common questions about integrating CB Insights MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.
How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?
MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.Can I use multiple MCP servers in one agent?
MCPServerSse instances to the agent constructor. The agent can use tools from all connected servers within a single run.