How to Use the CheapShark MCP in Google ADK

Q: Can I use Google ADK to have a Gemini agent find deals on CheapShark?

Absolutely. Your agent uses the getdeals or searchgames tools. The Google ADK framework handles the connection to the CheapShark MCP Server, letting your Gemini agent query for deals as part of its logic.

Q: How do I manage CheapShark price alerts with an agent built on Google ADK?

Your LlmAgent calls the managealert tool. You can instruct it to set an alert for a specific game ID at a target price, and the agent will execute this against the CheapShark service.

Q: Is it possible to filter the CheapShark tools available to my Google ADK agent?

Yes. When you configure the McpToolset for CheapShark, you can use the optional toolnames filter. This lets you expose only a subset of tools, like getdeals, to a specific agent.

Q: What's the difference between getdeals and searchgames?

getdeals gives you a broad list of current promotions based on filters like store or price range. searchgames is for finding a specific game by its title to see its current price.

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Analyze Thousands of Deals in BigQuery

Your Gemini agent can call `get_deals` to pull huge lists of game sales directly into your Google Cloud project. Gemini's million-token context window means your agent can hold and reason over thousands of deals in a single prompt. This is perfect for large-scale analysis. You can have your agent compare the live deal data from CheapShark against historical pricing trends stored in a BigQuery table.

Trigger Game Searches from Google Sheets

The `search_games` and `get_game` tools let your agent look up specific game information on command. You can easily build an agent that reads a list of game titles from a Google Sheet. The agent then executes the searches via this MCP server and can write the results—like current price and store—right back into another sheet or a BigQuery table.

Build GCP-Native Workflows with This MCP Server

Use the `manage_alert` tool to have your agent set price watches on key games. This MCP Server connects your Google ADK agent directly to CheapShark's alert system. You can design a system where the price alert email from CheapShark triggers a Google Cloud Function, kicking off a whole new workflow. The `McpToolset` makes adding these tools to your `LlmAgent` a one-liner.

Setup guide

Set up CheapShark MCP in Google ADK

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
google-adk package (pip install google-adk)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install Google ADK

Run pip install google-adk to install the Agent Development Kit. MCP support is included via the McpToolset class.
2

Connect via SSE transport

Use McpToolset.from_server() with SseServerParams pointing to your Vinkius endpoint. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Create an LlmAgent

Pass the returned mcp_tools list directly to LlmAgent(tools=mcp_tools). The ADK maps each MCP tool to a native Gemini function call — no manual schema definitions required.
4

Run with any Gemini model

The agent works with any Gemini model (gemini-2.0-flash, gemini-2.5-pro, etc.). Copy the full example on the right to get started with CheapShark tools in your ADK agent.

agent.py

from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_toolset import McpToolset
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_session_manager import SseServerParams

# Connect to the MCP via SSE
mcp_tools, exit_stack = await McpToolset.from_server(
    connection_params=SseServerParams(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    )
)

# Create your agent with auto-discovered tools
agent = LlmAgent(
    name="CheapShark_agent",
    model="gemini-2.0-flash",
    instruction="You have access to CheapShark tools via MCP.",
    tools=mcp_tools,
)

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Common questions about CheapShark MCP in Google ADK

Absolutely. Your agent uses the `get_deals` or `search_games` tools. The Google ADK framework handles the connection to the CheapShark MCP Server, letting your Gemini agent query for deals as part of its logic.

Your `LlmAgent` calls the `manage_alert` tool. You can instruct it to set an alert for a specific game ID at a target price, and the agent will execute this against the CheapShark service.

Yes. When you configure the `McpToolset` for CheapShark, you can use the optional `tool_names` filter. This lets you expose only a subset of tools, like `get_deals`, to a specific agent.

`get_deals` gives you a broad list of current promotions based on filters like store or price range. `search_games` is for finding a specific game by its title to see its current price.

Your agent processes game titles, prices, and store information. If you use alerts, it also processes an email address. The connection is secured by your Vinkius token, and requests are processed in a sandboxed environment that is destroyed after execution.

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