How to Use the EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP in Mastra AI
Build complex energy-market workflows in Mastra AI with automated retries and reliable grid data.
Works with every AI agent you already use
…and any MCP-compatible client
Connect EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP to Mastra AI
Create your Vinkius account to connect EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence to Mastra AI and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.
Automated generator inventory audits
Run background checks on over 100,000 U.S. power assets using `get_generator_inventory`. Your Mastra AI agents can monitor for changes in operable capacity automatically. If the data fetch encounters a network hiccup, the framework handles the retry logic for you. It ensures your agent always has the latest EIA-860 inventory data for its next decision step.
Conditional power generation analysis
Set up agents to trigger alerts when `get_power_generation` reports a shift in fuel sources. You can branch your workflow based on these specific generation outputs. This keeps your operations running without manual intervention. If the data shows a spike in coal versus gas, the agent takes the pre-programmed action immediately.
Grid demand monitoring pipelines
Connect `get_grid_demand` to your agent workflows to track balancing authority load. Your Mastra AI agent monitors these hourly metrics for anomalies. When the agent detects a shift, it triggers downstream tasks like notifying your team or updating a database. Everything happens through the structured MCP connection.
Set up EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP in Mastra AI
Prerequisites
- Node.js 18+ and a TypeScript project
-
@mastra/mcp+@mastra/corepackages - Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token
- 1
Install dependencies
Run
npm install @mastra/mcp @mastra/coreplus your preferred model provider (e.g.@ai-sdk/openai). - 2
Configure the MCPClient
Create an
MCPClientwith your Vinkius endpoint as aURLobject. Replace[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. - 3
Discover and inject tools
Call
mcpClient.listTools()and spread the result into your agent'stoolsobject. All EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence tools become native Mastra tools. - 4
Run with any model
Swap
openai("gpt-4o")for any AI SDK-compatible provider. Callagent.generate()and the agent routes tool calls through MCP automatically.
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
id: "eia-electricity-power-grid-intelligence-mcp-client",
servers: {
"eia-electricity-power-grid-intelligence-mcp": {
url: new URL(
"https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
),
},
},
});
const agent = new Agent({
name: "EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence Agent",
model: openai("gpt-4o"),
instructions: "You have access to EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence tools.",
tools: {
...(await mcpClient.listTools()),
},
});
const result = await agent.generate(
"List recent EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence transactions"
);
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