How to Use the EPO Open Patent Services MCP in CrewAI

Q: How do I add EPO Open Patent Services to a CrewAI agent?

Install crewaitools. You can pass the Vinkius URL directly into the mcps array parameter when defining your specific agent.

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Create your Vinkius account to connect EPO Open Patent Services to CrewAI and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.

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Assign Patent Searches to CrewAI Agents

Stop doing manual prior art reviews. Give a researcher agent access to the `search_epo_patents` tool through your MCP setup and let it scour the European Patent Office database for relevant publications. The researcher finds the hits and passes them down the line. Because CrewAI agents share memory, the next agent in your sequence knows exactly which patents to investigate further.

Delegate Bibliographic Data Extraction

You need a dedicated analyst agent to pull the metadata. By using this MCP tool, specifically `get_patent_bibliographic`, this agent extracts the filing dates, inventor names, and classifications for every document ID found. This keeps your workflow modular. The analyst formats the raw data into a clean report, completely ignoring the noise, and hands it off to your legal evaluation agent.

Automate Legal Status Audits via MCP Server

You can assign a moderator agent to verify the actual standing of a patent. It uses `get_patent_legal_status` to check if a competitor's patent is still active or has lapsed. To prevent wasted cycles, have a monitor agent run `check_api_status` before the crew starts its shift. If the EPO endpoint is down, the crew halts execution until the service recovers.

Setup guide

Set up EPO Open Patent Services MCP in CrewAI

Prerequisites

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

1

Install CrewAI
Run pip install crewai to install the framework. MCP support is built-in via the mcps parameter.
2

Add the MCP URL to your agent
Pass your Vinkius endpoint directly to the mcps list. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. CrewAI handles tool discovery and caching automatically.
3

Kick off your crew
Create a Crew with your agent and tasks. Call crew.kickoff() — the agent will automatically invoke EPO Open Patent Services tools as needed.

crew.py

from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew

agent = Agent(
    role="EPO Open Patent Services Analyst",
    goal="Access and analyze EPO Open Patent Services data via MCP.",
    backstory="Expert analyst with direct EPO Open Patent Services access.",
    mcps=[
        "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ],
)

task = Task(
    description="List recent EPO Open Patent Services transactions",
    agent=agent,
    expected_output="A summary of recent activity",
)

crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task])
result = crew.kickoff()
print(result)

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Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
crewai + crewai-tools packages
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install dependencies
Run pip install crewai crewai-tools. The MCPServerAdapter handles lifecycle management and tool conversion.
2

Connect with MCPServerAdapter
Use MCPServerAdapter as a context manager with SseServerParameters pointing to your Vinkius endpoint. The adapter automatically manages connection lifecycle.
3

Assign tools and run
Pass the returned mcp_tools to your agent's tools parameter. The adapter converts MCP tools to native BaseTool objects compatible with all CrewAI agents.

crew.py

from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
from mcp import SseServerParameters

server_params = SseServerParameters(
    url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
)

with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as mcp_tools:
    agent = Agent(
        role="EPO Open Patent Services Analyst",
        goal="Access and analyze EPO Open Patent Services data via MCP.",
        backstory="Expert analyst with direct EPO Open Patent Services access.",
        tools=mcp_tools,
    )

    task = Task(
        description="List recent EPO Open Patent Services transactions",
        agent=agent,
        expected_output="A summary of recent activity",
    )

    crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task])
    result = crew.kickoff()
    print(result)

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Common questions about EPO Open Patent Services MCP in CrewAI

Install `crewai[tools]`. You can pass the Vinkius URL directly into the `mcps` array parameter when defining your specific agent.

Yes. You can expose the entire MCP Server to your crew, or use `tool_filter` via `MCPServerHTTP` to restrict specific tools to specialized agents.

One agent can execute a search, store the document IDs in shared memory, and pass the context to a second agent that fetches the legal status.

CrewAI supports stdio, SSE, and Streamable HTTP. Vinkius provides a standard HTTP endpoint that works out of the box.

Your agents transmit specific query strings and CQL parameters to the server. Vinkius routes these requests through a stateless, zero-trust sandbox. No logs of your search terms are retained on disk after the process exits.

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