How do I find my Holiday API Key?

Log in to your [**Holiday API dashboard**](https://holidayapi.com/dashboard), and you will find your API Key on the main page. Copy and paste it below.

Does the agent support historical years?

Yes. Holiday API provides historical data. Depending on your plan, you can query holidays for past years to audit previous events.

Can the agent calculate the number of workdays?

Yes. The `get_workdays_count` tool allows your agent to calculate the exact number of non-holiday business days between two dates for any country.

Holiday API MCP Server for Pydantic AI 5 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Holiday API
Availability: InStock
Author: Vinkius

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Pydantic AI brings type-safe agent development to Python with first-class MCP support. Connect Holiday API through Vinkius and every tool is automatically validated against Pydantic schemas. catch errors at build time, not in production.

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python

import asyncio
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic_ai.mcp import MCPServerHTTP

async def main():
    # Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
    server = MCPServerHTTP(url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp")

    agent = Agent(
        model="openai:gpt-4o",
        mcp_servers=[server],
        system_prompt=(
            "You are an assistant with access to Holiday API "
            "(5 tools)."
        ),
    )

    result = await agent.run(
        "What tools are available in Holiday API?"
    )
    print(result.data)

asyncio.run(main())

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About Holiday API MCP Server

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire global event and holiday research workflow with Holiday API, the reliable source for holiday data. By connecting Holiday API to your agent, you transform complex calendar auditing into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly retrieve public holidays for any country, audit workday counts, and identify supported languages without you ever touching a manual calendar. Whether you are planning international logistics or managing global payroll, your agent acts as a real-time event consultant, ensuring your schedules are always accurate and compliant.

Pydantic AI validates every Holiday API tool response against typed schemas, catching data inconsistencies at build time. Connect 5 tools through Vinkius and switch between OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini without changing your integration code. full type safety, structured output guarantees, and dependency injection for testable agents.

What you can do

Holiday Auditing — Retrieve public and federal holidays for over 200 countries and retrieve detailed metadata, including names and dates.
Workday Oversight — Calculate the next workday or count workdays between two dates to maintain a clear view of operational periods.
Global Discovery — List all supported countries and languages in the Holiday API catalog to identify regional event markers.
Temporal Intelligence — Query holidays for specific years to audit past and future global events instantly.
Usage Monitoring — Get real-time API usage and status metadata to maintain strict control over your research volume.

The Holiday API MCP Server exposes 5 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Pydantic AI in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Holiday API to Pydantic AI via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Holiday API MCP Server with Pydantic AI.

Install Pydantic AI

Run pip install pydantic-ai

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token

Run the agent

Save to agent.py and run: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent discovers 5 tools from Holiday API with type-safe schemas

Why Use Pydantic AI with the Holiday API MCP Server

Pydantic AI provides unique advantages when paired with Holiday API through the Model Context Protocol.

Full type safety: every MCP tool response is validated against Pydantic models, catching data inconsistencies before they reach your application

Model-agnostic architecture. switch between OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini without changing your Holiday API integration code

Structured output guarantee: Pydantic AI ensures tool results conform to defined schemas, eliminating runtime type errors

Dependency injection system cleanly separates your Holiday API connection logic from agent behavior for testable, maintainable code

Holiday API + Pydantic AI Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Pydantic AI combined with the Holiday API MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Type-safe data pipelines: query Holiday API with guaranteed response schemas, feeding validated data into downstream processing

API orchestration: chain multiple Holiday API tool calls with Pydantic validation at each step to ensure data integrity end-to-end

Production monitoring: build validated alert agents that query Holiday API and output structured, schema-compliant notifications

Testing and QA: use Pydantic AI's dependency injection to mock Holiday API responses and write comprehensive agent tests

Holiday API MCP Tools for Pydantic AI (5)

These 5 tools become available when you connect Holiday API to Pydantic AI via MCP:

get_holidays

Get public holidays for a country and year

get_next_workday

Get the date after a number of workdays from a start date

get_workdays_count

Count the number of workdays between two dates

list_supported_countries

List all countries supported by Holiday API

list_supported_languages

List all languages supported by Holiday API

Example Prompts for Holiday API in Pydantic AI

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Pydantic AI agent to start working with Holiday API immediately.

"What are the public holidays in 'US' for 2024 using Holiday API?"

"Calculate the next 10 workdays from 2024-01-01 in Brazil."

"List all countries supported by Holiday API."

Troubleshooting Holiday API MCP Server with Pydantic AI

Common issues when connecting Holiday API to Pydantic AI through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCPServerHTTP not found

Update: pip install --upgrade pydantic-ai

Holiday API + Pydantic AI FAQ

Common questions about integrating Holiday API MCP Server with Pydantic AI.

How does Pydantic AI discover MCP tools?

Create an MCPServerHTTP instance with the server URL. Pydantic AI connects, discovers all tools, and generates typed Python interfaces automatically.

Does Pydantic AI validate MCP tool responses?

Yes. When you define result types as Pydantic models, every tool response is validated against the schema. Invalid data raises a clear error instead of silently corrupting your pipeline.

Can I switch LLM providers without changing MCP code?

Absolutely. Pydantic AI abstracts the model layer. your Holiday API MCP integration works identically with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or any supported provider.