How do I get Insightful API credentials?

Log in to your Insightful dashboard as an Admin, navigate to Settings > API Tokens, and create a new token. Note that the token is only displayed once.

What is the productivity report?

The get_productivity tool provides aggregated data on active, productive, and unproductive time for your employees and teams.

Can I see real-time activity?

Yes, the list_activity tool provides access to recent activity logs recorded in your organization.

Insightful MCP Server for Google ADK 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Insightful
Availability: InStock
Author: Vinkius

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Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is Google's framework for building production AI agents. Add Insightful as an MCP tool provider through Vinkius and your ADK agents can call every tool with full schema introspection.

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python

from google.adk.agents import Agent
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool import McpToolset
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_session_manager import (
    StreamableHTTPConnectionParams,
)

# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
mcp_tools = McpToolset(
    connection_params=StreamableHTTPConnectionParams(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp",
    )
)

agent = Agent(
    model="gemini-2.5-pro",
    name="insightful_agent",
    instruction=(
        "You help users interact with Insightful "
        "using 10 available tools."
    ),
    tools=[mcp_tools],
)

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About Insightful MCP Server

Empower your AI agents to analyze and manage workforce productivity with Insightful (formerly Workpuls). This MCP server allows you to list employees and teams, track project progress, monitor real-time activity, and retrieve productivity and attendance reports directly through the Insightful API. Ideal for automating team management and performance monitoring.

Google ADK natively supports Insightful as an MCP tool provider. declare Vinkius Edge URL and the framework handles discovery, validation, and execution automatically. Combine 10 tools with Gemini's long-context reasoning for complex multi-tool workflows, with production-ready session management and evaluation built in.

The Insightful MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Google ADK 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 Insightful to Google ADK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Insightful MCP Server with Google ADK.

Install Google ADK

Run pip install google-adk

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token

Create the agent

Save the code above and integrate into your ADK workflow

Explore tools

The agent will discover 10 tools from Insightful via MCP

Why Use Google ADK with the Insightful MCP Server

Google ADK provides unique advantages when paired with Insightful through the Model Context Protocol.

Google ADK natively supports MCP tool servers. declare a tool provider and the framework handles discovery, validation, and execution

Built on Gemini models, ADK provides long-context reasoning ideal for complex multi-tool workflows with Insightful

Production-ready features like session management, evaluation, and deployment come built-in. not bolted on

Seamless integration with Google Cloud services means you can combine Insightful tools with BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Cloud Functions

Insightful + Google ADK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Google ADK combined with the Insightful MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Enterprise data agents: ADK agents query Insightful and cross-reference results with internal databases for comprehensive analysis

Multi-modal workflows: combine Insightful tool responses with Gemini's vision and language capabilities in a single agent

Automated compliance checks: schedule ADK agents to query Insightful regularly and flag policy violations or configuration drift

Internal tool platforms: build self-service agent platforms where teams connect their own MCP servers including Insightful

Insightful MCP Tools for Google ADK (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Insightful to Google ADK via MCP:

get_attendance

Retrieves aggregated attendance and time tracking reports

get_employee

Retrieves details for a specific employee

get_productivity

Retrieves aggregated productivity reports

list_activity

Lists recent employee activity logs

list_employees

Lists all employees in the organization

list_locations

Lists all registered organization locations

list_projects

Lists all active and past projects

list_tasks

Lists all tasks across projects

list_teams

Lists all organization teams

list_webhooks

Lists all configured webhooks

Example Prompts for Insightful in Google ADK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Google ADK agent to start working with Insightful immediately.

"List all employees in the 'Engineering' team."

"Show me the productivity report for last week."

"Check recent activity logs for project ID '789'."

Troubleshooting Insightful MCP Server with Google ADK

Common issues when connecting Insightful to Google ADK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

McpToolset not found

Update: pip install --upgrade google-adk

Insightful + Google ADK FAQ

Common questions about integrating Insightful MCP Server with Google ADK.

How does Google ADK connect to MCP servers?

Import the MCP toolset class and pass the server URL. ADK discovers and registers all tools automatically, making them available to your agent's tool-use loop.

Can ADK agents use multiple MCP servers?

Yes. Declare multiple MCP tool providers in your agent configuration. ADK merges all tool schemas and the agent can call tools from any server in a single turn.

Which Gemini models work best with MCP tools?

Gemini 2.0 Flash and Pro models both support function calling required for MCP tools. Flash is recommended for latency-sensitive use cases, Pro for complex reasoning.