How do I find my LicenseCheck API Key?

Log in to your [**LicenseCheck account**](https://licenseapi.dev/), and you will find your API Key in your dashboard or profile settings. Copy and paste it below.

What types of licenses are covered?

The API covers thousands of common open-source licenses (like MIT, Apache, GPL) as well as various proprietary and commercial licensing models.

Can the agent check for specific permissions?

Yes. Every license record retrieved by your agent includes metadata on permitted actions, such as commercial use, distribution, and modification.

LicenseCheck API MCP Server for Google ADK 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: LicenseCheck API
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Author: Vinkius

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Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is Google's framework for building production AI agents. Add LicenseCheck API 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="licensecheck_api_agent",
    instruction=(
        "You help users interact with LicenseCheck API "
        "using 4 available tools."
    ),
    tools=[mcp_tools],
)

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About LicenseCheck API MCP Server

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire software compliance and license auditing workflow with LicenseCheck, the specialized source for open-source and proprietary license data. By connecting the LicenseAPI.dev service to your agent, you transform complex legal lookups into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly retrieve license details, audit permissions and conditions, and query limitations without you ever touching a legal portal. Whether you are conducting dependency research or managing corporate compliance, your agent acts as a real-time legal consultant, ensuring your licensing data is always verified and precise.

Google ADK natively supports LicenseCheck API as an MCP tool provider. declare Vinkius Edge URL and the framework handles discovery, validation, and execution automatically. Combine 4 tools with Gemini's long-context reasoning for complex multi-tool workflows, with production-ready session management and evaluation built in.

What you can do

License Auditing — Search for thousands of software licenses by name or ID and retrieve detailed metadata, including versions and IDs.
Permission Oversight — Audit specific permissions allowed by a license to understand the legal reach of your software usage instantly.
Condition Discovery — Query mandatory conditions required by specific licenses to assist in compliance and archival planning.
Legal Intelligence — Retrieve limitations and prohibitions for any license to identify relevant risk markers for your project.
Compliance Monitoring — Check API status to ensure your legal research workflow is always operational.

The LicenseCheck API MCP Server exposes 4 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 LicenseCheck API to Google ADK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the LicenseCheck API 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 4 tools from LicenseCheck API via MCP

Why Use Google ADK with the LicenseCheck API MCP Server

Google ADK provides unique advantages when paired with LicenseCheck API 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 LicenseCheck API

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 LicenseCheck API tools with BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Cloud Functions

LicenseCheck API + Google ADK Use Cases

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

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

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

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

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

LicenseCheck API MCP Tools for Google ADK (4)

These 4 tools become available when you connect LicenseCheck API to Google ADK via MCP:

check_api_status

dev REST API. Check if the LicenseCheck service is operational

check_software_license

Search for a software license by name or identifier

get_license_details

Get full details and legal metadata for a specific license by ID

list_all_licenses

List all software licenses available in the database

Example Prompts for LicenseCheck API in Google ADK

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

"Check the software license 'MIT' using LicenseCheck."

"What are the limitations of the 'GPL-3.0' license?"

"List all software licenses available in the database."

Troubleshooting LicenseCheck API MCP Server with Google ADK

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

McpToolset not found

Update: pip install --upgrade google-adk

LicenseCheck API + Google ADK FAQ

Common questions about integrating LicenseCheck API 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.