What does MarketMan do?

MarketMan automates restaurant inventory, purchasing, and food cost management. It integrates with POS systems, accounting software, and suppliers.

Can MarketMan handle multiple suppliers for the same ingredient?

Yes, MarketMan allows you to link multiple vendors to a single ingredient, enabling you to compare prices and choose the most cost-effective supplier when generating purchase orders.

Does the integration track food waste accurately?

Absolutely. You can log waste events such as spoilage, spills, or over-portioning in MarketMan, and the AI can summarize these events to show you the exact financial impact.

MarketMan MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 8 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: MarketMan
Availability: InStock
Author: Vinkius

openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/mcp

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The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect MarketMan through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.

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python

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

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

        agent = Agent(
            name="MarketMan Assistant",
            instructions=(
                "You help users interact with MarketMan. "
                "You have access to 8 tools."
            ),
            mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
        )

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent, "List all available tools from MarketMan"
        )
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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About MarketMan MCP Server

Connect your MarketMan account to any AI agent — the restaurant inventory intelligence platform.

The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 8 tools from MarketMan through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries MarketMan, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.

What you can do

Inventory — Real-time stock levels, par levels, and reorder alerts
Purchase Orders — Track vendor orders, deliveries, and invoices
Vendors — Supplier management with order history
Recipes — Ingredient quantities, food cost, and margin analysis
Waste — Spoilage tracking with cost impact
Count Sheets — Inventory counts with variance tracking

The MarketMan MCP Server exposes 8 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to OpenAI Agents SDK 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 MarketMan to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the MarketMan MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents in your Python environment

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.com

Run the script

Save the code above and run it: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent will automatically discover 8 tools from MarketMan

Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the MarketMan MCP Server

OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with MarketMan through the Model Context Protocol.

Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety

Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure

Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate

First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output

MarketMan + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the MarketMan MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated workflows: build agents that query MarketMan, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously

Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries MarketMan, another analyzes results, a third generates reports

Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through MarketMan tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop

Customer support bots: agents query MarketMan to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention

MarketMan MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (8)

These 8 tools become available when you connect MarketMan to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP:

get_count_sheets

Get inventory count sheets

get_restaurant_info

Get restaurant info

get_waste_events

For waste reduction. Get waste events

list_categories

With item counts. List inventory categories

list_inventory

"Are we low on anything?" List inventory items

list_purchase_orders

List purchase orders

list_recipes

For menu engineering. List recipes

list_vendors

For vendor management. List vendors

Example Prompts for MarketMan in OpenAI Agents SDK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with MarketMan immediately.

"Are we low on any inventory items?"

"Draft a purchase order for our primary produce vendor."

"What is the current food cost percentage for our signature burger?"

Troubleshooting MarketMan MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK

Common issues when connecting MarketMan to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCPServerStreamableHttp not found

Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents

Agent not calling tools

Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.

MarketMan + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ

Common questions about integrating MarketMan MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?

Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.