Is the ONS API stable?

The ONS API is currently in Beta. While fully functional and regularly updated, there may occasionally be breaking changes. Rate limits: 120 requests per 10 seconds, 200 per minute.

What datasets does this server pull from?

It has access to the full ONS library of over 337 statistical datasets, spanning GDP, CPIH, retail sales, demographic projections, health indicators, trade, and more.

Are the GDP and Inflation figures real-time?

The statistics provided are based on the latest officially published reports from the ONS, which usually trail by a month or a quarter depending on the metric.

UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 20 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence
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Author: Vinkius

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The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence through the 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="UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence Assistant",
            instructions=(
                "You help users interact with UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence. "
                "You have access to 20 tools."
            ),
            mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
        )

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent, "List all available tools from UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence"
        )
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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About UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server

The ultimate UK ONS Mega-Server — 20 tools across 4 domains.

The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 20 tools from UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns — chain multiple agents where one queries UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through the Vinkius.

20 Tools

💰 Economy (6) — GDP, CPIH, retail sales, card spending, tax
👥 Population (5) — Deaths, well-being, suicides, projections
🚢 Trade (3) — Goods trade, business counts, traffic
🔍 Discovery (6) — Search, browse, metadata, query

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The UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server exposes 20 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 UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence 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 20 tools from UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence

Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server

OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence 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

UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated workflows: build agents that query UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously

Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents — one queries UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence, another analyzes results, a third generates reports

Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop

Customer support bots: agents query UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention

UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (20)

These 20 tools become available when you connect UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP:

get_business_counts

Dataset: uk-business-by-enterprises-and-local-units. Source: Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). Get UK business counts by enterprises and local units, by industry and geography

get_cpih

Dataset: cpih01. The headline UK inflation measure used by the ONS. Filter by aggregate (cpih1dim1A0 = all items) and geography (K02000001 = UK). Get UK inflation (CPIH) — the official consumer prices index including housing costs

get_dataset_info

Get metadata for an ONS dataset: dimensions, editions, versions

get_dimension_options

g., all geography codes, all time periods, all aggregate categories). Use this to find the correct filter values for observations. Get all option values for a specific dimension in an ONS dataset

get_dimensions

Each dimension has options you can use to filter observations. Essential for understanding what query parameters to use. Get available dimensions and filter options for an ONS dataset

get_economy_dataset

Common IDs: regional-gdp-by-quarter, cpih01, retail-sales-index, uk-spending-on-cards. Use get_dimensions to discover available filters. Query any ONS economy dataset by ID with flexible filters

get_gdp

Main datasets: regional-gdp-by-quarter (quarterly), regional-gdp-by-year (annual). Covers England, Wales, and 9 English regions. Use time=* for the full time series. Get UK GDP data — quarterly and annual, by region and sector

get_observations

Provide dataset ID and dimension filters. Use search_datasets to find IDs and get_dimensions to discover available filters. Set time=* for full time series. Query any ONS dataset by ID with flexible dimension filters

get_population_projections

Dataset: projections-older-people-sex-ratios. Get UK population projections for older people, sex ratios by local authority

get_retail_sales

Dataset: retail-sales-index. Monthly data showing value and volume of retail sales in Great Britain. Base year 2019=100. Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted. Get UK retail sales index — value and volume of consumer spending

get_spending_cards

Dataset: uk-spending-on-cards. Weekly data providing near real-time insight into consumer spending patterns. Get UK debit and credit card spending — experimental real-time indicator

get_suicides

Dataset: suicides-in-the-uk. National statistics. If you are struggling, call Samaritans free: 116 123. Get suicide registrations by local authority in England and Wales

get_tax_benefits

Dataset: tax-benefits-statistics. Shows redistribution effects of direct and indirect taxation and benefits in cash or kind. Get the effects of taxes and benefits on UK household income

get_trade

Dataset: trade. Monthly data on UK trade in goods: imports, exports, trade balance by partner country and commodity. Non-seasonally adjusted. Values in £ million. Get UK trade in goods data — country by commodity, imports and exports

get_traffic_activity

Dataset: traffic-camera-activity. Used as a real-time indicator to understand economic activity and social change. Get UK traffic camera activity — experimental economic indicator

get_weekly_deaths

Datasets: weekly-deaths-age-sex (by age and sex), weekly-deaths-region (by region). National statistics updated weekly. Get weekly death registrations in England and Wales — by age, sex, and region

get_wellbeing

Dataset: wellbeing-quarterly. Higher scores (0-10) indicate better well-being (except anxiety, where lower is better). Get UK personal well-being estimates — life satisfaction, happiness, anxiety

get_wellbeing_local

Dataset: wellbeing-local-authority. Covers life satisfaction, worthwhileness, happiness, and anxiety by region. Get well-being estimates by UK local authority

list_datasets

The catalog contains 337+ datasets covering economy, population, health, trade, business, and more. Browse the complete ONS dataset catalog with pagination

search_datasets

Returns matching dataset IDs, titles, and descriptions. Use this to find the right dataset before querying data. Search ONS datasets by keyword — explore 337+ available datasets

Example Prompts for UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence in OpenAI Agents SDK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence immediately.

"Full UK economic briefing: GDP, inflation, retail, and trade"

"Can you compare UK GDP growth with the inflation rate (CPIH) over the last year?"

"Give me a summary of UK population projections and life expectancy."

Troubleshooting UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK

Common issues when connecting UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence 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.

UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ

Common questions about integrating UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence 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.