How to Use the UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP in Vercel AI SDK

Q: What if I need UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity metrics in my Next.js app using Vercel AI SDK?

You can call getbusinesscounts via your client setup. This retrieves the IDBR data, allowing you to show business counts by industry and geography as if it were a live data stream.

Q: Does Vercel AI SDK handle complex searches for UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity?

Yes. You can combine tool calls, such as running gettrade and then passing the results to another function. The streamed output makes multi-step analysis look seamless to the end user.

Q: Is the traffic activity data reliable for UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity reports using Vercel AI SDK?

The gettrafficactivity tool provides experimental economic indicators. While it's a useful supplement to core trade metrics, always treat it as supplementary context alongside the official gettrade data.

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Displaying ONS Data in Real Time

You'll stream the results from the MCP Server instantly. Instead of a spinner, users see the UK trade data or business counts appear as your AI client generates the response. This capability is perfect for showing complex economic indicators live. The user sees the `get_trade` output appearing in real-time on the screen.

Fetching Business Counts with Vercel AI SDK

Need to show how many businesses exist? You can call `get_business_counts` and display the resulting data immediately. This tool pulls enterprise and local unit counts by industry and geography. It makes your app feel fast because the user sees the structured business count results streamed right into the React component.

Monitoring Traffic Activity with MCP Server

Use the `get_traffic_activity` tool to show experimental economic data. This stream lets you visualize how changing traffic patterns correlate with local activity. The result streams directly into your frontend, letting users see real-time indicators for understanding social change alongside trade metrics.

Setup guide

Set up UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP in Vercel AI SDK

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+ and a TypeScript project
ai + @modelcontextprotocol/sdk packages
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install dependencies

Run npm install ai @modelcontextprotocol/sdk plus your preferred model provider (e.g. @ai-sdk/openai).
2

Create the Streamable HTTP transport

Use StreamableHTTPClientTransport with your Vinkius endpoint URL. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Discover and use tools

Call mcpClient.tools() to auto-discover all UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity tools. Pass them directly to generateText() or streamText() — no manual schema definitions needed.
4

Works with any model provider

Swap openai("gpt-4o") for any AI SDK provider — Anthropic, Google, Mistral. The MCP tools work identically across all supported models.

index.ts

import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from "ai";
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp";
import { generateText } from "ai";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp")
);

const mcpClient = await createMCPClient({ transport });
const tools = await mcpClient.tools();

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-4o"),
  tools,
  prompt: "List recent UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity transactions",
});

console.log(text);
await mcpClient.close();

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Common questions about UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP in Vercel AI SDK

The Vercel AI SDK calls the MCP Server, which executes the specific tool (like `get_trade`). The raw data—the imports and exports in £ million—streams back to your frontend, appearing instantly for the user.

You can call `get_business_counts` via your client setup. This retrieves the IDBR data, allowing you to show business counts by industry and geography as if it were a live data stream.

Yes. You can combine tool calls, such as running `get_trade` and then passing the results to another function. The streamed output makes multi-step analysis look seamless to the end user.

The `get_traffic_activity` tool provides experimental economic indicators. While it's a useful supplement to core trade metrics, always treat it as supplementary context alongside the official `get_trade` data.

It handles three main datasets: business counts from IDBR, monthly goods trade (imports/exports) from the `get_trade` tool, and traffic camera activity indicators.

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