How to Use the UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP in Claude Code

Run automated checks on UK business and trade data from the terminal with Claude Code.

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Connect UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP to Claude Code

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Setup UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity with Claude Code

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Batch Process Business Registry Data

Use `get_business_counts` to pull current UK business figures via a script. This is perfect for CI/CD pipelines where you need repeatable, automated data snapshots. The tool lets your agent run scripts that filter the results by industry and geography across multiple runs.

Automate Goods Trade Reports

Write a shell script using `get_trade` to get monthly goods imports, exports, and balance. Since values are in pounds million, you can pipe this output into other terminal tools for quick reporting. This is ideal for cron jobs that run overnight checks on major trade partners or commodities.

Check Economic Indicators via Terminal

Need to monitor economic shifts? Run `get_traffic_activity` in a headless environment. You can script the retrieval of these experimental indicators for continuous monitoring. This allows you to build automated pipelines that trigger alerts when traffic activity deviates from historical norms.

Setup guide

Set up UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see uk-ons-trade-international-trade-business-activity-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http uk-ons-trade-international-trade-business-activity-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-ons-trade-international-trade-business-activity-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP in Claude Code

You run a single command to connect your script to the server. This allows you to pipe data from `get_trade` into other CLI tools for processing, making it perfect for automated workflows.

It supplies three key types: good trade stats (imports/exports by commodity), business counts from the IDBR, and experimental traffic camera activity metrics.

Yes. You can schedule scripts to run against the server data in GitHub Actions or a Docker container, ensuring continuous monitoring of trade and business metrics.

The tool supports filtering by both local units and partner countries. This means your scripts can run targeted checks across specific regions or trade partners.

This server deals with aggregate economic and business statistics. The dataset you're interacting with is `uk-business-by-enterprises-and-local-units`.

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