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

Q: Does LlamaIndex support filtering when accessing UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity?

Yes. When building your RAG app, you can use the allowedtools filter to ensure users only query data they are authorized for, giving strict control over which parts of the MCP Server knowledge base they access.

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Create a searchable index of all economic metrics.

LlamaIndex turns every API call into indexed, semantic knowledge. Run `get_trade` to pull goods movement data for multiple commodities and countries; the output gets saved as structured knowledge. Then you can query this history later. You build RAG apps where live data meets documents. Instead of just getting a number from the MCP Server, your agent grounds its answer in specific API records, like which sectors were most active according to `get_business_counts`.

Query deep historical trends via LlamaIndex.

Need to know how business activity changed years ago? You index the results from tools like `get_traffic_activity`. Later, you can ask questions about past economic cycles and get answers backed by the indexed API data. This moves beyond simple calls; it creates a queryable record of UK economic history based on `get_trade` or `get_business_counts`.

Combine live indicators into one knowledge base.

The MCP Server provides three distinct data sources. You can index the historical goods trade (`get_trade`), the current business structure (`get_business_counts`), and even experimental real-time metrics (`get_traffic_activity`). LlamaIndex merges these into a single, unified knowledge source that your application queries semantically, giving you context rather than just raw data points.

Setup guide

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

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
llama-index-tools-mcp package
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install dependencies
Run pip install llama-index-tools-mcp llama-index-llms-openai. The MCP tools package provides BasicMCPClient and McpToolSpec.
2

Connect with BasicMCPClient
Point BasicMCPClient to your Vinkius endpoint URL. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. Supports SSE and Streamable HTTP transports.
3

Convert to LlamaIndex tools
Call mcp_tool_spec.to_tool_list_async() to convert all UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity MCP tools into native FunctionTool objects that any LlamaIndex agent can use.
4

Run with any LLM
Create a FunctionAgent with the tools and your preferred LLM. Swap OpenAI for Anthropic, Gemini, or any LlamaIndex-supported provider.

agent.py

from llama_index.tools.mcp import BasicMCPClient, McpToolSpec
from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent
from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI

# Connect to the MCP
mcp_client = BasicMCPClient(
    "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
)
mcp_tool_spec = McpToolSpec(client=mcp_client)

# Convert MCP tools to LlamaIndex tools
tools = await mcp_tool_spec.to_tool_list_async()

# Create and run the agent
agent = FunctionAgent(
    tools=tools,
    llm=OpenAI(model="gpt-4o"),
    system_prompt="You have access to UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity tools.",
)
response = await agent.run("List recent UK ONS Trade — International Trade & Business Activity data")

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

LlamaIndex indexes the results from the MCP Server, turning API outputs into a searchable vector store. You can query historical goods trade data from `get_trade` and get answers grounded in actual records, not just general summaries.

Yes. You can index the outputs from multiple tools—say, combining `get_business_counts` results with specific commodity trade data from `get_trade`—into one unified knowledge base for cross-referencing.

Use it when you need to query past API results or combine live metrics. Indexing `get_traffic_activity` allows users to ask questions like, 'How did traffic activity correlate with trade volumes in 2021?' and get a data-backed answer.

Yes. When building your RAG app, you can use the `allowed_tools` filter to ensure users only query data they are authorized for, giving strict control over which parts of the MCP Server knowledge base they access.

The server touches aggregated economic metrics. Since tools like `get_business_counts` provide industry totals and trade values, you are dealing with macro-level data that does not contain personally identifiable information.

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