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Use UK ONS with your AI.

Connect your account once and let the AI you already use work with it, without building another integration. Official UK economic data: quarterly and annual GDP by region, CPIH inflation (the UK's headline measure), retail sales index, real-time card spending indicator

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Works with modern AI clients that support MCP, including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and more.

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Complete set · 6 capabilities

The complete UK ONS capability set.

These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with UK ONS.

Capability set01 / 02

01-03

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 6 available through UK ONS.

  1. 01

    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

  2. 02

    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

  3. 03

    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

Capability set02 / 02

04-06

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 6 available through UK ONS.

  1. 04

    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

  2. 05

    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

  3. 06

    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

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785ms average. Fast in production.

UK ONS is checked daily against the live service.

Daily averagePeak 1168ms
Aug 23Today
Fastest day
682ms
Slowest day
1168ms
14-day trend
Slowing+10%

Connect your client

One URL. Every client.

Activate the Connector, copy your link, and paste it into the client you already use. 6 capabilities arrive ready to run.

Preview access · not provider authentication

The vk_preview_* token belongs to Vinkius preview infrastructure. It lets Claude discover and display the capabilities of UK ONS, so you can see the experience inside your AI.

It does not authenticate your account with UK ONS. Actions requiring credentials or live account data may not run until you activate the Connector and authorize the service.

UK ONS Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_yDxYYXfkh3NSkvIw6WVWdLWAac4XPoP76E3A7xIJ/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — UK ONS capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-ons-economy-gdp-inflation-consumer-spending-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_yDxYYXfkh3NSkvIw6WVWdLWAac4XPoP76E3A7xIJ/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  • Claude
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  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Windsurf
  • Claude Code
  • JetBrains
  • Cline

Step-by-step instructions for each client are in the guide. How to connect

FAQ

Questions UK ONS owners ask.

  • 01

    What is CPIH?

    CPIH (Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs) is the UK's most comprehensive inflation measure. Unlike CPI, it includes housing costs for homeowners. The ONS considers CPIH its headline measure of inflation.

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