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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. The definitive UK ONS Mega-Server: 20 capabilities spanning GDP, inflation, retail sales, card spending, household income, weekly deaths, well-being, population projec

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

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Claude

Cursor

Perplexity

Gemini

Microsoft Copilot

Raycast

Meta AI

Complete set · 20 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 / 05

01-04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 20 available through UK ONS.

01
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
02
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
03
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
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

Capability set02 / 05

05-08

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 20 available through UK ONS.

05
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
06
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
07
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
08
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

Capability set03 / 05

09-12

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 20 available through UK ONS.

09
Get population projections
Dataset: projections-older-people-sex-ratios. Get UK population projections for older people, sex ratios by local authority
10
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
11
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
12
Get wellbeing local
Dataset: wellbeing-local-authority. Covers life satisfaction, worthwhileness, happiness, and anxiety by region. Get well-being estimates by UK local authority

Capability set04 / 05

13-16

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 20 available through UK ONS.

13
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
14
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
15
Get dataset info
Get metadata for an ONS dataset: dimensions, editions, versions
16
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 set05 / 05

17-20

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 20 available through UK ONS.

17
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
18
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
19
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
20
List datasets
The catalog contains 337+ datasets covering economy, population, health, trade, business, and more. Browse the complete ONS dataset catalog with pagination

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Fastest day: 829ms
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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. 20 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_elId3ORHnly5hmv8I2ZP1QwKuXGH3LHeJ39nOp7z/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
3Click Add and start a new chat — UK ONS capabilities are ready to use.

Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-ons-full-complete-statistical-intelligence-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_elId3ORHnly5hmv8I2ZP1QwKuXGH3LHeJ39nOp7z/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude
ChatGPT
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
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.
02
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.
03
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.

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