Economics

Data source: IMF Data API

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/imf/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-imf": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/imf/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/imf/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "get_weo_forecast", "arguments": {"country": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/imf/

6 endpoints available:

GET /rest/imf/list_weo_indicators
GET /rest/imf/get_weo_forecast
GET /rest/imf/get_commodity_prices
GET /rest/imf/get_trade_balance
GET /rest/imf/get_country_overview
GET /rest/imf/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/imf/get_weo_forecast?country=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/imf/get_weo_forecast",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "country": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc imf

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (6)

list_weo_indicators

List all available World Economic Outlook indicators from the IMF.

get_weo_forecast

Get World Economic Outlook forecasts and historical data for a country.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`country`	`string`	required	ISO alpha-3 country code (e.g. 'USA', 'NOR', 'DEU', 'CHN').
`indicators`	`any`	optional	WEO indicator codes. If omitted, returns the 6 defaults. Use list_weo_indicators() to discover all available codes.
`start_year`	`any`	optional	Include observations from this year (inclusive).
`end_year`	`any`	optional	Include observations up to this year (inclusive).

get_commodity_prices

Get primary commodity price data from the IMF PCPS dataset.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`commodities`	`any`	optional	List of PCPS commodity codes. Defaults to 5 key commodities.
`start_period`	`any`	optional	Start period (YYYY-MM for monthly, YYYY for annual).
`end_period`	`any`	optional	End period (YYYY-MM or YYYY).
`frequency`	`string`	optional	'M' for monthly (default) or 'A' for annual. (default: "M")

get_trade_balance

Get bilateral or aggregate trade statistics from the IMF DOTS dataset.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`reporter`	`string`	required	ISO alpha-2 country code of the reporting country (e.g. 'US', 'DE').
`partner`	`any`	optional	ISO alpha-2 partner code, or 'W00' for world total (default).
`start_year`	`any`	optional	Start year (inclusive).
`end_year`	`any`	optional	End year (inclusive).