ILO Statistics (ILOSTAT) MCP Server

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Read-onlyIdempotent

Find ILOSTAT labour statistics catalog entries for employment, unemployment, wages, and SDG indicators; returns up to 10 matching documents with IDs to fetch.

Instructions

Searches the ILOSTAT labour statistics (≈1,200 SDMX dataflows: employment, unemployment, wages, working time, informality, SDG labour indicators) catalog and returns up to 10 matching documents as { id, title, url }, ordered by relevance (an empty list means nothing matched).

This tool exists for the OpenAI Deep Research contract: ChatGPT deep research, company knowledge and research workflows over the Responses API require exactly the tools search and fetch. Pass one of the returned ids to fetch to read the document. For direct questions and for data (values, series, rankings) prefer the ilo_* tools, which return the actual data with provenance — this is a catalog index, not a data query.

Query: natural language or keywords, Portuguese or English; accents and case are ignored.

Behavior: read-only and idempotent — the catalog comes from the public source and is cached in memory.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`query`	Yes	Search terms, natural language or keywords (accents and case are ignored)

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description
`results`	Yes	Matching documents, in relevance order
`provenance`	Yes	Provenance block (contract v1.1). concise (default): source, source_url, data_vintage, retrieved_at, retrieval, citation, license; detailed: the full canonical block (dataset, dimension_key, notices, served_from_cache, ...). retrieval is the origin diagnostic of this call — requests made to ILOSTAT, attempts including retries, anomalies overcome (timeout, network, rate_limited, http_5xx, http_4xx, malformed_body) and unstable (true when anything had to be retried: treat the figures as obtained with difficulty); null when nothing was fetched from ILOSTAT (catalogue or cached answer)
`attribution`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

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+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
+          "version": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "id",
+          "version",
+          "name"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "derivation_note": {
+        "type": [
+          "string",
+          "null"
+        ]
+      },
+      "derived": {
+        "type": "boolean"
+      },
+      "dimension_key": {
+        "anyOf": [
+          {
+            "additionalProperties": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "propertyNames": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "null"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "field_sources": {
+        "anyOf": [
+          {
+            "items": {
+              "additionalProperties": false,
+              "properties": {
+                "data_vintage": {
+                  "type": [
+                    "string",
+                    "null"
+                  ]
+                },
+                "dataset_id": {
+                  "type": [
+                    "string",
+                    "null"
+                  ]
+                },
+                "fields": {
+                  "items": {
+                    "type": "string"
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+                  "minItems": 1,
+                  "type": "array"
+                },
+                "retrieved_at": {
+                  "type": [
+                    "string",
+                    "null"
+                  ]
+                },
+                "source_url": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
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+                "source_url",
+                "dataset_id",
+                "data_vintage",
+                "retrieved_at"
+              ],
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            "type": "array"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "null"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "license": {
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
+          "terms_url": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
+          "url": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
+          "verified_at": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "id",
+          "name",
+          "url",
+          "terms_url",
+          "verified_at"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "notices": {
+        "items": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "type": "array"
+      },
+      "retrieval": {
+        "anyOf": [
+          {
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+            "properties": {
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+                  "properties": {
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+                      "minimum": 1,
+                      "type": "integer"
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+                        "network",
+                        "http_4xx",
+                        "http_5xx",
+                        "rate_limited",
+                        "malformed_body"
+                      ],
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "required": [
+                    "kind",
+                    "count"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "object"
+                },
+                "type": "array"
+              },
+              "attempts": {
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+                "minimum": 1,
+                "type": "integer"
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+                "minimum": 1,
+                "type": "integer"
+              },
+              "unstable": {
+                "type": "boolean"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "requests",
+              "attempts",
+              "anomalies",
+              "unstable"
+            ],
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "null"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "retrieved_at": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "served_from_cache": {
+        "type": [
+          "boolean",
+          "null"
+        ]
+      },
+      "source": {
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "properties": {
+          "agency": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
+          "database": {
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
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+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "null"
+            ]
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "name",
+          "agency",
+          "database",
+          "endpoint"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "source_url": {
+        "type": "string"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "contract_version",
+      "source",
+      "dataset",
+      "dimension_key",
+      "data_vintage",
+      "retrieved_at",
+      "source_url",
+      "api_version",
+      "license",
+      "citation",
+      "notices",
+      "derived",
+      "derivation_note",
+      "served_from_cache",
+      "retrieval",
+      "field_sources"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  }
+]

addedOutput schema / properties / provenance / description

Added value: +"Provenance block (contract v1.1). concise (default): source, source_url, data_vintage, retrieved_at, retrieval, citation, license; detailed: the full canonical block (dataset, dimension_key, notices, served_from_cache, ...). retrieval is the origin diagnostic of this call — requests made to ILOSTAT, attempts including retries, anomalies overcome (timeout, network, rate_limited, http_5xx, http_4xx, malformed_body) and unstable (true when anything had to be retried: treat the figures as obtained with difficulty); null when nothing was fetched from ILOSTAT (catalogue or cached answer)"

Addedv0.6.0Sep 15, 2026

TDQS

A4.6/5.0

Behavior4/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint and destructiveHint=false, so the safety profile is covered; the description restates read-only/idempotent, which earns no extra credit. It does add genuinely new behavior: results are capped at 10, ordered by relevance, an empty list means no match, and the catalog is sourced publicly and cached in memory.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loads the core purpose and return shape, then routes to alternatives in a separate paragraph. Slightly long, and the sentence restating read-only/idempotent duplicates the annotations, but every other line carries real information.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need not be explained, yet the description still states the result shape and the empty-list case. For a one-parameter read tool, the agent has everything needed to call it correctly and to know when to route elsewhere.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100% for the single query parameter, so the baseline is 3. The description goes beyond the schema by specifying that the query accepts natural language or keywords in Portuguese or English and that accents and case are ignored, which materially affects how an agent should phrase a query.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb (Searches) and a precisely scoped resource (the ILOSTAT labour-statistics catalog, ~1,200 SDMX dataflows), plus the exact return shape { id, title, url } and ordering. It also explicitly distinguishes itself from the ilo_* siblings by calling itself a catalog index rather than a data query.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines5/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Gives explicit when-to-use (OpenAI Deep Research / Responses API contract requiring search and fetch) and when-not-to-use (for direct questions and actual data values prefer the ilo_* tools). It also names the follow-up action: pass a returned id to fetch.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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