Economic Dataset Statistics

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/tools/econ.ts:268-298 (registration)

  The 'econ_stats' tool is registered via server.registerTool() with the name 'econ_stats', title 'Economic Dataset Statistics', and an empty input schema (no parameters required).

  server.registerTool(
    "econ_stats",
    {
      title: "Economic Dataset Statistics",
      description:
        "Get statistics about the economic indicators dataset: total series, " +
        "categories covered, date range, and data source information. Free endpoint.",
      inputSchema: {},
    },
    async () => {
      const res = await apiGet<EconStatsResponse>("/api/v1/econ/stats");
  
      if (!res.ok) {
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text" as const,
              text: `API error (${res.status}): ${JSON.stringify(res.data)}`,
            },
          ],
          isError: true,
        };
      }
  
      return {
        content: [
          { type: "text" as const, text: JSON.stringify(res.data, null, 2) },
        ],
      };
    },
  );

• src/tools/econ.ts:277-297 (handler)

  The handler function for the econ_stats tool. It makes a GET request to '/api/v1/econ/stats' via apiGet<EconStatsResponse>, and returns the JSON result. On error, it returns an isError response.

  async () => {
    const res = await apiGet<EconStatsResponse>("/api/v1/econ/stats");
  
    if (!res.ok) {
      return {
        content: [
          {
            type: "text" as const,
            text: `API error (${res.status}): ${JSON.stringify(res.data)}`,
          },
        ],
        isError: true,
      };
    }
  
    return {
      content: [
        { type: "text" as const, text: JSON.stringify(res.data, null, 2) },
      ],
    };
  },

• src/tools/econ.ts:22-27 (schema)

  The EconStatsResponse interface defines the shape of the API response: dataset, source, update_frequency, and stats (a generic Record).

  interface EconStatsResponse {
    dataset: string;
    source: string;
    update_frequency: string;
    stats: Record<string, unknown>;
  }

• src/client.ts:44-76 (helper)

  The apiGet helper function used by the handler to make the HTTP GET request to the Verilex API server.

  export async function apiGet<T = unknown>(
    path: string,
    params?: Record<string, string | number | undefined>,
  ): Promise<ApiResponse<T>> {
    const url = buildUrl(path, params);
  
    const headers: Record<string, string> = {
      Accept: "application/json",
      "User-Agent": "verilex-mcp-server/0.1.0",
    };
  
    // Forward x402 payment token if present in env (for paid endpoints)
    const paymentToken = process.env.VERILEX_PAYMENT_TOKEN;
    if (paymentToken) {
      headers["X-Payment-Token"] = paymentToken;
    }
  
    const res = await fetch(url, { headers });
    const data = (await res.json()) as T;
  
    const stale = res.headers.get("X-Data-Stale");
    const lastUpdated = res.headers.get("X-Data-Last-Updated");
    const ageSeconds = res.headers.get("X-Data-Age-Seconds");
  
    return {
      ok: res.ok,
      status: res.status,
      data,
      stale: stale === "true",
      lastUpdated: lastUpdated ?? undefined,
      ageSeconds: ageSeconds ? Number(ageSeconds) : undefined,
    };
  }