MCP server exposing 4 tools for bis.
This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.
POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bis/mcp
Content-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}list_curated_flows — List BIS dataflow refs we have pre-vetted, grouped by topic (rates, fx, banking, debt, credit, property, derivatives, finance). Use the flow_ref with fetch_dataset. For everything else use search_dataflows or browse https://stats.bis.org.search_dataflows — Search the BIS SDMX dataflow registry by keyword against dataflow name and ID. Returns matched flow_refs (e.g., 'BIS,WS_CBPOL_D,1.0') ready to pass to fetch_dataset, capped at limit (default 25, max 100).fetch_dataset — Fetch tidy rows from a BIS dataflow. flow_ref is "BIS,<id>,<version>" and the VERSION IS NOT ALWAYS 1.0 — "BIS,WS_CBPOL,1.0" (central bank policy rates), "BIS,WS_XRU,1.0" (US-dollar exchange rates), but "BIS,WS_TC,2.0" (total credit). BIS re-versions flows in place, so a guessed version returns no data rather than an error; take the exact ref from list_curated_flows or search_dataflows instead of assuming one. The key string is a dot-separated dimension filter (e.g., "D.US" — frequency.country). ALWAYS pass start_period / end_period ("2020", "2020-Q1", "2020-01"): the big banking and debt flows are multi-megabyte and an unbounded request can time out.bis_credit_gap — Credit-to-GDP gap for one country from the BIS early-warning indicators: the credit-to-GDP ratio, its long-run one-sided HP-filter trend, and the gap between them in percentage points of GDP. The gap is the Basel III common reference point for setting the countercyclical capital buffer and a standard banking-crisis early-warning signal, so a large positive gap means private non-financial credit is running above its long-run trend and a negative gap means it is running below. Quarterly, 44 economies plus the euro area aggregate, history back to the 1960s for the longest series. Accepts a country name or an ISO alpha-2 code.Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/bis/
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