BIS

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Bank for International Settlements — central bank policy rates, FX, banking, debt, credit. SDMX, no auth.

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

list_curated_flows

Pre-vetted BIS dataflow refs grouped by topic.

Parameters
Name Type Description
topic opt string Topic filter
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search_dataflows required: query

Search BIS dataflow registry.

Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string Keyword
limit opt number 1-100
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fetch_dataset required: flow_ref

Tidy rows from one BIS dataflow.

Parameters
Name Type Description
flow_ref req string SDMX dataflow ref
key opt string Dimension key (empty for all)
start_period opt string Inclusive start
end_period opt string Inclusive end
limit opt number Row cap
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bis/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bis/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_curated_flows","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("list_curated_flows", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("bank for international settlements — central bank policy rates, fx, banking, debt, credit");