--- name: "Extract financial data context for agents with OpenBB" slug: "use-openbb-as-financial-data-context-for-agents" description: "Extract source-backed financial market, filings, economics, and research data with OpenBB, then route the outputs into agent workflows through Python, REST, OpenBB Workspace, or MCP-facing integrations." github_stars: 70654 verification: "security_reviewed" source: "https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB" author: "OpenBB contributors" publisher_type: "open_source" category: "Data Extraction & Transformation" framework: "Multi-Framework" tool_ecosystem: github_repo: "OpenBB-finance/OpenBB" github_stars: 70654 --- # Extract financial data context for agents with OpenBB Extract source-backed financial market, filings, economics, and research data with OpenBB, then route the outputs into agent workflows through Python, REST, OpenBB Workspace, or MCP-facing integrations. ## Prerequisites OpenBB Python package or CLI, Python 3.9-3.12 environment, optional OpenBB API server, optional OpenBB Workspace backend connection, financial data provider credentials where required ## Installation Requirements and caveats from upstream: - ODP operates as the "connect once, consume everywhere" infrastructure layer that consolidates and exposes data to multiple surfaces at once: Python environments for quants, OpenBB Workspace and Excel for analysts, MCP... - Data integrations available can be found here: - The ODP Python Package can be installed from [PyPI package](https://pypi.org/project/openbb/) by running pip install openbb Basic usage or getting-started notes: - This is a proxy of our growth and that we are just getting started. - Source: https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/HEAD/README.md ## Documentation - https://docs.openbb.co ## Source - [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/use-openbb-as-financial-data-context-for-agents/)