Use Openbb As Financial Data Context For Agents

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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: <https://docs.openbb.co/python/reference>
- 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/)