| name | world_bank_open_data |
| description | World Bank Open Data is a free global development data platform with access to countries worldwide and 29,000+ indicators covering economic, social, and environmental metrics including GDP, GNP, population, poverty, unemployment, trade, inflation, education, health, and environmental time series from 1960 to present. |
World Bank Open Data
Use this skill to answer questions that require World Bank Open Data country
indicators, development metrics, or national-level time series.
Setup
Check whether the agent-gw Python SDK is available in the current Python environment, and install it only if the check fails:
python3 -c "import agent_gw" || python3 -m pip install "$(curl -s https://cdn.kimi.com/agentgw/pysdk/manifest.json | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['latest']['url'])")"
The SDK needs an API key from api_key=..., KIMI_API_KEY, or
~/.kimi/agent-gw.json.
Workflow
- Run
python3 scripts/world_bank_open_data_tool.py describe from the plugin
directory to call get_data_source_desc({"name": "world_bank_open_data"}).
- Read the returned Markdown carefully. It contains the overall data source
rules, country formats, indicator formats, date range constraints, and each
API's description, required parameters, optional parameters, defaults, and
allowed values.
- Select the API that best matches the user's question.
- Build
params exactly from the Markdown requirements. Pay attention to
country or region, indicator code or name, year range, unit, source,
frequency, and national-level data constraints.
- Use
python3 scripts/world_bank_open_data_tool.py call to call
call_data_source_tool.
- If the call fails, explain the failure reason from the response.
- If the call succeeds, save any returned files first, then answer using
resp.result.assistant; ignore resp.result.user unless display content is
specifically needed.
Common Use Cases
- Country-level time series for GDP, GNP, population, poverty rates,
unemployment, trade, inflation, education, health, and environmental data.
- Cross-country comparison of development indicators.
- Long-run trend analysis using annual data from 1960 to present where available.
- Economic, social, and environmental research that needs World Bank indicator
definitions and national-level observations.
Script
Use the bundled script from the plugin directory:
python3 scripts/world_bank_open_data_tool.py describe
After reading the Markdown and selecting an API:
python3 scripts/world_bank_open_data_tool.py call \
--api-name "<api name from markdown>" \
--params-json '{"required_param":"value"}'
For larger params, write a JSON object and pass
--params-file path/to/params.json.
The script:
- sends
{"name": "world_bank_open_data"} to get_data_source_desc
- sends
{"data_source_name": "world_bank_open_data", "api_name": ..., "params": ...} to
call_data_source_tool
- prints failure messages from
error.user or error.assistant
- saves returned files to each
files[].name path returned by the data source
- prints the joined
result.assistant texts on success
Expected call_data_source_tool response shape:
{
"is_success": bool,
"result": {"user": list[str], "assistant": list[str]} | None,
"error": {"user": list[str], "assistant": list[str]} | None,
"files": [{"name": str, "content": str}],
}
When files are returned, name is the file path or name to write. The path is
usually dictated by the selected API's params in the Markdown docs. If an API
does not need files, the response normally has no files to save.