Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @ajtgjmdjp/boj-mcp
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install boj-mcp
Version History
v0.1.3Feb 15, 2026 - Version note by skill developer:
Rename _MAX_ZIP_FILES for consistency
What This Skill Does
Fetches Bank of Japan time-series statistics from the official flat file download service. Covers price indices (CGPI, SPPI), flow of funds, balance of payments, BIS statistics, TANKAN survey results, money stock, and interest rates. No API key or account required.
Handles Shift_JIS encoding and local caching automatically, removing the manual overhead of downloading and parsing BOJ flat files directly.
When to use it
- Tracking Japan corporate goods price index trends over time
- Pulling services producer price index data for economic research
- Retrieving flow of funds data on financial assets and liabilities
- Accessing TANKAN survey results for business sentiment analysis
- Comparing Japan balance of payments across reporting periods
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: What are the latest CGPI trends in Japan?
AGENT
- 1Runs boj-mcp datasets to list available datasets
- 2Searches for relevant series with boj-mcp search 'price' --dataset cgpi_m_en
- 3Retrieves the dataset with boj-mcp data cgpi_m_en
- 4Returns the monthly time-series table with recent index values
OUTPUT
CGPI monthly time-series data in table format showing recent periods