OpenBB becomes Open Data Platform for agents

OpenBB is pivotally shifting from a terminal UI to a headless data infrastructure, positioning itself as the "financial data layer" for the agentic era. Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration allows LLMs like Claude or GPT-4 to treat OpenBB as a native tool for real-time market analysis, while the Snowflake Native App launch enables secure, zero-egress financial modeling directly within enterprise data warehouses. The new "Skills" feature provides a library of pre-defined research playbooks, standardizing how AI agents execute multi-step investment workflows. Decoupling the data platform from the UI lets developers build custom financial apps or bots without worrying about fragmented provider APIs, and the move to Python 3.13 delivers significant performance gains for high-throughput data processing.