Developers

MCP server

Connect an AI assistant to Entitylight and ask it to check a business before you fund it. It runs the same lookups as the app, on your plan.

Server URL

Streamable HTTP. Claude and ChatGPT sign in with your Entitylight account; Claude Code, Cursor and scripts send an API key as a bearer token.

https://api.entitylight.com/mcp

Connect

Claude
In Settings, open Connectors, add a custom connector with the server URL, then sign in to Entitylight and allow access.
ChatGPT
Add a connector with the server URL, then sign in to Entitylight and allow access.
Claude Code
Add the server with an API key from the API page in the app.
claude mcp add --transport http entitylight https://api.entitylight.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer rec_live_..."
Cursor
Add the server to mcp.json with an API key from the API page in the app.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "entitylight": {
      "url": "https://api.entitylight.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer rec_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

  • look_up_businessThe business's Secretary of State record, UCC filings and court cases in one report1 lookup
  • pick_businessChoose the right registration when a lookup matches several1 lookup
  • get_lookup, list_lookupsRead past reportsFree
  • search_ucc_filings, get_ucc_searchUCC filings under a debtor name in one state1 lookup
  • find_related_businessesBusinesses that list a person as an officer or registered agent, or share an address1 lookup
  • screen_ofacA business or person against OFAC and other sanctions, exclusion and PEP lists1 lookup
  • watch_business, list_watches, stop_watchingRe-check a business on a schedule for new liens, lawsuits and record changes1 lookup per check
  • get_usageLookups left this periodFree

Every report says, for each source, whether it was searched, not covered or failed, so an empty result is never read as a clean record.