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Connect Claude or Cursor to Indian company data with MCP

Last updated 2 November 2026 · by Venu Gopal Reddy Muvva, founder

IndianFirmData runs an MCP server, so Claude, Cursor or any MCP client can search and enrich Indian companies instead of guessing. It has 16 tools, including search_companies, natural_language_search, enrich_company, get_company_people, decode_identifier and create_watcher. Connect over remote HTTP at /api/mcp with your API key, or, in Claude Desktop, through the mcp-remote bridge. Tool calls use the same credits and limits as the REST API.

Steps in IndianFirmData

  1. 1. Create an API key

    Sign up free and create a key in Dashboard → API keys.

  2. 2. Add the server to your client

    Point your MCP client at https://indianfirmdata.com/api/mcp with the header Authorization: Bearer <key>. The docs page has the config.

    Add the server to your client

  3. 3. Ask your agent

    Ask something like: find listed pharma companies in Gujarat and give me their CINs. The agent calls natural_language_search and returns sourced rows.

  4. 4. Check usage

    Every tool call shows on your usage page, at ₹0 during the free period.

Why an agent needs a real source

Language models know the names of big Indian companies but often get CINs, LEIs, states and listing details wrong. A tool call returns the registry value with its source, so the agent can quote it and you can check it.

The 16 tools

list_filters, search_companies, natural_language_search, enrich_company, get_company, get_company_people, get_company_jobs, get_company_news, get_company_tech, get_company_tenders, decode_identifier, export_dataset, create_watcher, list_watchers, delete_watcher and get_usage. Jobs, news and tech refresh are beta, and tenders return an empty list until tender data is available.

When IndianFirmData is not the right tool

If your agent needs personal contact details or global people profiles, this is the wrong tool: we hold public business roles only, mostly from Wikidata, and never LinkedIn data.

Questions

Does it work with ChatGPT?

It works with any client that speaks MCP over HTTP or stdio. Check your client's MCP support.

Do tool calls cost more than API calls?

No. They use the same credits per operation as the REST API.

Can the agent change my data?

Only watchers: it can create, list and delete them. Everything else is read-only.

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Connect Claude or Cursor to Indian company data with MCP