How do I run a company check in Claude Desktop through MCP?

Steps

1. Add the Strale MCP server to your Claude Desktop configuration with your API key.
2. Restart Claude Desktop.
3. Ask Claude to check a company.
4. Claude searches for the tools and runs the lookups one after another.

The solution

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strale": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "strale-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "STRALE_API_KEY": "sk_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then ask Claude:

Verify UK company 00445790. Look up its company data and run a sanctions screening.

How it works

The Strale MCP server gives Claude a few meta-tools: strale_search finds a tool, strale_execute runs it. For a company check Claude typically looks up the company, then screens the name. A VAT number is not part of the company lookup result: if you want it checked, give Claude the number from your own records. Screening results are matches for a person to review, not a verdict.

Each strale_execute call carries a price ceiling, so a tool that costs more than the ceiling is refused before it runs. The options are in Connect over MCP.

For a repeatable check, use a bundled check instead. It runs the same steps in one call, at one price, with one record. They are listed under Bundled checks.

Tools in this guide