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MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/compliance-screening/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-compliance-screening": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/compliance-screening/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/compliance-screening/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "screen_entity", "arguments": {"name": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/compliance-screening/

3 endpoints available:

GET /rest/compliance-screening/screen_entity
GET /rest/compliance-screening/list_compliance_sources
GET /rest/compliance-screening/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/compliance-screening/screen_entity?name=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/compliance-screening/screen_entity",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "name": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc compliance-screening

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (3)

screen_entity

Screen an entity for sanctions, offshore leaks, and corporate registry hits.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`name`	`string`	required	Entity name to screen — person, company, or organization.
`entity_type`	`any`	optional	Filter: 'individual', 'entity', or 'vessel'.
`country`	`any`	optional	Filter by country name or code.
`threshold`	`number`	optional	Sanctions fuzzy-match threshold (50-100). Lower = more results. (default: 80.0)
`limit`	`integer`	optional	Max results per source. (default: 10)