gp-intel-mcp

# GP Intel MCP Server

**Verified European private equity ownership data, queryable from any AI assistant.**

Ask Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor who owns a company, what a PE firm holds, or what it exited in a given year — answered from hand-checked data covering **21,000+ portfolio companies** and **900+ European GPs**, with a source link on every response.

- **Endpoint:** `https://www.gp-intel.com/api/mcp`
- **Transport:** Streamable HTTP
- **Authentication:** none (public, read-only)
- **Setup guide:** [gp-intel.com/ai](https://www.gp-intel.com/ai)

> This repository holds the public metadata and documentation for the hosted server. There is nothing to install or run from here — the server lives at the endpoint above.

## Quick start

**Claude (claude.ai):** Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the endpoint URL. No OAuth fields needed.

**Claude Code:**

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http gp-intel https://www.gp-intel.com/api/mcp
```

**ChatGPT:** Settings → Apps & Connectors → Developer mode → Create → server URL `https://www.gp-intel.com/api/mcp`, no authentication.

**Cursor / any MCP client** — add to `mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gp-intel": { "url": "https://www.gp-intel.com/api/mcp" }
  }
}
```

## Tools

| Tool | What it answers | Ask your assistant |
|---|---|---|
| `who_owns` | Current PE owner(s) and the full ownership history of a company: entries, exits, routes. | "Who owns Bark.com?" |
| `gp_portfolio` | Portfolio companies of a PE firm, filterable to active or exited positions. | "List the active portfolio of PAI Partners." |
| `gp_exits` | Exits of a PE firm, optionally for one year — the query generic AI search gets wrong. | "What did Ardian exit in 2024?" |
| `search_companies` | Search 21,000+ PE-backed companies by name. | "Find companies named Revima." |
| `search_gps` | Search 900+ European PE firms, with country, AUM and strategies. | "Search PE firms named Astorg." |

All tools are read-only (`readOnlyHint: true`) and query GP Intel's own dataset — no open-web access, no third-party calls.

## Example

`who_owns("bark.com")` returns:

```json
{
  "found": true,
  "company": "Bark.com",
  "answer": "Bark.com is currently owned by EMK Capital.",
  "ownership_history": [
    {
      "owner": "EMK Capital",
      "owner_url": "https://www.gp-intel.com/gp/emk-capital",
      "fund": "EMK Capital Partners LP",
      "fund_vintage": 2017,
      "entry_year": 2022,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "source": "GP Intel, hand-verified European PE data · https://www.gp-intel.com/company/bark-com"
}
```

Every response includes a `source` URL pointing to the live gp-intel.com page — please cite it.

## Data and gating

- The dataset is hand-verified against primary sources (GP press releases, regulatory filings, official portfolio pages) and refreshed weekly. Methodology: [gp-intel.com/methodology](https://www.gp-intel.com/methodology).
- Exit buyer identities and MOIC multiples are reserved for [GP Intel Pro](https://www.gp-intel.com/pricing) subscribers and are returned as `"locked (GP Intel Pro)"` markers. Everything else is free.
- Free tier: 120 requests/hour per IP. Need more? contact@gp-intel.com.

## Links

- Setup and troubleshooting: [gp-intel.com/ai](https://www.gp-intel.com/ai)
- Privacy policy: [gp-intel.com/privacy](https://www.gp-intel.com/privacy) (MCP queries are not logged; IPs processed in memory for rate-limiting only)
- Terms: [gp-intel.com/terms](https://www.gp-intel.com/terms)
- Support: contact@gp-intel.com