CLI runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 50 installs a week from npm.
Kanta Verify, Find, and Database: email verification, email finding, and B2B contact search.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add cli -e 'KANTA_API_KEY=<KANTA_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @kantadev/cli{
"mcpServers": {
"cli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kantadev/cli"
],
"env": {
"KANTA_API_KEY": "<KANTA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.cli]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@kantadev/cli"]
env = { KANTA_API_KEY = "<KANTA_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"cli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kantadev/cli"
],
"env": {
"KANTA_API_KEY": "<KANTA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"cli": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kantadev/cli"
],
"env": {
"KANTA_API_KEY": "<KANTA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<KANTA_API_KEY> (Your Kanta API key from app.kanta.dev).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
KANTA_BASE_URL (Override the EmailVerifier (Verify/Find) API base URL), KANTA_DB_URL (Override the Kanta Database API base URL), KANTA_PROFILE (Named profile from ~/.kanta/config.json to use instead of KANTA_API_KEY).
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