sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago. It exposes 2 tools. Last commit 10 Nov 2026.

Screen names against sanctions, PEP and watchlists; list screening sources in sanctions.io.

Uptime history 50 hours of history

50 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

196 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 10 Nov 2026

What changed 4

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 10 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

11 Nov a tool changed version

10 Nov a tool changed version3 times that day

and 2 more, back to 10 November 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add sanctions-io --transport http https://sanctions-io.usefulapi.io/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://sanctions-io.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.sanctions-io]
url = "https://sanctions-io.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sanctions-io": {
      "url": "https://sanctions-io.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sanctions-io": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://sanctions-io.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 2

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

sanctionsio

sanctionsio_list_sources

List the sanctions, PEP and watchlist sources that sanctions.io screens against, with their short codes. Use a short_name as data_source in sanctionsio_screen. Paginated. sanctions.io API: GET /sources/.

sanctionsio_screen

Screen a person, company, vessel or aircraft against sanctions, PEP and criminal watchlists. Returns potential matches with confidence_score (0 to 1). A match is a lead for human review, not a final decision. sanctions.io API: GET /search/.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://sanctions-io.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	136 ms	14 min ago

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sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 2 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: sanctionsio_list_sources, sanctionsio_screen. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 196 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 2 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 196 ms on average, which is faster than 69% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is sanctions.io MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at sanctions-io.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.