Sanctions Screening

Sanctions screening, KYB, identifier validation, jurisdiction risk & secret scanning for AI agents

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent — or use 1-click editor setup below.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Manual Client & Custom JSON ConfigExpand JSON ▾

Client Config & Setup

Remote HTTP

Choose your client or environment

Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sanctions-screening-2": {
      "url": "https://watchtower-api.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Capabilities & Tool Schemas (9)Self-reported

Inspect callable tools, capabilities, and parameters exposed to AI agents by Sanctions Screening.

screen_name

Screen a person/company/vessel against 10 sanctions & exclusion lists (OFAC SDN+Consolidated, UN, EU, UK OFSI, Canada, Australia, France, Switzerland, US export-control, US SAM exclusions — ~229k parties, refreshed daily). Deterministic, typo-tolerant, versioned.

kyb_check

One-call KYB:** company name → its official GLEIF legal identity **and** its sanctions/exclusions screening.

screen_crypto_address

Check a crypto address against OFAC's sanctioned-address list.

validate_identifier

Validate/normalize IBAN, LEI, ISIN, BIC, VAT, card (Luhn), Ethereum & Bitcoin addresses, email, and more — by checksum.

check_jurisdiction

FATF (black + grey) and EU high-risk-country AML classification, dated & sourced.

scan_text

Detect & redact PII and secrets (API keys, private keys, tokens, emails, cards, IBANs, SSNs) in text.

Documentation Overview

Watchtower — Compliance & Data-Integrity MCP Server for AI Agents

Live hosted MCP endpoint: https://watchtower-api.com/mcp · Docs: https://watchtower-api.com/docs · OpenAPI: https://watchtower-api.com/openapi.json

Watchtower is a deterministic compliance & data-integrity API for AI agents. Point any MCP client at the hosted endpoint and your agent gets tools for sanctions screening, KYB, identifier validation, jurisdiction risk, PII/secret detection, and LEI resolution — pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base, no signup) or a prepaid API key.

This repo is the public home for the hosted Watchtower MCP server. There's nothing to install — connect to the remote endpoint below.

Connect

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "watchtower": { "url": "https://watchtower-api.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Streamable-HTTP MCP, stateless — no auth handshake. Paid tools take an api_key argument (create one for free with the create_api_key tool, which includes trial credit) or you can pay per call via x402.

Tools

Tool	What it does	Price
`screen_name`	Screen a person/company/vessel against 10 sanctions & exclusion lists (OFAC SDN+Consolidated, UN, EU, UK OFSI, Canada, Australia, France, Switzerland, US export-control, US SAM exclusions — ~229k parties, refreshed daily). Deterministic, typo-tolerant, versioned.	$0.02
`kyb_check`	One-call KYB: company name → its official GLEIF legal identity and its sanctions/exclusions screening.	$0.02
`screen_crypto_address`	Check a crypto address against OFAC's sanctioned-address list.	$0.01
`validate_identifier`	Validate/normalize IBAN, LEI, ISIN, BIC, VAT, card (Luhn), Ethereum & Bitcoin addresses, email, and more — by checksum.	$0.005
`check_jurisdiction`	FATF (black + grey) and EU high-risk-country AML classification, dated & sourced.	$0.005
`scan_text`	Detect & redact PII and secrets (API keys, private keys, tokens, emails, cards, IBANs, SSNs) in text.	$0.005
`resolve_lei` / `search_lei_by_name`	Resolve or search a Legal Entity Identifier via GLEIF (legal name, status, jurisdiction).	$0.01
`create_watch`	Monitor a name; webhook fires when its sanctions match set changes.	$0.01/day
`get_screening_info`	List versions, source freshness, entry counts, pricing.	Free

Why Watchtower

Deterministic & auditable — same query + same list snapshot ⇒ byte-identical result, stamped with a content-hash and algorithm version, plus point-in-time (as_of) screening for "what did the list say when we onboarded them?"
Broad, authoritative coverage — 10 official government lists, ~229,000 parties, refreshed daily.
Built for agents — pay-per-call via x402 (USDC on Base, no account) or MCP; no minimums, no seats.

Also available as REST + x402

Everything above is also a REST API. Pay per call in USDC via x402 with no signup:

server.ts

import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from '@x402/fetch';
import { ExactEvmScheme } from '@x402/evm';
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch,
  new x402Client().register('eip155:8453', new ExactEvmScheme(signer)));
await pay('https://watchtower-api.com/v1/screen', { method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ name: 'Vladimir Putin' }) });

Full reference: https://watchtower-api.com/docs · machine-readable: /llms.txt, /openapi.json, /.well-known/x402.json

Informational screening against public sanctions, export-control & exclusion lists; LEI/entity data via GLEIF. Not legal advice.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Sanctions Screening

sanctions-screening is a hosted MCP server. Add it as a remote server in your client's config: "mcpServers": { "sanctions-screening": { "url": "https://watchtower-api.com/mcp" } }

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