Autobound MCP

The Autobound MCP (Model Context Protocol) server lets AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client query your signal data directly. Ask natural language questions about companies and contacts - the AI agent calls our API autonomously.

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol is an open standard from Anthropic that lets AI assistants connect to external tools and data sources. Instead of copying API responses into chat, your AI assistant queries Autobound directly.

Example: Ask Claude "What hiring signals has Salesforce shown in the last 90 days?" - it calls our search API, gets structured results, and reasons about them in real time.

Quick Start

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
An Autobound API key (contact [email protected] if you don't have one)

Install

npm install -g @autobound-ai/mcp-server

Or run directly with npx (no install needed):

npx @autobound-ai/mcp-server

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autobound-signals": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@autobound-ai/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "AUTOBOUND_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project or global config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autobound-signals": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@autobound-ai/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "AUTOBOUND_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Other MCP Clients

Any MCP-compatible client works. Set the command to npx -y @autobound-ai/mcp-server and provide AUTOBOUND_API_KEY as an environment variable.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`AUTOBOUND_API_KEY`	Yes	Your Autobound API key
`AUTOBOUND_API_URL`	No	Override API base URL (default: `https://signals.autobound.ai`)

Available Tools

The MCP server exposes 25 tools across 7 categories:

Enrichment

Tool	Description	Cost
`enrichCompany`	Enrich a company by domain, name, or LinkedIn URL. Returns all matching signals.	2 credits/signal
`enrichContact`	Enrich a contact by email or LinkedIn URL. Returns all matching signals.	2 credits/signal

Search

Tool	Description	Cost
`searchCompanies`	Search companies by signal type, date range, firmographics, and more. Returns one record per company with top signals attached.	2 credits/result
`searchContacts`	Search contacts by signal type, date range, seniority, department, and more. Returns one record per contact with top signals attached.	2 credits/result
`getFilters`	List the canonical filter picklists (industries, seniority, department, revenue buckets, etc.) accepted by the search tools.	Free

Signals

Tool	Description	Cost
`listSignalTypes`	List all available signal types (hiring, funding, earnings, etc.) with their subtype vocabularies.	Free
`signalTypeHistory`	Get detection volume history for a signal type.	Free
`getSignalById`	Retrieve a specific signal by ID.	2 credits

Buyer Intent

Tool	Description	Cost
`buyerIntentTopics`	Search or browse 37K+ B2B intent topics. Returns topic IDs for other intent tools.	Free
`buyerIntentContacts`	Get contacts showing intent for specified topics. Filter by seniority, department, country, etc.	1 credit/contact
`buyerIntentCompanies`	Get companies showing intent for specified topics, ranked by composite intent score.	1 credit/company-topic
`buyerIntentCompanyTimeline`	Get every topic one company shows intent on this week, by domain.	Free
`buyerIntentFilters`	List available filter values (seniority levels, departments, countries).	Free
`buyerIntentExport`	Submit an async contact-intent export job. Up to 1,000 topics, millions of results. Returns an export ID to poll.	50 credits + 5/topic
`buyerIntentCompaniesExport`	Submit an async company-intent export job. Up to 1,000 topics.	50 credits + 5/topic
`buyerIntentExportStatus`	Poll export job status. Returns download URL when ready.	Free
`buyerIntentCompaniesExportStatus`	Poll company export job status.	Free

Email Verification

Tool	Description	Cost
`verifyEmail`	Verify deliverability of a single email address (deliverable, undeliverable, risky, or unknown).	1 credit/email; unknown = free
`verifyEmailBulk`	Verify up to 1,000 email addresses in one call.	1 credit/email; unknown = free

Monitoring

Tool	Description	Cost
`addToMonitoringPool`	Add companies or contacts to your signal monitoring pool (one record = one entity + one signal type).	10 credits/net-new record

Account

Tool	Description	Cost
`getAccount`	Get account details and plan info.	Free
`getCredits`	Check credit balance, usage, and reset date.	Free
`getCreditCosts`	Get the credit cost table for your workspace.	Free
`getRequestLogs`	View recent API request logs with status codes and latency.	Free
`getStats`	Get usage statistics and signal counts across the database.	Free

Example Prompts

Once connected, try asking your AI assistant:

"Search for 10-K filing signals for Apple in the last 6 months"
"What hiring signals has Stripe shown recently?"
"Find companies showing buyer intent for 'data enrichment'"
"Export intent contacts for my top 100 topics"
"Enrich the contact [email protected] with all available signals"
"Which companies are showing intent for AI infrastructure?"
"Verify these 50 email addresses"
"How many credits do I have left?"

Troubleshooting

Problem	Solution
"Tool not found" or no tools	Restart your MCP client after updating config
Authentication errors	Confirm your key works: `curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/account -H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY"`
Connection timeout	Check network; verify API health: `curl https://signals.autobound.ai/health`

What's Next

Streaming responses for large result sets
Multi-agent workflow support
Pre-built prompt templates for common sales workflows

Need help? Email [email protected] or reach out in your Slack Connect channel.