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如何将 UK Companies House 连接到 Claude — 通过 MCP

Search and inspect the official UK companies register: company profiles, directors and secretaries, filing history. Free public API with a 600 requests / 5 minutes rate limit. The UK equivalent of the German Handelsregister.

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UK Companies House

Search and inspect the official UK companies register: company profiles, directors and secretaries, filing history. Free public API with a 600 requests / 5 minutes rate limit. The UK equivalent of the German Handelsregister.

Tools

4

Region

GB

Category

Government

Authentication

Required env vars

COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY
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  • 7-day free trial
    No credit card required
  • GDPR & SOC 2 ready
    EU data residency, audit logs
  • Open-source on GitHub
    Source-available BSL-1.1
  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
    Any MCP-compatible client

No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly.

Sign in, install the UK Companies House in one click, paste the credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server to run.

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💡 无需安装? 直接使用 cloud.anythingmcp.com 登录、点击 Connectors → UK Companies House、粘贴凭证、生成 MCP API key — 完成。无 Docker、无 git clone、无本地服务器。

UK Companies House + Claude

Search and inspect the official UK companies register: company profiles, directors and secretaries, filing history. Free public API with a 600 requests / 5 minutes rate limit. The UK equivalent of the German Handelsregister.

前提条件

完整的设置说明已内置在连接器中 (在 store 中选择连接器时可见)。所需环境变量:

COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY

步骤 1 — 获取凭证

Getting an API key: register a free account at https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk → 'Manage applications' → 'Create an application' (pick Live or Test) → 'Create new key' → REST. Copy the generated key into COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY.

Authentication quirk: Companies House uses HTTP Basic Auth where the API key is the username and the password is empty (the canonical curl shape is -u API_KEY:). This adapter mirrors that — leave the password configuration empty.

Company numbers: always 8 characters, zero-padded (e.g. 00006400 not 6400). The search endpoint returns matches with the canonical number you can feed into the other tools.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

步骤 2 — 安装 adapter

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

步骤 3 — 在 Claude 中添加连接器

推荐路径 — 在 claude.ai web 上工作,无需触碰任何配置文件。

  1. 打开 claude.ai/customize/connectors
  2. 点击 "Add custom connector"
  3. 填入:
    • Name: UK Companies House
    • URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp
    • Authentication: Bearer token → 粘贴你的 MCP API key (来自 AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
  4. 点击 Connect 授权。

下面所有工具都会出现在你的聊天中 — 开始输入提示。

可用工具

ToolWhat it does
companies_house_search_companySearch the UK companies register by company name or number
companies_house_get_company_profileFetch the full profile for a UK company by its 8-character zero-padded company number
companies_house_list_officersList directors, secretaries and other officers (current and resigned) for a UK company
companies_house_list_filingsList the filing history (accounts, confirmation statements, officer appointments, share allotments, …) for a UK company

FAQ

Claude Code 和 Claude Desktop 一样工作吗? 是的 — 两者都指向 https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp

下一步

Ready to ship

Your UK agent is one click away.

Install the connector, paste the key, prompt Claude. Free for 7 days, no credit card.