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Companyenrich MCP with Claude: Faster Company Profiles and Lead Research
The short answer
Claude works with Companyenrich through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Once connected with an API key, Claude can enrich company profiles from a domain or name, search for businesses, and discover similar companies, all from plain-language requests. Each action follows the permissions the organisation sets.
What is Companyenrich?
Companyenrich is a company data API. It turns a domain or company name into a clean business profile quickly, and it supports company search and discovery of similar businesses. Sales, marketing, revenue operations and business development teams use it to build and maintain lead lists, qualify accounts and keep their CRM records accurate without manual research.
How Claude connects to Companyenrich through MCP
The Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is an open standard that lets Claude securely use other software. Think of it as a universal adapter between Claude and a tool. Companyenrich provides the connection, and the organisation decides what Claude is allowed to access.
Once connected, Claude can read and act within Companyenrich. For example, it can take a list of domains, enrich each one into a business profile, search for companies that match a set of criteria, or find businesses similar to a strong existing customer. Requests are made in ordinary language rather than through technical queries.
Access is controlled with the API key the organisation supplies, which can be limited and revoked at any time. Least-privilege settings keep Claude to the actions it needs. Where results will update records or trigger outreach, people review and approve those steps before anything changes, so your team stays in charge.
What you can automate
Enriching new CRM leads
When a form fill arrives with only a company domain, Claude can pull a business profile covering industry, size and location. Sales staff then see a complete record before the first call, which saves research time and reduces data entry errors in the CRM.
Building targeted prospect lists
A marketing lead can describe the ideal customer in plain words, such as mid-sized logistics firms in the United Kingdom. Claude searches Companyenrich, returns matching companies and organises them into a list ready for campaign review.
Finding lookalike customers
Account managers can ask Claude to find companies similar to their best existing clients. This helps expansion teams spot new accounts that share the traits of profitable customers, without manually comparing profiles one by one.
Cleaning and refreshing account data
Operations teams can use Claude to re-enrich older records in bulk, flagging companies whose details have changed. Staff review the proposed updates before they are written back, keeping the database current and trustworthy.
Qualifying inbound partnerships
Business development teams can check an incoming partner enquiry by enriching the company behind it. Claude summarises the profile so leaders can decide quickly whether a conversation is worth their time.
An end-to-end workflow: Weekly lead enrichment and CRM update
TriggerEvery Monday morning, a batch of new website sign-ups with company domains is added to the CRM.
Claude reads the new CRM records that contain a company domain but are missing firm details.
Claude requests a Companyenrich profile for each domain and gathers industry, headcount and location.
Claude checks each profile against the organisation's ideal customer criteria and assigns a fit score.
Claude drafts the updated fields and a short summary for each lead in the CRM, and posts a digest to the sales team's Microsoft Teams channel.
A sales operations manager reviews and approves the changes, and the approved updates are written to the CRM with an audit log.
OutcomeSales representatives start each week with complete, scored lead records. Typical teams report less manual research time and faster first contact with qualified prospects.
How we set it up
Free automation audit
We review your sales, marketing and operations processes to identify where company research slows your team down. We agree which workflows are worth automating and what success looks like.
Secure connection
We connect Claude to Companyenrich using an API key that you provide, either through the Companyenrich MCP server or the direct API. The key is stored securely and access is limited to the actions the workflow needs.
Workflow design
We design the end-to-end process across Companyenrich and your other systems, such as your CRM, Microsoft 365 and ticketing tools. People approve every change that affects customer records or outreach.
Testing and launch
We test the workflow against real past leads and accounts, check accuracy and fix edge cases. We then launch with monitoring and audit logs so you can see every action Claude takes.
Team training
We train your sales, marketing and operations staff to use the workflow, review outputs and handle exceptions, and we give you documentation to keep the process running independently.
Who benefits
- Sales leaders
- Complete, scored lead records that help reps prioritise their time on the most promising accounts.
- Marketing managers
- Faster, more precise prospect lists built from plain-language criteria.
- Revenue operations heads
- Cleaner CRM data with a reviewable audit trail for every change.
- Business development teams
- Quick company summaries to help decide which partner conversations to pursue.
Security and control
- Access is controlled by a dedicated API key that can be restricted, rotated or revoked at any time.
- Least-privilege settings limit Claude to the specific actions each workflow requires.
- People approve any change that writes to customer records or triggers outreach.
- Audit logs record each request and action so teams can review what happened and why.
- Data is handled in line with your organisation's policies and the applicable privacy rules in your region.
For teams in the US, UK, India and the Middle East
Organisations in the United States and the United Kingdom can use Companyenrich with Claude under their existing data protection and contract arrangements, with access limited to what each workflow needs. Businesses in India must meet the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and we design workflows with consent, purpose limitation and retention in mind. Companies in the UAE and Saudi Arabia are subject to local data protection laws, so we help select a hosting region that matches those requirements. Where needed, we can host custom applications in India, the United States, the United Kingdom or the European Union.
Learn more about Claude and MCP
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How engineers build and change software with Claude.
Hosted agents that run multi-step work.
The open standard Claude uses to connect to tools.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Companyenrich MCP server do?
The Companyenrich MCP server is the bridge that lets Claude request company data from Companyenrich. Through it, Claude can enrich profiles from a domain or name, search for businesses and discover similar companies. The server carries out these requests using the API key you provide, so Claude works with the same data your team would access directly.
Is connecting Companyenrich to Claude secure?
Security depends on how the connection is set up, and we set it up with care. Access uses a dedicated API key that can be restricted and revoked. Permissions are limited to what each workflow needs, approvals are required for changes to records, and audit logs track activity. We review these settings with your IT team before launch.
What can Claude actually do with Companyenrich?
Typically, Claude can enrich company profiles from domains or names, run searches for businesses matching criteria you describe, and find companies similar to your best customers. It can also summarise results and prepare updates for your team. Which actions are allowed is decided during design, and sensitive steps stay under human approval.
How long does setup take?
Timelines vary with the number of systems and the complexity of the workflow. A focused connection to Companyenrich for one team often takes a few weeks, including the free audit, testing and training. We confirm a realistic schedule during the audit, so you know what to expect before committing.
Which plan or permissions do I need?
Generally, you need a Companyenrich account that can issue an API key with the access your workflow requires. Your plan determines the available data and request volumes. During the free audit we check your current account setup and tell you whether any changes are needed before we connect Claude.