CompShop MCP server

Endpoint

https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp

Read-only. No authentication required. JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP using the MCP protocol (versions 2024-11-05 through 2025-06-18 supported).

Tools

• search

  Free-text discovery across vendors, reports, families, and positions.

• list_vendors_by_industry

  All publishers tagged with a given industry.

• list_vendors_by_region

  Publishers with coverage in a given region (US, Europe, APAC, etc.).

• find_surveys_for_position

  Which surveys benchmark a specific job title.

• get_vendor

  Detailed info on one vendor + their reports.

• get_report

  Detailed info on a single survey report.

• recommend_surveys

  Ranked best-fit recommendations given industry + region + role focus.

Example prompts

Once connected, ask your assistant things like:

• “Find compensation surveys covering biotech in Europe.”

  Uses search

• “Which salary surveys benchmark nurse practitioners?”

  Uses find_surveys_for_position

• “List compensation survey publishers that cover healthcare.”

  Uses list_vendors_by_industry

• “Which survey publishers have coverage in Asia-Pacific?”

  Uses list_vendors_by_region

• “Recommend compensation surveys for a US healthcare employer benchmarking physicians and nurses.”

  Uses recommend_surveys

• “Tell me about Willis Towers Watson's compensation surveys.”

  Uses get_vendor

• “What does the Croner Software Games Survey, North America cover?”

  Uses get_report

Connect from Claude

Works in claude.ai, Claude Desktop, and Cowork on every plan (Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise).

1. Go to Customize > Connectors.
2. Click +, then Add custom connector.
3. Enter the endpoint URL above. No authentication or advanced settings are needed.
4. Click Add.
5. In a conversation, click + in the lower left, choose Connectors, and turn CompShop on.

On Team and Enterprise plans, an owner adds it first under Organization settings > Connectors (Add → Custom → Web); members then connect it from Customize > Connectors.

Connect from ChatGPT (Pro / Team / Enterprise)

In the ChatGPT custom-connector flow, select “Model Context Protocol” and paste the endpoint URL. No auth header required.

Connect from Cursor / Cline / Continue

Add an HTTP MCP server with URL https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp. Each editor has its own settings UI but the URL is the only required field.

Quick test with curl

curl -s https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "recommend_surveys",
      "arguments": {
        "industry": "healthcare",
        "region": "United States",
        "role_focus": "physicians and nurses"
      }
    }
  }'