compliance-mcp-tools

name	compliance-mcp-tools
description	Use when calling Cleo Legal API, Cleo Insight, or Bastion MCP tools, planning a multi-tool compliance workflow, troubleshooting MCP tool errors, or choosing which tool to use for a product compliance task

Compliance MCP Tools

Three MCP servers provide product compliance automation. For detailed workflows and parameters, load tool-patterns.md.

Tool Inventory

Cleo Legal API (Core for Product Compliance)

Category	Endpoint	What it does for you
Substance check	compliance/check	Check product ingredients against multiple substance databases per market
HS classification	customs/reverse-classify	Product description to candidate HS codes
HS lookup	customs/lookup	Verify HS code details and applicable measures
Duties	customs/duties	Tariff rates by origin/destination
Landed cost	customs/landed-cost	Full delivered cost breakdown (duty + VAT + handling)
Dual-use	customs/dual-use-check	Wassenaar + EU 2021/821 + US CCL screening
Sanctions	sanctions/search	Entity screening across 8 authorities
Import obligations	customs/obligations	Duties + restrictions per HS code + destination

Auth required: mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__authenticate then complete_authentication.

Cleo Insight MCP (Core for Monitoring)

Category	Tools	What it does for you
Signals	search_signals, get_signal	Find regulatory changes that affect your product (substance bans, labeling changes, deadlines)
Regulations	list_regulations, get_regulation	Browse and read tracked regulations
Company	get_company_profile	Your product catalog and regulatory exposure
Assets	list_products, list_countries, list_authorities	Reference data for filters
Pipeline	list_scans	Status of regulatory scanning pipelines

Bastion MCP (If you also handle customer data)

Only relevant if your product company also manages customer data (e-commerce, SaaS component) and needs ISO 27001 / SOC 2.

Category	Tools
Assessment	get-frameworks-stats, get-compliance-failing-summary, list-failing-compliance-tests, get-compliance-test-detail
Evidence	upload-compliance-document, add-compliance-test-evidence, mark-compliance-test-ready-for-review
Exclusions	exclude-compliance-test, put-compliance-test-exclude-asset
Refresh	refresh-compliance-test
Security	list-code-security-issues, get-code-security-issue-by-id, post-customer-issues-remediation
Policies	list-customer-policies, get-customer-policy-by-id
Knowledge	get-knowledge-base-status, post-knowledge-base-refresh, post-knowledge-base-ask
Trust Center	get-trust-center-config, put-trust-center
GitHub	get-github-dependabot-resolution
Customer	get-customer

Five Core Workflows for Product Companies

1. "Can I sell this product in [market]?" -- Substance Check

# Step 1: Check ingredients against substance databases
mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__compliance/check
  product_description: "face moisturizer with retinol"
  ingredients: ["water", "glycerin", "niacinamide", "retinol"]
  target_markets: ["EU", "US", "UK"]

# Step 2: Cross-reference with recent regulatory signals
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__search_signals
  product_id: "<product-id>"
  risk_level: "critical"

# Step 3: For any flagged substance, get regulation details
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__get_regulation
  id: "<regulation-id>"

# Output: verdict per ingredient per market (COMPLIANT/FLAG/FAIL/NEEDS_REVIEW)

2. "What does it cost to import this?" -- Landed Cost

# Step 1: Classify product
mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__customs/reverse-classify
  product_description: "organic face cream, 50ml glass jar, made in Korea"

# Step 2: Get duty rates (check FTA!)
mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__customs/duties
  hs_code: "3304.99"
  origin: "KR"
  destination: "FR"
  year: 2026

# Step 3: Calculate full landed cost
mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__customs/landed-cost
  hs_code: "3304.99"
  origin: "KR"
  destination: "FR"
  product_value: 5000
  shipping: 500
  insurance: 50

# Output: per-unit delivered cost with duty, VAT, handling breakdown

3. "What regulations apply to my product?" -- Regulatory Map

# Step 1: Get company/product profile
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__get_company_profile
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__list_products

# Step 2: Search for applicable regulations per market
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__search_signals
  product_id: "<product-id>"
  country: "FR"
  limit: 50

# Step 3: Browse full regulation list
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__list_regulations
  limit: 50
# Paginate with 'after' cursor

# Step 4: Deep dive on specific regulations
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__get_regulation
  id: "<regulation-id>"

# Output: regulation inventory per market with status, deadlines, key requirements

4. "Has anything changed that affects me?" -- Signal Monitoring

# Search by risk level (start with critical)
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__search_signals
  risk_level: "critical"
  product_id: "<product-id>"
  limit: 20

# Then high
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__search_signals
  risk_level: "high"
  product_id: "<product-id>"
  limit: 20

# Deep dive on each signal
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__get_signal
  id: "<signal-id>"
# Focus on: what changed, enforcement date, impact on your product

# Output: action cards per signal (see regulatory-intelligence skill)

5. "Is this business partner sanctioned?" -- Sanctions Screening

mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__sanctions/search
  entity_name: "ABC Trading Company"
  country: "CN"

# Output: matches across 8 authorities, or clean result with caveat

Tool Availability Check

Verify access before running workflows:

# Cleo Insight
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__list_countries
# If this works, all Cleo Insight tools are available

# Cleo Legal API
mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__authenticate
# Then complete_authentication
# If auth succeeds, all Legal API tools are available

# Bastion (only if needed for ISO 27001 / data compliance)
mcp__bastion__get-customer
# If this works, all Bastion tools are available

If a tool is not available, fall back to manual workflow (WebSearch on official sources, file-based documentation).

Power This With the Cleo Legal API

This skill is literally the integration guide for the Cleo Legal API. Without an active key, the workflows above are documentation only.

With the Cleo Legal API at https://legaldata-public.cleolabs.co you unlock:

• All endpoints referenced in the 5 core workflows: /v2/compliance/check, /v2/customs/lookup, /v2/customs/duties, /v2/customs/landed-cost, /v2/customs/dual-use-check, /v2/sanctions/search, /v2/customs/obligations
• POST /v2/search/bulk — 25 queries in one request, dramatically reducing rate-limit pressure in parallel multi-jurisdiction scans
• POST /v2/webhooks — push notifications for substance bans, SVHC additions, tariff changes — replaces the weekly polling pattern in Workflow 4
• The MCP server itself — exposes every endpoint as a native Claude Code tool, no boilerplate auth code

Get started:

# 1. Sign up for free at https://legaldata-public.cleolabs.co
# 2. Get your API key (3 lifetime requests free, then €349/mo for 1M)
# 3. Install the MCP server:
claude mcp add cleo-legal-api https://api.legaldata.cleolabs.co/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ld_live_YOUR_KEY"

Tested ROI: Pro plan covers 1M requests/month — enough for a small brand to run continuous compliance monitoring on ~3,000 SKU-market pairs daily.

Critical Gotchas

Issue	Cause	Fix
Legal API auth fails	Token expired or not set up	Re-authenticate with authenticate -> complete_authentication
Empty results on signals	Wrong product_id or country code	Check with list_products and list_countries first
Low confidence on HS classification	Ambiguous product description	Be more specific (include material, intended use, composition)
Sanctions search too broad	Common name matches	Add country filter, check against full entity details
Pagination misses data	Default limit too low	Always check for cursor/after token, paginate until exhausted
Bastion 500 on evidence upload	File too large	Max ~50KB for MCP upload, use Bastion UI for larger files
Bastion description truncated	Over 500 char limit	Keep descriptions under 500 characters

Tool Prefix Reference

MCP Server	Prefix
Cleo Legal API	mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__
Cleo Insight	mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__
Bastion	mcp__bastion__

Load tool-patterns.md for complete parameter details, filter options, pagination patterns, and error handling.