PE Deals MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes the PE Deals API to AI agents. Research recent UK private equity and venture capital deals directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible host.

Enterprise plan required. Generate an API key from your PE Deals dashboard.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search_deals | Search deals by sector, type, date range, and value (up to 20 per call) | | get_deal | Full details for a specific deal by ID | | get_investor | Investor profile and recent deal history | | get_top_investors | Most active investors, optionally filtered by sector | | get_sector | Deal count, capital deployed, and type breakdown for a sector | | list_sectors | All available sector slugs with deal counts |

Setup

1. Prerequisites

• Node.js 20 or later
• A PE Deals Enterprise API key (pe_live_…)

2. Install

npm install -g pe-deals-mcp

Or run directly with npx:

PE_DEALS_API_KEY=pe_live_… npx pe-deals-mcp

3. Configure Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pe-deals": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pe-deals-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PE_DEALS_API_KEY": "pe_live_YOUR_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. You should see the PE Deals tools in the tool picker.

4. Configure Cursor / other MCP hosts

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pe-deals": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pe-deals-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PE_DEALS_API_KEY": "pe_live_YOUR_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

| Variable | Required | Default | Description | |----------|----------|---------|-------------| | PE_DEALS_API_KEY | Yes | — | Enterprise API key (pe_live_…) | | PE_DEALS_BASE_URL | No | https://pe-deals.com | Override API base URL (useful for testing) |

Rate limits

Enterprise API keys are subject to daily limits enforced server-side:

• 1 000 requests per day
• 500 rows per day
• 20 rows per request (maximum limit value)

Remaining quota is shown in every tool response. A warning appears when fewer than 50 requests or rows remain.

Example prompts

• "What are the biggest PE deals in the UK healthcare sector this year?"
• "Show me the top 10 most active investors in technology."
• "Who advised on the most recent fintech acquisitions?"
• "Get the deal details for deal ID abc123."
• "Which sectors have seen the most private equity activity in the last 3 months?"

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/moley123/pe-deals
cd pe-deals/mcp
npm install
npm run build
PE_DEALS_API_KEY=pe_live_… node dist/index.js

Security

• The API key is read once from the environment at startup and never exposed in tool arguments or responses.
• No pagination offset is available — the server prevents iterative bulk extraction of the full dataset.
• All tool inputs are validated and sanitised before being forwarded to the API.