Connect an agent to the desk.
The desk is also an MCP server. Any agent that speaks MCP can read the notes, and search the official US record they cite: the screening lists, OFAC's recent actions, CISA's exploited-vulnerability catalog, the Federal Register and State travel advisories.
MCP
Read-only · no keyEndpoint
https://www.distributedrisk.com/mcp
The desk
list_notes
List desk notes
search_notes
Search desk notes
get_note
Read a desk note
The official record
search_screening_lists
Search the US screening lists
list_ofac_actions
OFAC recent actions
search_kev
Search CISA's KEV catalog
search_federal_register
Search the Federal Register
list_travel_advisories
State travel advisories
get_reference_rates
New York Fed reference rates
get_treasury_yields
Treasury par yield curve
Connect
Add a remote MCP server with this address. It speaks Streamable HTTP and needs no key.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http distributed-risk https://www.distributedrisk.com/mcp
Clients that read an mcpServers file
{
"mcpServers": {
"distributed-risk": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://www.distributedrisk.com/mcp"
}
}
}Tools
The desk
list_notes
Published desk notes, newest first: entry number, date, title, status, source class, a one-line summary, and the note's URL.
search_notes
Find published notes that mention every word of the query (a name, a list, a country, a program, a date) in the title, summary, sources or body.
get_note
One published note in full (Markdown), with its numbered sources and links to the official record.
The official record
search_screening_lists
Search the Consolidated Screening List (OFAC SDN and other Treasury lists; BIS Entity, Denied Persons, Unverified and Military End User lists; State ITAR-debarred and nonproliferation lists) by name, alias or identifier (IMO, SWIFT/BIC, registration number). Close spellings match. Each result gives the list, programs, addresses, IDs, remarks and the official list link; the answer says when each list last changed.
Source: Consolidated Screening List, International Trade Administration
list_ofac_actions
OFAC's recent actions, newest first: designations and removals, general licenses, FAQs, regulations and settlements, each with its date, categories and the official page. Filter by date or words in the title.
Source: OFAC Recent Actions, Treasury
search_kev
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, newest first: CVE, vendor, product, date added, federal due date, known ransomware use and the required action. Look up one CVE, search vendor or product words, or list what was added since a date.
search_federal_register
Search Federal Register rules, proposed rules, notices and presidential documents: title, type, agencies, publication and effective dates, citation, abstract and the official document link. Narrow by agency (for example foreign-assets-control-office, industry-and-security-bureau, state-department), type or date.
Source: Federal Register API, Office of the Federal Register
list_travel_advisories
US State Department travel advisories, most recently updated first: country, level (1 to 4), the advisory's summary and the official page. Filter by country, minimum level or update date.
get_reference_rates
The New York Fed's reference rates: EFFR and OBFR (unsecured), SOFR, BGCR and TGCR (secured), and the SOFR averages and index (SOFRAI). With no rate, the latest of each; with a rate, its last N days, with percentiles, volume and, for EFFR, the target range.
get_treasury_yields
Treasury's daily par yield curve, newest first: yields by tenor from 1 month to 30 years. Ask for the last N days, and optionally only some tenors (for example ["2 Yr", "10 Yr"]).
What it returns
Two kinds of answer. From the desk: each note's entry number, date, status, sources and full text, with a link back to its page. From the official record: what the government source publishes, as it publishes it, with the source link and the time we read it. A screening-list answer also says when each list last changed.
A list match is a lead to check against the official entry, not a determination that a party is listed. No match is not a clearance: names vary in spelling and transliteration, and the lists change.
The desk's terms apply to every answer, and every tool result carries them: decision support from official public sources, not a legal determination of sanctions, travel, or cyber status. Readers own their compliance obligations.
Nothing here can change anything, and it does not see inquiries. One address can make about 120 calls a minute. A newly published note reaches agents within a minute. The lists and catalogs are read again every hour, OFAC's recent actions every 20 minutes. The first list search after a quiet spell can take a few seconds while the lists load.
More than the record
If the decision in front of you needs more than the public record, inquire. That can be conditions on the ground, a name your committee already trusts, or cover someone will underwrite.
Inquire