IBISWorld
by IBISWorld
Query IBISWorld industry research — market size, financial ratios, risk scores and procurement data — from an AI agent. 8 read-only tools, OAuth sign-in, and a licence that governs what you may do with what comes back.
Verified connector
Listed by Anthropic as a partner connector in its Connectors Directory.
Connection checked by Agentman on .
Anthropic states this reflects the level of review a connector received, not a security audit.
Connect IBISWorld via MCP
https://mcp.ibisworld.comWorks in any MCP-compatible client. In Agentman Studio it is one click — no config file to edit.
IBISWorld Tools & Capabilities (8)
Tool names from Anthropic's directory listing. This server requires sign-in, so we could not read tool descriptions or parameter schemas.
Limits
- The licence restricts what you may do with retrieved content. IBISWorld's Terms of Use permit viewing in a browser and printing a single copy, and prohibit reproduction, republication, upload to a third party, transmission and distribution without written authorisation. Storing MCP results in a database or warehouse is not covered by any published exception. This is the single most important constraint on this connector and it appears in none of its MCP documentation.
- Training on the content is contractually prohibited. IBISWorld's AI Policy states standard contracts prohibit the use of subscriber-accessed content for training AI models.
- The MCP terms are not published. IBISWorld states MCP is governed by additional terms beyond the standard agreement, available from your client relationship manager. We could not read them, so we make no claim about what they permit or restrict.
- The section-fetching tool has three published names,
fetch_chaptersin Anthropic's directory and bothfetch_sectionandfetch_sectionswithin one IBISWorld document. The endpoint is gated, so we could not settle which the server answers to. - A fourth tool name,
search_report, appears in IBISWorld's MCP FAQ and nowhere else. Treat it as illustrative prose, not a tool. - The two vendor documents disagree about platform support. The MCP FAQ names Claude, Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT as of July 2026; the developer documentation says the server "is compatible with Claude". Anthropic's directory records
works_withas Claude, the Claude API and Claude Code. - Bulk data is out of scope. IBISWorld states Atlas and other bulk-data tools are not available through MCP "at this time", and directs use cases to your client relationship manager.
- We could not read tool schemas or safety annotations. The endpoint returned 401 to an anonymous request, so all parameter detail on this page comes from IBISWorld's published tables rather than from the server.
- The
.well-knownhandler is an interpolating catch-all. Every path under/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/returns HTTP 200 with a descriptor echoing whatever path was requested, including paths that do not exist. The 401'swww-authenticateheader names the real descriptor, and that header is what settles it — but automated tooling that trusts a 200 from that prefix will read a resource that is not there. - No rate limits are published for this connector. IBISWorld documents none in its MCP materials, and we did not test.
- The research is not financial advice. IBISWorld's Terms of Use state its reports contain general information only, are not intended as financial product advice and must not be relied on as such, and recommend independent advice before financial decisions.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, and a specific one. IBISWorld's documentation lists an active subscription with MCP access enabled as a requirement, and its MCP FAQ states MCP must be on your licence — your client relationship manager confirms or changes that. Pricing is quoted per organisation. There is no free or trial tier documented for this connector.
No. IBISWorld's MCP FAQ states the server only returns content from the products in your licence, because access is tied to your individual IBISWorld login. It is the same content you can already open on the IBISWorld platform. IBISWorld writes that an MCP subscription does not open up any data beyond that.
Nothing in the published surface writes. All eight tools are named fetch or search, every documented parameter is a search term such as an industry name or country code, and Anthropic's directory records the connector's permissions as Read only. No tool carries a create, update, delete or export verb.
IBISWorld states it does not capture the specific prompts submitted through MCP. Its MCP FAQ says the company tracks which tools were used to generate a response, at the account level only, for subscription compliance and bug-finding. That is IBISWorld's own statement about its side; your AI platform's retention is a separate question.
Not without written permission. IBISWorld's Terms of Use prohibit reproducing, republishing, uploading to a third party, transmitting or distributing its content except as expressly authorised in writing, and permit downloading only to view content and print a single copy. Building a system of record from retrieved content is the case that clause covers.
No. IBISWorld's AI Policy states that standard IBISWorld contracts prohibit the use of subscriber-accessed content for training AI models. That is a contractual restriction on you, not a technical control in the server, so nothing in the connector will stop a pipeline that does it. Check your own agreement's addendum.
Three, as of July 2026: Claude, Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT, per IBISWorld's MCP FAQ, which adds that further platforms are in testing. One subscription covers all supported platforms. Note that IBISWorld's separate developer documentation is narrower and says the server is currently compatible with Claude.
Usually because the prompt is not specific enough about geography. IBISWorld's guidance says prompts work best when they read as a clear question and include geographic specificity, and every search tool takes a required ISO country code. Its troubleshooting advice is to tune prompt specificity first, then add a standing instruction confirming the industry match.
Sources
- IBISWorld MCP Server Documentation (retrieved 2026-08-22). This is the URL Anthropic's directory publishes; it is absent from the host's own
llms.txtindex. · retrieved 2026-08-22 - IBISWorld MCP Server FAQ (retrieved 2026-08-22), found via
help.ibisworld.com/sitemap.xml, not linked from the directory entry · retrieved 2026-08-22 - Getting Started with IBISWorld's MCP Server (retrieved 2026-08-22) · retrieved 2026-08-22
- IBISWorld's AI Policy (retrieved 2026-08-22) · retrieved 2026-08-22
- IBISWorld Terms of Use (retrieved 2026-08-22) · retrieved 2026-08-22
- IBISWorld US Segment Benchmarking help article (retrieved 2026-08-22) · retrieved 2026-08-22
- IBISWorld Industry Reports help article, report chapter and section structure (retrieved 2026-08-22) · retrieved 2026-08-22
- IBISWorld homepage, coverage figures (retrieved 2026-08-22) · retrieved 2026-08-22
- Live OAuth posture check: anonymous
initializetohttps://mcp.ibisworld.comreturned HTTP 401 with awww-authenticatechallenge; RFC 9728 metadata athttps://mcp.ibisworld.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resourceand authorization server metadata athttps://mcp.ibisworld.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server(2026-08-22) · retrieved 2026-08-22 - Anthropic Connectors Directory entry — , read from our directory snapshot dated 2026-08-16 · retrieved 2026-08-16
- IBISWorld support — <mailto:clientsupport@ibisworld.com> · Privacy
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- Category
- Finance
- Developer
- IBISWorld
- Tools
- 8
- Domain
- mcp.ibisworld.com
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