MCP Integration
Our MCP server gives Claude Code direct access to 300+ NHS trust board papers. Search trusts, read board papers, and pull procurement signals, without leaving your terminal.
Available on Growth plans and above · 300+ NHS Trusts
Claude Code is Anthropic's AI coding assistant that runs in your terminal. It can read files, write code, and run commands, and with MCP servers, it can connect to external data sources like NHS board papers.
Sign up for a Growth plan or above at boardpaperscraper.com, then generate an API key from your dashboard under Settings → API.
Run this command in your terminal to add the Board Paper Scraper MCP server to Claude Code:
claude mcp add board-paper-scraper \
--transport streamable-http \
https://boardpaperscraper.com/api/mcp \
--header "Authorization:Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Open Claude Code and start asking questions about NHS trusts. The MCP server exposes 5 tools that Claude Code can call automatically.
Once connected, Claude Code can call these tools automatically when you ask about NHS data.
Find trusts by name, region, type (acute, mental health, ambulance), or country. Returns trust details including website and board paper counts.
Pull detailed information about any NHS trust, including their type, region, website, and how many board papers are available.
List all board papers for a trust, newest first. See meeting dates, titles, and which papers have been processed.
Access the extracted text content from any board paper. Get the full text that our AI has already parsed from the PDF.
Get download links for original board paper PDF files when you need the source document.
Search for acute trusts in London and show me their latest board papers
What are the digital transformation priorities mentioned in Barts Health NHS Trust's latest board paper?
Find all trusts in the North West that have published board papers this month
Pull the board paper content for Guy's and St Thomas' and summarise the procurement signals
Compare the financial positions of the top 5 London acute trusts based on their board papers
300+ NHS trusts. Board papers parsed by AI. Search trusts, read content, find procurement signals, all from your AI tools.
Growth plans and above · No credit card to browse docs
Questions Everyone Asks
Frequently asked questions
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI tools like Claude Code connect to external data sources. Our MCP server gives Claude Code direct access to NHS board paper data, so you can ask questions about trusts, read board papers, and find procurement signals without leaving your terminal.
Yes, API and MCP access is available on Growth plans and above. You'll need to generate an API key from your dashboard. Each plan includes a monthly API call allowance.
Claude Code can search NHS trusts, get trust details, list board papers, read extracted board paper content, and get PDF download links. It cannot modify any data. The API is read-only.
They access the same data, but the MCP server is designed for AI tools. It uses the Model Context Protocol so Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI tools can call it natively. The REST API is for custom integrations and scripts.
Book a demo and our team will walk you through it.