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# Tools

## Intellizence MCP Tools

The Intellizence MCP Server exposes **14 tools** — 7 search tools that return structured or narrative results, and 7 companion "get by ID" tools that pull the full detail record for a single result. Connect the server once, and Claude (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) can query live company signals directly inside your conversation.

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### Search Tools

#### `search_news`

Real-time, narrative news articles on companies across 30 growth, sales, and risk signal themes (M\&A, Fundraising, Layoffs, Leadership Changes, Product Launches, Bankruptcy, Legal, Regulatory, Security Breaches, and more). \
**Filters:** companies, themes, industries, stock markets, company type (Public/Private), locations, date range, limit. \
**Best for:** open-ended "what's happening with X" queries and unstructured context — not deduplicated deal records.

#### `search_funding_data`

Structured, deduplicated funding and investment event records — one record per deal. **Includes:** company, funding round (Angel through Series J, PE, Debt, Grant), deal amount, currency, date. **Filters:** company domain/name/ticker, industry, location, company type, funding round, deal amount (operators incl. between), currency, date range, limit. \
**Best for:** identifying recently funded companies, qualifying prospects by stage, tracking investment trends.

#### `search_mergers_acquisitions_data`

Structured, deduplicated M\&A deal records — one record per deal, with independent filtering across all three company roles: acquiring, acquired, and selling. **Includes:** deal type, deal status (Announced, Completed, Terminated, Rumours & Speculation, and more), deal amount, currency, date. \
**Filters:** company domain/name/ticker/industry/location per role, deal amount, M\&A status, M\&A type, currency, date range, limit. \
**Best for:** detecting acquisition activity, monitoring customers for M\&A events, identifying divestments.

#### `search_layoffs_data`

Structured, deduplicated workforce reduction event records — one record per event. **Includes:** company, layoff type, layoff reason (Restructuring, Cost-cutting, M\&A, AI Automation, Financial Distress, and more), location, date. \
**Filters:** company domain/name/ticker/industry/location/type, layoff reason, layoff type, date range, limit. \
**Best for:** organizational stress signals, budget-freeze risk, churn indicators, sector-wide trend tracking.

#### `search_expansion_data`

Structured, deduplicated business expansion event records — one record per event. **Includes:** company, expansion type (Office, Factory, Data Centre, HQ, Country Expansion, Research Lab, and more), expansion location, investment amount, jobs created, date. \
**Filters:** company domain/name/ticker/industry/location/type, expansion type, investment amount, jobs created, currency, date range, limit. \
**Best for:** identifying companies growing footprint, entering new markets, or making large capital investments.

#### `search_executive_changes_data`

Structured, deduplicated leadership transition records — one record per event. **Includes:** executive name, title, title category (CEO, CFO, CTO, CRO, CMO, CISO, Board, and more), company, change reason (New Appointment, Resigned, Retired, Terminated, and more), date. \
**Filters:** company domain/name/ticker/industry/location/type, executive name/title/title category, change reason, date range, limit. \
**Best for:** spotting leadership transitions that trigger new buying cycles, strategy shifts, budget reviews, or churn risk.

#### `search_security_breaches_data`

Structured, deduplicated security incident records — one record per event. **Includes:** company, incident type (Ransomware, Malware, Hack, Data Breach/Leak, DDoS, and more), people impacted, location, date. \
**Filters:** company domain/name/ticker/industry/location/type, incident type, people impacted (operators incl. between), date range, limit. \
**Best for:** cybersecurity risk exposure, breach-triggered buying signals for security/compliance vendors, portfolio incident monitoring.

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### Detail Lookup Tools

Each search tool has a matching "get by ID" tool to fetch the full record for a specific result:

| Tool                           | Companion to                       |
| ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- |
| `get_news_by_id`               | `search_news`                      |
| `get_fundraising_by_id`        | `search_funding_data`              |
| `get_merger_acquisition_by_id` | `search_mergers_acquisitions_data` |
| `get_layoff_by_id`             | `search_layoffs_data`              |
| `get_business_expansion_by_id` | `search_expansion_data`            |
| `get_executive_change_by_id`   | `search_executive_changes_data`    |
| `get_data_breach_by_id`        | `search_security_breaches_data`    |

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### Coverage Notes

* **Geography:** North America → Europe → Asia Pacific → Middle East → Africa → Latin America
* **Language:** English-language sources only
* **Latency:** typically 1–2 business days from event to record availability
* **Currency:** monetary fields are returned in their originally reported currency unless you request FX conversion