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FindLeadEmails MCP server
Find and verify B2B work emails from your AI assistant: single lookups or bulk lists, with deliverability checks.
This repository holds setup docs and config for the hosted FindLeadEmails MCP server. There is no code to install: the server is remote.
- URL:
https://www.findleademails.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
- Auth: sign in with OAuth 2.1 in clients that support it (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, VS Code, Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and others): add the URL with no header and approve in the browser. Or send
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY. Listing tools (initialize, tools/list) needs neither.
- API key (only if you don't use OAuth): sign in and create one at https://www.findleademails.com/developers?utm_source=github. It is shown once; rotate it there if lost. Never commit it.
Use the www host. https://findleademails.com redirects, and some clients drop the Authorization header when following that redirect.
[Add to Cursor]
[Install in VS Code]
Both buttons add the server URL only. Approve the OAuth sign-in in your browser the first time a tool runs.
Tools
Pricing: misses, catch-alls, predicted results and repeat lookups are free; you pay only for verified emails. Credits never expire. See https://www.findleademails.com/docs/mcp?utm_source=github#credits.
Sign in with OAuth
The server supports OAuth 2.1 with PKCE (S256), Client ID Metadata Documents, and Dynamic Client Registration. In a client that supports OAuth, add the URL with no Authorization header and approve access in your browser. No API key needed.
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Claude (claude.ai and Claude Desktop): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Paste https://www.findleademails.com/api/mcp, choose "Sign in when needed", and keep "Use Claude's published identity".
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ChatGPT and Codex: add the server with the URL above and choose OAuth as the authentication method.
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Claude Code:
Then run /mcp in Claude Code, select findleademails, and choose Authenticate.
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VS Code and Cursor: add the URL only, with no headers (or use the install buttons above). The client opens the sign-in page when needed.
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Gemini CLI: after installing the extension, run /mcp auth findleademails.
Prefer an API key? Use the snippets below.
Setup with an API key
Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key in every snippet.
Cursor
For OAuth, use the Add to Cursor button above. For an API key, add this by hand to .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global). The same file is in this repo as .mcp.json.
To keep the key out of the file, use "Bearer ${env:FINDLEADEMAILS_API_KEY}".
Claude Code
Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop needs the mcp-remote bridge (Node.js 18+). In claude_desktop_config.json:
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for the key and stores it securely:
Windsurf
mcp_config.json (open it from the Cascade panel's actions menu; on macOS/Linux ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json, on Windows %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json):
Cline
Ask Cline to install this server from this repo (it follows llms-install.md), or add to cline_mcp_settings.json:
Gemini CLI
The CLI asks for your API key during install and stores it in the system keychain. Change it later with gemini extensions config findleademails.
Perplexity
Pro, Max or Enterprise: Connectors → add a custom remote connector and choose the authentication option your plan offers. With an API key:
Grok
On grok.com: Connectors → New Connector → Custom, enter the server URL, and paste the API key when asked for authentication. Business and Enterprise workspaces need an admin to provision custom connectors first.
Grok CLI:
xAI API (the key goes in authorization without the word Bearer):
Other clients
A client that supports OAuth only needs the URL. Any client that takes a remote URL plus headers: use the Cursor JSON above, adjusted to that client's key names.
Try it
A tool call without a key or OAuth token returns HTTP 401 invalid_token (with a WWW-Authenticate header pointing OAuth clients to sign-in) and nothing is charged. A POST without Accept: application/json, text/event-stream returns 406.
Links
License
MIT. See LICENSE.
— The FindLeadEmails team