
Tomba MCP Server
io.github.tomba-ioPublished by GitHub account tomba-iov1.10.0Updated Oct 24, 2026
MCP server for Tomba email finder, verification, and contact enrichment API
Overview
Tomba MCP server for email finding, verification, phone lookup and contact/company enrichment through the Tomba API.
- What you can do
- Find and verify emails: domain search, email finder, author and LinkedIn finders, email counts, sources, format patterns and deliverability checks
- Enrich contacts and companies: person, company and combined enrichment, plus phone finder and phone validator
- Research domains and companies: domain status, autocomplete, similar domains, technology stacks, employee locations and filtered company search
- Manage the account: account and usage info, data flags, leads, API keys and request logs
- Read Tomba resources and run prebuilt prompts for contact discovery, lead generation and market research
- When to use it
- Useful when an assistant needs to find or verify business email addresses, look up phone numbers, enrich prospect records, or research companies and their technology stacks for sales, recruiting or market research work.
- Requirements
- Either the hosted endpoint at mcp.tomba.io with OAuth sign-in, or the npm package run locally with Node.js 18 or higher. Local and API-key use require a Tomba account and the TOMBA_API_KEY and TOMBA_SECRET_KEY environment variables, or an Authorization bearer token built from them. Network access to the Tomba API is needed.
Installation
In SourceWeft
- Open Tomba MCP Server in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
- Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
- Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.
Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.
Use with an agent
Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.
Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.tomba-io%2Ftomba-mcp-server/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.Other MCP clients
Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.
{
"mcpServers": {
"tomba": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.tomba.io/mcp"
}
}
}README
[Tomba] Tomba.io MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for integrating with the Tomba.io API. This server provides comprehensive email discovery, verification, and enrichment capabilities through a standardized MCP interface.
Features
Tools (28 available)
Email Discovery
- Domain Search: Find all email addresses associated with a domain
- Email Finder: Generate likely email addresses from names and domains
- Author Finder: Discover email addresses of article authors
- LinkedIn Finder: Find emails from LinkedIn profile URLs
- Email Count: Get total email counts for domains
- Email Sources: Find where an email address was found on the web
- Email Format: Get the email format patterns used by a domain
Verification
- Email Verifier: Verify email deliverability and check database presence
Enrichment
- Email Enrichment: Enrich emails with additional contact data
- Person Enrichment: Find person data by email (name, position, social profiles)
- Company Enrichment: Find company data by domain (industry, size, location)
- Combined Enrichment: Combined person + company enrichment by email
Phone
- Phone Finder: Search phone numbers by email, domain, or LinkedIn
- Phone Validator: Validate phone numbers and check carrier info
Domain Intelligence
- Domain Status: Check if a domain is webmail or disposable
- Autocomplete: Company name suggestions with logo and domain info
- Similar Finder: Find similar domains based on a target domain
- Technology Finder: Discover technology stacks used by websites
- Location: Get employees location count by country
Company Search
- Companies Search: Search for companies using natural language queries with advanced filters
Account & Management
- Account Info: Get current account information, plan, and credits
- Usage Info: Get API usage statistics across all endpoints
- List Flags: List submitted data flags with status and credit refunds
- Create Flag: Report incorrect data (hard bounces, invalid emails) for credit recovery
- List Leads: List leads with optional domain filter
- Create Lead: Add a new lead to a list
- List Keys: List API keys
- Get Logs: Get recent API request logs
Resources (7 available)
tomba://api/status- API status and account infotomba://domain/{domain}- Domain informationtomba://email/{email}- Email informationtomba://similar/{domain}- Similar domains analysistomba://technology/{domain}- Technology stack informationtomba://docs/api- API documentationtomba://docs/tools- Tools documentation
Prompts (16 pre-built workflows)
- find_contact - Find complete contact info for a person
- verify_email_list - Batch verify email addresses
- research_company - Research company contacts and structure
- enrich_lead - Enrich a lead with all available data
- find_journalists - Find journalist contacts from articles
- phone_finder - Find phone numbers for contacts
- validate_phone - Validate a phone number
- competitor_analysis - Analyze competitors using similar domains and technology
- technology_audit - Comprehensive technology audit of a website
- domain_insights - Get comprehensive insights about a domain including email count and technology
- bulk_domain_research - Research multiple domains for email counts and basic information
- find_target_companies - Find companies with advanced filters (size, type, revenue, industry)
- market_research - Research companies in a market segment with comprehensive filtering
- lead_generation - Generate leads by finding companies and their contacts
- prospect_enrichment - Enrich company prospects with comprehensive data
- industry_analysis - Analyze companies within an industry with detailed segmentation
Filter Options for Company Search Prompts
Performance & Reliability
Timeout
All API calls have a 120-second timeout. Tomba searches run in real time against live infrastructure — response times vary with the target company's SMTP server speed, website responsiveness, and the depth of catch-all detection.
Retry with Exponential Backoff
All API calls automatically retry up to 3 times with exponential backoff on:
429 Too Many Requests(rate limit exceeded)5xxserver errors
Retry delays: 1s → 2s → 4s.
Rate Limits
Rate limits are enforced per endpoint and per plan:
No credits are charged when Tomba cannot provide a result. Duplicate requests within 30 days are not counted again.
Transport Options
- stdio - Standard input/output (default, for Claude Desktop)
- http - HTTP server with REST endpoints
Installation
Prerequisites
- Node.js 18 or higher
- npm or yarn
- Tomba API account (Sign up here)
Screenshots
[Screenshot 1] [Screenshot 2] [Screenshot 3] [Screenshot 4] [Screenshot 5]
Note: The npm package has been renamed from
tomba-mcp-serverto@tomba-io/tomba-mcp-server. Please update your configurations accordingly.
Option 1: Install via NPX (Recommended)
The easiest way to use the Tomba MCP server is via npx, which doesn't require cloning the repository:
macOS/Linux
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):
Windows
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json (%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json):
Note: The -y flag automatically accepts the installation prompt, and npx will always fetch the latest version.
Option 2: Install from Source
If you want to modify the server or contribute to development:
Configuration
OpenClaw Skill
This repository includes workspace-local skills in skills/. The Cursor plugin (.cursor-plugin/plugin.json) loads them as well.
skills/tomba-contact-intelligence/SKILL.md is the main skill. It helps the agent pick the right Tomba MCP tools for contact discovery, company research, email verification, phone lookup, and prospect enrichment workflows.
Each MCP tool also has its own skill folder, skills/tomba-<tool-name>/SKILL.md. Each one covers the tool's inputs, workflow, expected output, and an example call:
To use it:
- Open this repository as your OpenClaw workspace, or copy the
skills/tomba-*directories you need into your OpenClaw skills directory. - Ensure the Tomba MCP server is configured and available to OpenClaw.
- Start a new OpenClaw session so the skill is loaded.
Example prompts:
- "Find the best contact for partnerships at stripe.com and verify the email before you return it."
- "Research fintech companies in Germany, then identify likely sales contacts for the top matches."
- "Enrich this prospect with email, phone, company technology, and similar competitors: [email protected]"
Claude Code Plugin
This repository is also a Claude Code plugin marketplace (.claude-plugin/). The plugin bundles every skill in skills/ and connects to the hosted MCP server at https://mcp.tomba.io/mcp:
Then run /mcp and authenticate the tomba server with OAuth. No API keys are needed. Plugin skills are namespaced, for example /tomba:tomba-domain-search zapier.com.
Codex Plugin
.codex-plugin/plugin.json packages the same skills for OpenAI Codex. It loads the remote server from .mcp.json. After installing the plugin, sign in with OAuth:
To use API keys instead of OAuth, send the X-Tomba-Key and X-Tomba-Secret headers, or Authorization: Bearer <base64(ta_key:ts_secret)>, to https://mcp.tomba.io/mcp.
Claude Desktop Setup
To use this server with Claude Desktop, add the configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file.
Using NPX (Recommended)
This method automatically uses the latest published version:
macOS/Linux (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):
Windows (%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json):
Using Local Installation
If you've built from source, use the absolute path to your installation:
macOS/Linux:
Windows:
Important Notes:
- Replace
your-api-key-hereandyour-secret-key-herewith your actual Tomba API credentials - For local installation, replace
/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/tomba-mcp-serverwith the full path to your installation directory - Restart Claude Desktop after updating the configuration
Getting Tomba API Credentials
- Visit https://tomba.io
- Sign up for an account or log in
- Navigate to your dashboard
- Go to API settings
- Copy your API Key and Secret Key
Alternative: Using HTTP Transport
For HTTP transport with npx:
For HTTP transport with local installation:
Usage
Command-line Options
Standalone HTTP Server
You can also run the server as a standalone HTTP service:
HTTP API Endpoints
- POST /mcp - Send JSON-RPC requests
- GET /mcp - Server-Sent Events for notifications (requires X-Session-Id header)
- DELETE /mcp - Terminate a session (requires X-Session-Id header)
- GET /health - Health check endpoint
- GET /sessions - List active sessions (requires authentication)
Example HTTP Request
🔧 Development
Development Commands
🔍 Debugging & Testing
MCP Inspector (Recommended)
The easiest way to test and debug your MCP server:
This opens a web interface where you can:
- 📋 View all available tools
- 🧪 Test tools interactively
- 📊 Inspect requests/responses
- 🐛 Debug in real-time
Alternative Debug Methods
VS Code Debugging
If using VS Code, use the included debug configurations:
- Debug MCP Server: Debug the compiled JavaScript
- Debug TypeScript: Debug TypeScript source directly
- Debug with Inspector: Debug with MCP Inspector
- Run Tests: Debug Jest tests
See DEBUG_GUIDE.md for comprehensive debugging instructions.
🧪 Testing Individual Tools
1. Domain Search
Search for email addresses associated with a domain name.
Response:
2. Email Finder
Generate likely email addresses from domain, first name, and last name.
Response:
3. Email Verifier
Verify email address deliverability and check database presence.
Response:
4. Email Enrichment
Enrich an email address with additional contact information.
Response:
5. Author Finder
Find email addresses of article authors from a URL.
Response:
6. LinkedIn Finder
Find email addresses from LinkedIn profile URLs.
Response:
7. Phone Finder
Search for phone numbers based on email, domain, or LinkedIn profile.
Response:
8. Phone Validator
Validate phone numbers and check carrier information.
Response:
9. Email Count
Get the total number of email addresses for a domain.
Response:
10. Similar Finder
Find similar domains based on a specific domain.
Response:
11. Technology Finder
Instantly reveal the technology stack of any website.
Response:
12. Companies Search
Search for companies using natural language queries with advanced filters including location, industry, size, and revenue.
Response:
Available Filters:
location_city: Filter by city with include/exclude arrayslocation_state: Filter by state with include/exclude arrayslocation_country: Filter by country with include/exclude arraysindustry: Filter by industry (based on LinkedIn Industry Codes V2 - 140+ industries)type: Filter by company type:education,government,nonprofit,private,public,personalsize: Filter by company size:1-10,11-50,51-250,251-1K,1K-5K,5K-10K,10K-50K,50K-100K,100K+revenue: Filter by revenue range:$0-$1M,$1M-$10M,$10M-$50M,$50M-$100M,$100M-$250M,$250M-$500M,$500M-$1B,$1B-$10B,$10B+founded: Filter by founding year with include/exclude arrayskeywords: Filter by keywords with include/exclude arrayssic: Filter by SIC codes with include/exclude arraysnaics: Filter by NAICS codes with include/exclude arrayssimilar: Filter by similar domains with include/exclude arrays
Rate Limiting & Usage
API Rate Limits
Tomba.io implements rate limiting based on your subscription plan:
- Free Plan: 50 requests per month
- Growth Plan: 5,000 requests per month + 10,000 verifications requests
- Pro Plan: 10,000 requests per month
- Enterprise Plan: 50,000 requests per month
- Custom Plan: Custom limits
Learn more about Tomba Pricing Plans.
Rate Limit Headers
Each API response includes rate limit information:
Learn more about Tomba API Rate Limits.
Handling Rate Limits
When you exceed your rate limit, the API returns a 429 Too Many Requests status with:
Best Practices
- Monitor Usage: Check your dashboard at tomba.io/dashboard
- Implement Backoff: Handle 429 responses with exponential backoff
- Batch Operations: Use domain search for multiple emails from the same domain
- Cache Results: Store results locally to avoid duplicate requests
- Plan Accordingly: Upgrade your plan based on usage patterns
Usage Tips
- Domain search returns multiple emails per request (more efficient than individual lookups)
- Email verification consumes credits only for valid email formats
- Phone finder may return multiple numbers per request
- Enrichment provides comprehensive data in a single request
Troubleshooting
Server Not Starting in Claude Desktop
-
Check Node.js version: Ensure you have Node.js 18 or higher
-
Using NPX:
- Ensure you have a stable internet connection for the first run
- The
-yflag should auto-accept the installation - NPX will cache the package after first use
-
Using Local Installation:
- Verify absolute path is correct in your config
- Ensure
server/index.jsexists:ls -la server/index.js - Make sure you ran
yarn buildsuccessfully
-
Verify API credentials: Ensure your Tomba API keys are correct
-
Check Claude logs:
- macOS:
~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log - Windows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\logs\mcp*.log
- macOS:
NPX-Specific Issues
"npx command not found":
- Ensure npm is installed:
npm --version - NPX comes with npm 5.2.0+, update if needed:
npm install -g npm
Package not found:
- Verify the package is published:
npm view @tomba-io/tomba-mcp-server - Try clearing npm cache:
npm cache clean --force
Always downloading package:
- This is normal behavior with
-yflag - NPX caches the package after first download
- For a permanent installation, use local installation method
Authentication Errors
- Verify your API keys at https://app.tomba.io/dashboard
- Ensure environment variables are properly set in the config
- Check that your API subscription is active
Tools Not Responding
- Check your Tomba API rate limits
- Verify network connectivity
- Review server logs for error messages
About Tomba
Founded in 2020, Tomba prides itself on being the most reliable, accurate, and in-depth source of email address data available anywhere. We process terabytes of data to produce our Email finder API.
Contributing
- Fork it (https://github.com/tomba-io/tomba-mcp-server/fork)
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create a new Pull Request
License
Please see the License file for more information.
Support
Source: README.md at commit e492c11
Tools
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1- v1.10.0LatestSep 16, 2026
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