Machine-readable index of this site: https://sproutsdata.ai/llms.txt. Canonical description: Sprouts Data is a business data provider for AI assistants and apps: search companies, people, patents, news, funding rounds, job openings and research papers through an API or an MCP server.

Sprouts Data, inside your assistant.

If you work in Claude, Cursor or VS Code, you don't need to write code to use Sprouts Data. Add one URL and ask your questions in the chat: find companies, look up a list of domains, check what the index holds.

The endpointhttps://dashboard.sproutsdata.ai/mcp

Claude Desktop and claude.ai

Add a custom connector and paste the endpoint as its URL. There is no key to create: you sign in, approve the access it asks for, and the tools appear. A signed-in session always uses live credits; to try it for free first, use a test key in Claude Code.

ChatGPT

Use a developer-mode custom connector with the endpoint plus ?tools=search,fetch, and your key as the access token.

Clients that take a key

claude mcp add --transport http sprouts "https://dashboard.sproutsdata.ai/mcp?client=claude-code-plugin" \
  --header "X-API-Key: sk_dsp_test_..."

// ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sprouts": {
      "url": "https://dashboard.sproutsdata.ai/mcp?client=cursor",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "sk_dsp_test_..." }
    }
  }
}

// .vscode/mcp.json in the project root
{
  "servers": {
    "sprouts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://dashboard.sproutsdata.ai/mcp?client=vscode",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "sk_dsp_test_..." }
    }
  }
}

# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.sprouts]
url = "https://dashboard.sproutsdata.ai/mcp?client=codex"
bearer_token_env_var = "SPROUTS_API_KEY"

// ~/.gemini/settings.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sprouts": {
      "httpUrl": "https://dashboard.sproutsdata.ai/mcp?client=gemini-cli",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "sk_dsp_test_..." }
    }
  }
}

Keep the client parameter as written: it attributes usage to the right client.

Then ask something free.

“What does Sprouts actually have coverage of?” calls the coverage tool, which is free. A good answer means the connection and the key work. Lookups and runs need their own permissions on the key.

Guard rails.

By default, at most 50 billable calls per session, with a confirmation after 20. Responses are cached for 60 seconds, and nothing pages through results without asking.

The tools.

SearchNine categories, in words, filters or both
Similar companiesLook-alikes of one to ten companies
Record lookupFull records by domain, LinkedIn URL or id
Research agentMulti-step runs: criteria per row, columns you name
RelationshipsHow two companies or people connect
CoverageWhat the index holds. Free
UsageBalance, spend and past runs. Free
FeedbackReport a wrong or missing result. Free
Top upOpens a page to buy credits. Free

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