Setu KYC MCP server for AI agents

The Setu KYC MCP server provides verification tools for PAN, GST, and name matching through Setu's Digital Gateway APIs. This server can be integrated with Claude AI to perform identity verification tasks directly within your conversations.

Installation

You can install the Setu KYC MCP server package using pip:

pip install setu_mcp_kyc

Configuration

The server requires several environment variables to authenticate with Setu's Digital Gateway and connect to the appropriate service instances.

Required Environment Variables

# Setu Digital Gateway Credentials
SETU_DG_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
SETU_DG_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret

# Product Instance IDs for different services
SETU_DG_PAN_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID=your-pan-instance-id
SETU_DG_GST_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID=your-gst-instance-id
SETU_DG_NAME_MATCH_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID=your-name-match-instance-id

Claude Desktop Integration

To integrate the server with Claude Desktop, you'll need to update the Claude configuration file.

Configuration File Location

MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Basic Configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

"mcpServers": {
  "setu_mcp_kyc": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "setu_mcp_kyc"
    ],
    "env": {
      "SETU_DG_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
      "SETU_DG_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
      "SETU_DG_PAN_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-pan-instance-id",
      "SETU_DG_GST_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-gst-instance-id",
      "SETU_DG_NAME_MATCH_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-name-match-instance-id"
    }
  }
}

Development Configuration

If you're working with a local development version:

"mcpServers": {
  "setu_mcp_kyc": {
    "command": "uv",
    "args": [
      "--directory",
      "/path/to/setu_mcp_kyc",
      "run",
      "setu_mcp_kyc"
    ],
    "env": {
      "SETU_DG_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
      "SETU_DG_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
      "SETU_DG_PAN_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-pan-instance-id",
      "SETU_DG_GST_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-gst-instance-id",
      "SETU_DG_NAME_MATCH_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-name-match-instance-id"
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

The server provides three verification tools:

PAN Verification

Verifies Permanent Account Number (PAN) card details.

Required inputs:

pan: PAN card number
reason: Purpose of verification

GST Verification

Verifies Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration.

Required input:

gstin: GST identification number

Name Matching

Compares two names for similarity.

Required inputs:

name1: First name to compare
name2: Second name to compare

Returns:

Optimistic match percentage
Pessimistic match percentage

Claude can now use these tools within conversations to verify user-provided information when prompted.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "setu_mcp_kyc" '{"command":"uvx","args":["setu_mcp_kyc"],"env":{"SETU_DG_CLIENT_ID":"your-client-id","SETU_DG_CLIENT_SECRET":"your-client-secret","SETU_DG_PAN_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID":"your-pan-instance-id","SETU_DG_GST_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID":"your-gst-instance-id","SETU_DG_NAME_MATCH_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID":"your-name-match-instance-id"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "setu_mcp_kyc": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "setu_mcp_kyc"
            ],
            "env": {
                "SETU_DG_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
                "SETU_DG_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
                "SETU_DG_PAN_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-pan-instance-id",
                "SETU_DG_GST_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-gst-instance-id",
                "SETU_DG_NAME_MATCH_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-name-match-instance-id"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "setu_mcp_kyc": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "setu_mcp_kyc"
            ],
            "env": {
                "SETU_DG_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
                "SETU_DG_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
                "SETU_DG_PAN_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-pan-instance-id",
                "SETU_DG_GST_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-gst-instance-id",
                "SETU_DG_NAME_MATCH_PRODUCT_INSTANCE_ID": "your-name-match-instance-id"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect