INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

check_need_probate

Check whether a grant of probate (or letters of administration) is LIKELY to be needed in England & Wales, from what the person owned and how they owned it.

simplyestate.co.uknone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent endpoint

simplyestate.co.uk

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.simply-estate-planning]
url = "https://simplyestate.co.uk/api/ai/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "simply-estate-planning": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://simplyestate.co.uk/api/ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: simply-estate-planning
Remote MCP URL: https://simplyestate.co.uk/api/ai/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "simply-estate-planning": {
      "url": "https://simplyestate.co.uk/api/ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "simply-estate-planning": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://simplyestate.co.uk/api/ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "simply-estate-planning",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://simplyestate.co.uk/api/ai/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

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