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Detect & redact PII and secrets in text (private_key, jwt, aws_access_key, github_token, stripe_key, slack_token, openai_key, google_api_key, sendgrid_key, npm_token, gitlab_token, twilio_key, slack_webhook, azure_storage_key, basic_auth_url, email, ssn, ipv4, eth_address, iban, credit_card, phone).

watchtower-api.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Risk classification

Potential side effects detected · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

A tool name or description suggests sending messages.

Parent endpoint

watchtower-api.com

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.watchtower-sanctions-screening]
url = "https://watchtower-api.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "watchtower-sanctions-screening": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://watchtower-api.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: watchtower-sanctions-screening
Remote MCP URL: https://watchtower-api.com/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": {
    "watchtower-sanctions-screening": {
      "url": "https://watchtower-api.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "watchtower-sanctions-screening": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://watchtower-api.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "watchtower-sanctions-screening",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://watchtower-api.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

Related tools

create_api_key — Create a Watchtower API key with free trial credit.
screen_name — Screen a person/company/vessel name against OFAC (SDN + Consolidated), UN, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Switzerland, US export-control (BIS/State), and US SAM procurement/benefit exclusions.
screen_names_batch — Screen up to 500 names in one call against OFAC SDN, OFAC Consolidated, UN, EU, and UK OFSI sanctions lists.
screen_crypto_address — Check whether a crypto address (BTC/ETH/others) appears on OFAC's sanctioned digital-currency address list.
create_watch — Monitor a name against all sanctions + US export-control lists.
list_watches — List your active watches (free).
validate_identifier — Deterministically validate & normalize an identifier by its checksum/format: iban, lei, isin, bic, card, vat, eth, email, domain, phone, uuid, btc, cusip, sedol, imei.
check_jurisdiction — Classify a country's AML risk against the FATF black/grey lists AND the EU high-risk-third-countries list.