INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL
search_indices
Search Escalake’s public index catalog: government-published price/cost indices (PPI, CPI, ECI, and similar series) commonly cited in price escalation and price adjustment clauses for parts, materials, labor, and services.
LIVE ENDPOINT
https://escalake.com/api/mcp
Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for search_indices and invoke it with your own arguments.
Indexed 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 server
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.escalake]
url = "https://escalake.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true
Claude Code
.mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"escalake": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://escalake.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Claude Desktop
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name: escalake
Remote MCP URL: https://escalake.com/api/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": {
"escalake": {
"url": "https://escalake.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Visual Studio Code
.vscode/mcp.json
Add to Visual Studio Code{
"servers": {
"escalake": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://escalake.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Generic MCP
Client-specific MCP configuration
{
"name": "escalake",
"transport": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://escalake.com/api/mcp"
}
MCP Inspector
Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.
Related tools
get_index_observations— Get published data points for one Escalake public index over a date range (default: last 5 years, capped at 500 rows per call).compute_escalated_price— Compute a price escalation from one or more Escalake public indices: a base price, a base date, a target date, per-index weights (up to 5), an optional fixed non-escalating portion of the price, and an optional cap/floor on the resulting percentage change.