Cortellis CCI MCP Server

Connecting from Claude

This guide explains how to connect Cortellis CCI MCP Server to Claude so that Claude can answer your questions with Cortellis content. A connector added once is available on claude.ai, in Claude Desktop and in the Claude mobile apps.

Prerequisites

• A Clarivate account with an active Cortellis subscription. Without one, sign-in succeeds but the tools return an error saying that a valid subscription is required.
• A Claude plan that supports connectors: Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise.
• On a Team or Enterprise plan, the connector must first be enabled for your organisation by a Claude Owner (Step 1). Pro and Max users can go straight to Step 2.

Step 1: Enable the connector for your organisation (Team and Enterprise only)

This is a one-off step for a Claude organisation Owner or Primary Owner. Members cannot add a connector their organisation has not enabled.

1. In Claude, open Admin settings and select Connectors.
2. Browse the connector directory, find Cortellis Competitive Intelligence and add it for your organisation.
3. If Cortellis Competitive Intelligence is not listed in the directory, select Add custom connector instead and enter:

   Name	Cortellis Competitive Intelligence
   Remote MCP server URL	https://api.clarivate.com/lifesciences/mcp-cci/mcp
   OAuth Client ID / Secret	Leave blank: Claude registers itself automatically.

Enabling the connector does not share any Cortellis data or credentials: each member still connects with their own Clarivate account in Step 2, and only sees content their own subscription covers.

Step 2: Connect your Clarivate account

Each user does this once.

1. Sign in to claude.ai (or open Claude Desktop).
2. Go to Customize → Connectors → Discover. In some versions of Claude this is under Settings → Connectors → Browse connectors.
3. Search for Cortellis Competitive Intelligence, select it and click Connect. On a Team or Enterprise plan, a connector your organisation has added may already be listed under Connectors, ready to connect.
4. You are redirected to Clarivate. Sign in with the account that holds your Cortellis subscription and approve the consent screen.
5. Back in Claude, the connector shows as Connected.

Step 3: Use it in a conversation

1. Start a new chat, open the + (tools) menu below the message box and check that Cortellis Competitive Intelligence is switched on.
2. Ask a question that needs Cortellis content. The first time Claude uses a tool it may ask for permission: choose Allow.
3. Claude cites the Cortellis content it used, so you can open the source record.

Example questions

Once connected, try asking your AI assistant:

• “Which drugs are in Phase 3 or later for obesity, and which companies are developing them?”
• “Which drugs for hepatocellular carcinoma are approved in China but not in the United States or the European Union?”
• “Compare the development status, mechanisms of action and consensus sales forecasts of the leading GLP-1 receptor agonists.”
• “What does Novo Nordisk's development pipeline look like by therapy area and phase?”
• “Which antibody-drug conjugates are in development for HER2-positive breast cancer, and what is the highest phase each has reached?”

Available tools

• Cortellis Analytics Execution: Executes an Analytics Service logical analytical plan for a dataset handle and returns compact analytical evidence.
• Cortellis Analytics Validation: Validates an Analytics Service logical analytical plan for a dataset handle.
• Cortellis Deal Search: Searches Cortellis deals and registers a provider-backed Analytics dataset.
• Cortellis Drug Details: Retrieves full details for a specific drug from the Cortellis database by drug ID, and returns an AI-summarized response tailored to the user's question.
• Cortellis Drug Overview: Retrieves a compact, structured overview for ONE drug (identified by drug_id), plus availability metadata showing section sizes.
• Cortellis Analytics Drug Search: Searches Cortellis drugs and registers a provider-backed Analytics dataset.
• Cortellis Drug Section: Retrieves ONE drug section (or one development or market_landscape subsection) with bounded chunking.
• Cortellis Entity Finder: Provides entity finding / autocomplete capabilities for indications, actions, technologies, and companies in the Cortellis database.
• Cortellis Drug Search: Searches the Cortellis investigational drugs database and returns results as a CSV.
• Cortellis Render Visualization: Renders validated structured data as an MCP App visualization for hosts that support rich UI.

Troubleshooting

• The connector is not listed. On a Team or Enterprise plan, ask your Claude Owner to complete Step 1.
• Tools return an error about a required subscription. The account you signed in with has no active Cortellis subscription. Disconnect, then connect again with the right account.
• The connector shows as connected but requests fail, or Claude asks you to sign in again. Sign-ins expire after a period of time. Open the connector, select Disconnect, then Connect again.
• Claude answers without using the connector. Check that it is switched on in that chat (Step 3), and mention Cortellis in your question.

For support, please contact [email protected].

Legal

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