OFAC Sanctions Service

OFAC Sanctions Service MCP Connector for Claude

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Access authoritative sanctions data via OFAC SLS — track SDN lists, entities, and version history directly from your AI agent.

10 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect to the OFAC Sanctions List Service (SLS) API through your AI agent and explore authoritative data on sanctioned individuals, groups, and entities using natural conversation.

What you can do

  • List Discovery — Retrieve identifiers for all available sanctions lists, including the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Consolidated Non-SDN lists.
  • Update Monitoring — Check the timestamp of the last update for any sanctions list to ensure you are using the most current data.
  • Version Tracking — List historical and current versions of sanctions lists and retrieve specific version metadata.
  • Entity Inspection — Access detailed profile information for specific sanctioned entities, including names, aliases, and addresses.
  • Deltas & Full Versions — Retrieve metadata for full list versions or just the changes (deltas) between specific versions.
  • Entry Metrics — Get the total count of entities within a specific list version for audit purposes.
  • Tag Management — List all descriptive tags and labels associated with list versions.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. (Optional) Enter your OFAC SLS API Key
  3. Start exploring sanctions intelligence from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client

Who is this for?

  • Compliance Officers — quickly verify entity details or list updates without manually downloading large files.
  • Legal Teams — monitor for new additions to the SDN list directly from your workspace.
  • Risk Analysts — automate the retrieval of version metadata and entry counts for compliance reporting.
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10 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_sls_about

Get SLS API info

get_delta_version_metadata

Get delta version metadata

get_entity_details

Get specific entity metadata

get_version_entry_count

Get total entries in a version

get_full_version_metadata

Get full version metadata

get_list_last_updated

Check for list updates

list_version_entities

List entities in a version

list_sanctions_lists

g. SDN, NONSDN). List available sanctions lists

list_version_tags

List tags for a version

list_list_versions

List versions of a sanctions list

See how to talk to your AI agent using OFAC Sanctions Service.

When was the SDN sanctions list last updated?

Checking update status... The SDN sanctions list was last updated today at 10:15 AM UTC. Would you like to see the entry count for the latest version?

Get the details for entity ID '12345' in the latest SDN version.

Inspecting entity 12345... This record belongs to 'Example Global Group'. It has 3 known aliases and is associated with 2 addresses in Zurich. Shall I retrieve the full version metadata for this list?

List all historical versions available for the SDN list.

Retrieving version history... I found 12 historical versions for the SDN list, ranging from January 2023 to the current version published today. Would you like to check the delta (changes) between the last two versions?

No. The SLS API is publicly accessible. However, providing an API key if you have one ensures higher rate limits and consistent access.

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