Install the BusinessCarInsurance.co.nz MCP Server

Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Goose, Continue, or any MCP-compatible client to query the FCIB NZ commercial-motor wording corpus directly. Anonymous, JSON-RPC 2.0, MCP spec 2024-11-05.

Server endpoint
https://businesscarinsurance.co.nz/.netlify/functions/mcp
Server name
businesscarinsurance-nz
Auth
Anonymous — no API key required
Rate limit
Liberal (text-match scoring is cheap); per-IP 100/day on clause-search
Tools
6

Cursor — one-click deeplink

Install in Cursor

Triggers Cursor's MCP server install flow.

Claude Desktop / Cline / Continue

Add this entry to your MCP config file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "businesscarinsurance-nz": {
      "url": "https://businesscarinsurance.co.nz/.netlify/functions/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop config lives at:

Goose

goose configure add-mcp businesscarinsurance-nz --url=https://businesscarinsurance.co.nz/.netlify/functions/mcp

Manual JSON-RPC test

List the tools:

curl -s https://businesscarinsurance.co.nz/.netlify/functions/mcp -X POST \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}' | jq

Call a tool — e.g. list the FCIB insurer panel:

curl -s https://businesscarinsurance.co.nz/.netlify/functions/mcp -X POST \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_insurers","arguments":{}}}' | jq

Search clauses across every wording:

curl -s https://businesscarinsurance.co.nz/.netlify/functions/mcp -X POST \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_policy_clauses","arguments":{"query":"agreed value total loss","limit":5}}}' | jq

Available tools

Scope + license

All data is licensed CC BY 4.0 — attribute to https://businesscarinsurance.co.nz. Every extracted fact is cited to a SHA-256-hashed source PDF; see /methodology for the ingest pipeline + /sources for every source PDF.

Personalised advice on which commercial-motor policy fits a specific business is regulated under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 — for that, contact First Commercial Insurance Brokers Ltd (FSP748591), adviser Stewart Hunt: stewart@fcib.co.nz | 0800 437 699.