Q. Skill or connector — which do I use?
Either. The skill is the quickest drop-in for the Claude app; the MCP connector is ideal in Claude Code and other MCP-aware clients where you want it as a callable tool.
Research a company without leaving Claude. There's a Claude Agent Skill you can drop in, and an MCP connector you can add to Claude or Claude Code — then just ask Claude to build a dossier. Both run the same engine and return the same complete, sourced, nine-section file. Free, public sources only.
Add the company-dossier skill to Claude, then ask in plain language. Claude knows how to run the research and lay the file out for you.
The skill teaches Claude the method behind a dossier — what the nine sections are, where to pull each one from the public record, and how to keep every claim sourced. You don't have to spell out the steps; name the company and ask for the file.
Prefer to wire it in as a tool? Add the Company Dossier MCP connector to Claude or Claude Code and the assistant can call the engine directly while you talk.
The MCP connector exposes Company Dossier as a tool Claude can invoke mid-conversation. Behind it, the work is the same research that npx company-dossier performs — that's what powers it — so you get an identical sourced file, driven by the model and surfaced right in your Claude session.
Conversational on the outside, the same complete dossier underneath.
It all comes from public sources only, and every claim points back to where it came from. The target company doesn't need to be involved or aware. A dossier is a fast, honest starting map — built to be verified, not taken on faith.
Either. The skill is the quickest drop-in for the Claude app; the MCP connector is ideal in Claude Code and other MCP-aware clients where you want it as a callable tool.
The same engine as everywhere else — npx company-dossier powers both the skill and the connector. The CLI page covers it in full.
Public sources only — job boards, filings, news and the open web. No private data, no login bypass.
name a company. read the whole story, sourced, in the chat.