Bring Company Secretarial
to Cline
Learn how to connect Inform Direct to Cline and start using 10 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Inform Direct MCP Server?
Connect your Inform Direct account to any AI agent and take full control of your UK company secretarial and statutory compliance workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Company Portfolio Orchestration — List and manage all companies in your portfolio programmatically, retrieving detailed metadata including company numbers and public URLs
- Statutory Compliance Intelligence — Programmatically access and monitor statutory registers for directors, shareholders, and PSCs to ensure perfectly coordinated compliance
- Filings & Reporting Architecture — Track confirmation statement deadlines and Companies House filing statuses to maintain a audit trail of corporate actions
- Document Library Management — Access and organize minutes, resolutions, and share certificates directly through your agent for perfectly coordinated corporate governance
- Operational Monitoring — Verify account-level API connectivity and monitor portfolio health directly through your agent for instant performance reporting
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key from your Inform Direct account (Account > Integrations)
3. Start orchestrating your corporate compliance from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual logging into Companies House or secretarial portals to check deadlines. Your AI acts as your dedicated corporate secretary and compliance architect.
Who is this for?
- Company Secretaries & Accountants — instantly retrieve company summaries and monitor filing deadlines using natural language commands
- Legal & Compliance Teams — verify statutory registers and PSC details without leaving your workspace
- Business Owners — automate the management of their UK company portfolio through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (10)
Add a company
Verify Inform Direct API connectivity
Get account info
Get company details
Get filing deadlines
List all companies
List company directors
List company filings
List shareholders
This does not affect the company at Companies House. Remove a company
Why Cline?
Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including Inform Direct tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 10 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.
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Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts
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Runs inside VS Code, so you get MCP tool access alongside your existing extensions, terminal, and version control in a single window
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Cline can create, edit, and delete files based on MCP tool responses, enabling end-to-end automation from data retrieval to code generation
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Transparent execution: every tool call and file change is shown in Cline's activity log for full visibility and approval before committing
Inform Direct in Cline
Inform Direct and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Inform Direct to Cline through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for Inform Direct in Cline
The Inform Direct MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 10 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Cline only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
Inform Direct for Cline
Every tool call from Cline to the Inform Direct MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I add a UK company to my account via AI?
Yes. Use the add_company tool with the Companies House registration number and the company will be linked to your Inform Direct account instantly.
How do I check a company's filing deadlines?
Use the get_filing_status tool with the company number to see all upcoming deadlines for confirmation statements and annual accounts.
Can I view directors and shareholders?
Absolutely. Use list_directors and list_shareholders with the company number to retrieve complete officer and ownership records.
How does Cline connect to MCP servers?
Cline reads MCP server configurations from its settings panel in VS Code. Add the server URL and Cline discovers all available tools on initialization.
Can Cline run MCP tools without approval?
By default, Cline asks for confirmation before executing tool calls. You can configure auto-approval rules for trusted servers in the settings.
Does Cline support multiple MCP servers at once?
Yes. Configure as many servers as needed. Cline can use tools from different servers within the same autonomous task execution.
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