Redflag MCP

AML Red Flag Knowledge as an MCP Tool

About Redflag MCP

Redflag MCP is an MCP server that turns a curated, sourced corpus of AML red flags from regulators around the world into a queryable tool you can use directly inside Claude and ChatGPT. Ask plain-language questions about suspicious activity indicators, and the server returns ranked, citation-backed red flags drawn from public regulator guidance.

It is designed for AML analysts, financial-crime investigators, model-risk reviewers, fintech compliance leads, and reg-tech builders who want fast, sourced access to the global body of AML red flag guidance without leaving their chat client.

What You Get

  • Ranked relevance search over a vector-indexed corpus of AML red flags
  • Exact metadata filters — regulator, jurisdiction, product type, customer profile, geography, typology family, transaction pattern, risk level, issued date
  • Citations on every result — each red flag links back to the originating regulator document
  • Source browsing — list and inspect the underlying regulator documents the corpus is built from
  • Zero setup — no API keys, no installation, just a connector URL

Hosted Connector URL

https://redflag-mcp.up.railway.app/mcp

This is the URL you will paste into Claude or ChatGPT when adding the connector.

Connecting from Claude

Claude supports adding custom MCP connectors on both claude.ai and the Claude Desktop app.

  1. Open Settings → Connectors (on claude.ai) or Settings → Connectors (in Claude Desktop).
  2. Click Add custom connector.
  3. Name it Redflag MCP and paste the URL above as the server URL.
  4. Save and enable the connector.
  5. In a new chat, make sure the connector is toggled on, then ask a question — for example, “What AML red flags apply to TBML invoice mismatch?”

Claude will discover the available tools (search_red_flags, filter_red_flags, list_filters, list_sources, get_red_flag, and a routing helper) and call them as needed to answer.

Connecting from ChatGPT (Developer Mode)

ChatGPT supports custom MCP connectors through Developer Mode.

  1. In ChatGPT, open Settings → Connectors and enable Developer mode.
  2. Under Developer mode, choose Add custom connector.
  3. Name it Redflag MCP, paste the URL above, and save.
  4. Start a new chat, enable the Redflag MCP connector for that conversation, and ask an AML red flag question.

ChatGPT will negotiate the MCP handshake, list the available tools, and invoke them to answer your question with sourced results.

Connecting from Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic’s terminal-based coding agent and supports remote MCP servers natively.

Add the hosted connector with a single command:

claude mcp add --transport http redflag-mcp https://redflag-mcp.up.railway.app/mcp

Verify the registration:

claude mcp list
claude mcp get redflag-mcp

Then start a Claude Code session and reference the server by name, for example:

Use the redflag-mcp MCP server to list available AML red flag filters,
then find red flags for TBML invoice mismatch.

To remove the connector later: claude mcp remove redflag-mcp.

Connecting from Codex

Codex (the OpenAI CLI coding agent) also supports remote MCP servers.

Register the hosted connector:

codex mcp add redflag-mcp --url https://redflag-mcp.up.railway.app/mcp

Verify:

codex mcp list
codex mcp get redflag-mcp

Then in a new Codex thread, invoke it by name:

Use the redflag-mcp MCP server. List the available AML red flag filters,
then search for red flags related to bulk cash movement to Mexico.

Example Questions to Try

Once connected from either client, try questions such as:

  • What red flags apply to TBML invoice mismatch?
  • Which red flags cover bulk cash movement to Mexico?
  • Show medium-risk fraud-nexus red flags for depository products.
  • List the red flag sources covering virtual assets.
  • Give me FINTRAC red flags related to human trafficking.
  • What red flags has FinCEN issued since 2024?
  • Red flags for charities or nonprofits operating across the southwest border.

You can also ask richer, scenario-style questions that describe your institution and ask the server to assemble the relevant red flags — these tend to produce the most useful, citation-backed answers:

  • Our firm is a registered MSB and we custody digital assets for retail and institutional clients. What red flags should our compliance team monitor for that are specific to crypto-asset transactions? I want to make sure our current scenario library covers what regulators have flagged as priority typologies. Also include the source of each red flag.

  • We’re a mid-size regional bank with a growing commercial real estate portfolio and a number of LLC and shell company customers. What red flags should our transaction monitoring team watch for that might indicate layering activity or potential real estate money laundering?

  • We are a community bank in the southwest U.S. with significant cross-border trade customers and cash-intensive businesses. Which red flags should our BSA team prioritize for trade-based money laundering and bulk cash smuggling, and which regulators have called them out?

  • Our fintech offers prepaid cards and peer-to-peer payments to underbanked customers. What red flags around human trafficking, fraud proceeds, and structuring should we add to our monitoring rules, with citations to the issuing regulator?

For broad or ambiguous questions, the server includes a classifier tool that helps the chat client decide whether to ask a quick follow-up (product/channel, industry, geography, customer profile) before searching, so the answer stays grounded in your actual scenario.

Regulator Coverage

The corpus is built from public guidance, advisories, alerts, and examination manuals issued by AML and financial-crime regulators, including:

United States

  • FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network)
  • OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control)
  • OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
  • FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council)
  • FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
  • FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority)
  • NYDFS (New York Department of Financial Services)

International

  • FATF (Financial Action Task Force)
  • Wolfsberg Group

Canada

  • FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada)

United Kingdom

  • FCA (Financial Conduct Authority)
  • HM Treasury / OFSI

Europe

  • EBA (European Banking Authority)
  • ACPR (France)
  • DNB (Netherlands)
  • BaFIN (Germany)

Asia–Pacific

  • MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore)
  • HKMA (Hong Kong Monetary Authority)
  • AUSTRAC (Australia)

Coverage expands as new advisories and guidance are published and ingested.