Connect Visa Grep to your AI assistant

What it is

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is the open standard AI assistants use to call tools from other services. Visa Grep's MCP server gives your assistant three tools, the same lookups as the API. They only read: they can't change anything, in Visa Grep or anywhere else.

Your assistant reads the numbers and citations the tools return, under the same rules as every page here: no predictions, no rankings, and the Department of Labor's and USCIS's counts kept apart.

ChatGPT

1. Turn on developer mode

   In ChatGPT on the web, open Settings, then Security and login, and turn on Developer mode.

2. Add the server

   Go to Plugins and choose +. Give it a name, such as Visa Grep, and under Connection paste this URL, then create it:

   Server URL

   https://visagrep.com/mcp

3. Sign in and allow

   ChatGPT sends you to Visa Grep. Sign in with Google on Visa Grep, then choose Allow. You don't need a key: the app gets its own access, which you can disconnect on your account page.

4. Use it in a chat

   Start a new chat and add Visa Grep from the tools menu.

Developer mode is on ChatGPT's paid plans. In a Business, Enterprise or Edu workspace, an admin may have to allow it first.

Claude

1. Open Connectors

   In claude.ai or Claude Desktop, go to Customize, then Connectors, and choose Add custom connector.

2. Paste the URL

   Give it a name, such as Visa Grep, and this URL, then choose Add:

   Server URL

   https://visagrep.com/mcp

3. Sign in and allow

   Choose Connect. Sign in with Google on Visa Grep, then choose Allow. You don't need a key: the app gets its own access, which you can disconnect on your account page.

Connectors you add there work in Claude Desktop and the Claude mobile apps too. On a Team or Enterprise plan, an Owner adds it first, under Organization settings, Connectors, Add, Custom, then each person connects with their own account.

Coding tools

Add the server, then sign in from the tool, or send a key instead.

claude mcp add --transport http visagrep https://visagrep.com/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http visagrep https://visagrep.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer vg_..."

codex mcp add visagrep --url https://visagrep.com/mcp
codex mcp login visagrep

[mcp_servers.visagrep]
url = "https://visagrep.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "VISAGREP_API_KEY"

gemini mcp add --transport http visagrep https://visagrep.com/mcp

gemini mcp add --transport http --header "Authorization: Bearer vg_..." visagrep https://visagrep.com/mcp

{
  "servers": {
    "visagrep": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://visagrep.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "visagrep": {
      "url": "https://visagrep.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer vg_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Any other app

Any app that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP can use the same URL. If it can sign in with OAuth, sign in with Google and allow it. If it can't, send your key from your account page as a header on every request:

Authorization: Bearer vg_...

Sign-in works for apps that come back to a web address or to your own computer. An app that asks to come back to its own link scheme, such as myapp://, is refused: use a key there.

Limits

1,000 requests a day and 60 a minute, per account, shared with the API. Every request counts, including the few each connection makes to start, and a request over a limit is refused, not charged. More on limits.

What to ask

Once it's added, ask in your own words. For example:

• Does Infosys sponsor H-1B visas? Show the DOL and USCIS numbers separately.
• What did Google offer software engineers on its H-1B filings last year?
• Has Stripe filed green cards for its employees?
• What does the law say about cap-exempt employers? Cite the rule.

Your assistant answers from the records, which are the past. It won't predict anyone's case, and none of this is legal advice.

Privacy

Connecting stores the app's name, when you allowed it and when it last made a request, and hashes of its tokens; never your questions. What the app does with the answers is up to its maker's policies. The details are in our Privacy Policy.