The Checkr Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implements the MCP standard, providing a cloud-based bridge between your AI assistants and the Checkr API platform.
With Checkr MCP, you can:

• List your background check reports
• Get details of a background check report
• Get details of a specific screening on a background check report
• Get candidate information

Checkr centrally hosts and manages a Streamable HTTP MCP server at:

https://mcp.checkr.com for production data
https://mcp.checkr-staging.com for staging data

The Checkr MCP server uses OAuth Dynamic Client Registration to connect MCP clients according to the MCP specifications.

Note: All data returned by the Checkr MCP server has sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) redacted to protect candidate privacy.

1. Navigate to Settings → Connectors
2. Click Add custom connector
3. Enter the following:
   • Name: Checkr
   • Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp.checkr.com
4. Click Add
5. Next to the new Checkr connector, click Connect
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to authenticate into Checkr

1. Open the claude_desktop_config.json file in an editor:
   • MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add the following:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
    "checkr": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.checkr.com"]
    }
     }
   }
   

3. Save the file
4. Restart Claude Desktop

1. Run command: claude mcp add --transport http checkr https://mcp.checkr.com
2. In Claude Code, run /mcp to go through the authentication flow

Quick Install

Manual Install

Add the following to your ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "checkr": {
      "url": "https://mcp.checkr.com"
    }
  }
}

Navigate to Cursor Settings -> Tools & MCP, and click the Connect button next to the Checkr MCP.

Install from the Command Palette

1. Press Cmd+P or Ctrl+P to open the Command Palette
2. Type > mcp, then click > MCP: Add server… when it appears in the list
3. Select HTTP (HTTP or Server-Sent Events)
4. When prompted for URL of the MCP server, enter https://mcp.checkr.com
5. When prompted for Server ID, enter checkr
6. Activate the server using MCP: List Servers and selecting Checkr, and selecting Start Server

Install from mcp.json

1. Open and edit the mcp.json file:
   • MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/mcp.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%/Code/User/mcp.json
2. Add the following:

   {
     "servers": {
    "checkr": {
      "url": "https://mcp.checkr.com",
      "type": "http"
    }
     },
     "inputs": []
   }
   

The general instructions for adding Checkr MCP into other apps are:

1. Add a new remote MCP server which uses Streamable HTTP transport
2. Point the URL to https://mcp.checkr.com

If the app only supports local MCP servers:

1. Add a new local MCP server which uses Standard I/O (stdio)
2. Point the command to npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.checkr.com

• Display a table of my background checks from the last 30 days (candidate name and status).
• Show me the details of Joe Smith’s report and summarize any findings.
• Find the status of report 6d2ed870c80bf1df1baeef05.
• What is the estimated completion time for Matt Phil's report?
• Create a table of my background checks in csv format. Show candidate name, report id, package, location, start date, completion date, and result.

Tool	Description
get_candidate	Get candidate by id
get_candidates_table	Get all candidates formatted for table display with filtering options
get_county_criminal_search	Get county criminal search by id
get_clearinghouse_compliance_record	Get drug & alcohol clearinghouse search by id
get_education_verification	Get education verification by id
get_employment_verification	Get employment verification by id
get_facis_search	Get FACIS search by id
get_federal_civil_search	Get federal civil search by id
get_federal_criminal_search	Get federal criminal search by id
get_federal_district_civil_search	Get federal district civil search by id
get_federal_district_criminal_search	Get federal district criminal search by id
get_global_watchlist_search	Get global watchlist search by id
get_motor_vehicle_report	Get motor vehicle report by id
get_national_criminal_search	Get national criminal search by id
get_report	Get report by id
get_report_exceptions	Get all exceptions for a specific report
get_offender_search	Get sex offender registry search by id
get_identity_trace	Get SSN trace by id
get_state_criminal_search	Get state criminal search by id