// FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about Descovo's B2B data, MCP integration, pricing, and credits.
What is Descovo?+
Descovo is a B2B data provider for AI agents and MCP clients. It provides access to 700M+ professional profiles and 50M+ companies. Search by role, seniority, company, industry, and location, then attempt to reveal available work email and direct phone fields.
How does MCP work with Descovo?+
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard that lets AI assistants call external tools. Descovo runs a hosted MCP server at https://mcp.descovo.com/mcp. Add it to your AI client's config with the x-api-key header so your agent can search and run reveal attempts inline.
Is search really free?+
Yes. Search costs 0 credits. Each reveal attempt costs 1 credit, including not-found results. When available, work email and direct phone are returned together under that credit. You can run exploratory searches before deciding which reveal attempts to make.
How do reveal modes find contact data?+
Lite uses a lower-yield lookup. Standard balances speed and coverage. Turbo prioritizes speed, while Exhaustive trades latency for the broadest available provider coverage.
What MCP clients does Descovo support?+
Descovo currently supports Claude Code, Cursor, and custom MCP clients that accept Streamable HTTP connections with a static x-api-key header. Claude.ai and Claude Desktop custom remote connectors require OAuth, which Descovo does not yet expose.
How does Descovo pricing differ from seat-based plans?+
Descovo has no seat licenses or minimums. Search costs 0 credits. Each reveal attempt costs 1 credit, including not-found results. When available, work email and direct phone are returned together under that credit.
Do I need to install anything?+
No. Descovo runs as a hosted MCP server. Configure your MCP client to connect to https://mcp.descovo.com/mcp with your API key in the x-api-key header. No npm package, no Docker, no local process.
What happens if a reveal doesn't find an email or phone?+
Each reveal attempt costs 1 credit, including not-found results. A not-found result means no available contact fields were returned for that attempt.
Can I use Descovo without MCP, via a regular API?+
Yes. Every operation available through MCP is also available as a REST API endpoint. For direct REST calls, pass your sk_live_ key as apiKey in the query string for GET requests or in the JSON body for POST requests. The x-api-key header is used by the hosted MCP connection.
Is there a free tier?+
Yes. Every new account gets 500 free credits/month. Search costs 0 credits on every plan.
What data can I search by?+
People search supports name, job title, seniority, current company, industry, location, and keyword filters. Company search supports name, domain, industry, headcount, location, and technology stack. To combine company headcount with person criteria, use paginatedCombinedSearch.
Where does Descovo's data come from?+
The underlying dataset is compiled from publicly available sources and licensed third-party data providers. Lite uses a lower-yield lookup. Standard balances speed and coverage. Turbo prioritizes speed, while Exhaustive trades latency for the broadest available provider coverage. We do not scrape social media accounts or collect data in ways that violate platform terms of service.