Cyber Essentials support MCP server
Ask Claude or another AI assistant about Cyber Essentials and get answers from the CyberEssentials.AI Knowledge Hub, live software support checks, readiness guidance and exact quotes. No sign-in.
What it does
The server has seven read-only tools. They use the same knowledge and logic as this site, so an assistant gives the same answer you would find here.
cyberessentials_search_guidance: searches the Knowledge Hub for scope, controls, updates, MFA, answers, renewal and Cyber Essentials Plus.cyberessentials_get_guidance: returns a Knowledge Hub article in full, with its sources and review date.cyberessentials_check_software: checks a product and version is still supported and patched within 14 days, using live endoflife.date and vendor data.cyberessentials_question_guidance: explains a requirement by question reference or topic, including whether it is an automatic fail.cyberessentials_readiness_check: scores yes, no or not-applicable answers to the readiness questions and lists what to fix.cyberessentials_prepare_policy_pack: walks you through the questions for a free tailored policy pack, then returns a link that opens our policy pack builder with your answers filled in.cyberessentials_get_quote: prices Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus from the scope you describe, using the price book behind our pricing page (version 2026-08-29).
The tools cannot change anything, place an order or take payment, and you don't need an account to use them. Only the policy pack tool asks for names and contact details, the ones that go in your documents. Guidance is not a marking decision: your Certification Body marks your submitted assessment.
Connect it
- Server URL:
https://mcp.cyberessentials.ai/mcp - Transport: Streamable HTTP. No sign-in or API key.
- In Claude, add a custom connector with the server URL above, or install it from the Claude directory once it is listed.
- In other MCP clients, add a remote server with the same URL. It works with the MCP Inspector for testing.
Things to ask
- “Do our staff's personal phones need to be in scope for Cyber Essentials?”
- “Is macOS 26.7.2 still OK for Cyber Essentials if we submit next week?”
- “What does question A7.16 mean, and is it an automatic fail?”
- “What does Cyber Essentials cost for a 12-person company?”
- “What does a Cyber Essentials Plus audit cost for 40 staff? We don't have Cyber Essentials yet.”
- “What would Managed Cyber Essentials cost for a 20-person company with 25 laptops, paid monthly?”
- “We renewed last year. What is our renewal price for Self-Assessed?”
- “Help me put together a Cyber Essentials policy pack for our company.”
If a detail the price depends on is missing, the tool returns the question instead of a price. For Cyber Essentials Plus it always asks how many staff are in scope and whether you hold a Cyber Essentials certificate awarded in the last 3 months.
Quote tool inputs
| Field | Required | Values |
|---|---|---|
certificationLevel | Yes | "CE", "CEPlus". CE is Cyber Essentials; CEPlus is Cyber Essentials Plus. |
packageType | No | "SelfAssessed", "Guided", "Managed". Defaults to "Guided". For Cyber Essentials Plus, Guided is the independent technical audit with unlimited guidance. Self-Assessed is Cyber Essentials only. |
employeeCount | For Plus Guided | Staff in certification scope, 1 to 10,000. Can replace organisationSize. |
organisationSize | If no employeeCount | "Micro", "Small", "Medium", "Large" |
endpointCount | For Managed | Devices in scope, 1 to 10,000. |
includeSelfAssessment | For Plus | false only when the organisation holds a Cyber Essentials certificate awarded in the last 3 months, because the Plus audit must be completed within 3 months of it. Otherwise true, which includes the self-assessment in the same engagement. |
renewal | No | Previous certificate awarded in the last 14 months. Never combines with a discount code. |
discountCode | No | A code the buyer was given. Codes cannot be looked up through the server. |
paymentFrequency | No | "Annual", "Monthly" |
siteCount | No | Defaults to 1. |
deliveryMode | No | "remote", "hybrid", "on-site". Defaults to "remote". |
environmentComplexity | No | "standard", "cloud", "hybrid", "complex". Defaults to "standard". |
What a quote means
- Prices are in GBP. The text answer gives both the ex-VAT and inc-VAT figures.
- A standard-scope quote is fixed and valid for 14 days.
- The Cyber Essentials Plus audit must be completed within 3 months of your Cyber Essentials certificate. If you don't hold one, or yours is older, the quote includes the self-assessment and both are delivered in one engagement.
- Multi-site, on-site, hybrid or complex scopes come back marked for scope review, with the reasons. An assessor confirms those before the price is final.
- The quote link opens the same quote in our calculator, so you can check it or share it.
Other ways to get the same price
- REST API:
https://www.cyberessentials.ai/api/v1/quote, described in openapi.json - The quote calculator on this site
Policy packs
Cyber Essentials does not require a written set of policies, but the assessment asks about processes they cover, such as approving firewall rules, managing accounts and installing updates. Our free policy pack writes those processes down for your organisation and lays the foundation for the rest.
The policy pack tool asks the same questions as our policy pack builder, in the same order: your organisation, who owns and approves the policies, how people work, your devices and cloud services, and who looks after IT. When everything is answered, it lists the documents your pack will contain and returns a link that opens the builder with your answers filled in. You check each step, read or edit any document, add a logo if you want one, then enter the email address to send the pack to. The server does not build or email packs, and it keeps no copy of your answers: they travel only in the part of the link after the #, which your browser does not send to us.
Data and support
The quote, guidance, software and readiness tools never ask for names or contact details. The policy pack tool asks for the names, job titles and contact details that go in your documents, and keeps no copy. Our privacy policy explains what it records and for how long. For help or to report a problem, email hello@apexward.com.