Use Raise Lens in your AI assistant

The Raise Lens connector lets an AI assistant search the grants, tenders, programmes and funders on raiselens.com and return them in the chat, with links to each listing. It reads Raise Lens data only; it cannot change your account, your saved items or your billing.

Server URL

https://mcp.raiselens.com/mcp

Paste it into your assistant as a custom connector or MCP server. Sign in with your Raise Lens account when the assistant asks; no other setup is needed.

Add it to your assistant

Claude (claude.ai and Claude Desktop)

Open Customize, then Connectors.
Choose + Add, then Add custom connector. Name it Raise Lens, paste the server URL and choose Continue.
Under Authentication choose Sign in when needed, then choose Add. Searching works straight away; Claude asks you to sign in with your Raise Lens account when a tool needs your account.
In a chat, choose + at the lower left, then Connectors, and turn Raise Lens on. Then ask a question.

Server URL: https://mcp.raiselens.com/mcp

A connector added on claude.ai is also available in Claude Desktop when you sign in with the same Claude account.
On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings, Connectors, Add, Custom, Web; each member then chooses Connect under Customize, Connectors.
Free Claude plans can add one custom connector.

ChatGPT

Open Plugins in ChatGPT (chatgpt.com/plugins).
Select the + button, then Add custom MCP server.
Name it Raise Lens and, under Connection, paste the server URL.
Choose OAuth as the authentication, tick I understand and want to continue, then select Create as a plugin.
Install the plugin and sign in with your Raise Lens account when ChatGPT asks.
In a new chat, type @ and choose Raise Lens, then ask a question.

Server URL: https://mcp.raiselens.com/mcp

Custom MCP servers work on ChatGPT web, not the mobile apps.
On Business, Enterprise and Edu workspaces, an admin or owner adds the server and publishes it for the workspace.

Claude Code

Run the command below in your terminal.
Start Claude Code, type /mcp, select raise-lens and follow the sign-in steps in your browser. Or run claude mcp login raise-lens in your terminal.

claude mcp add --transport http raise-lens https://mcp.raiselens.com/mcp

With an API key from your account instead of signing in, add --header "Authorization: Bearer <your key>" to the command.

Cursor

Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json in a project, or open Customize in the sidebar, then MCPs.
Add the Raise Lens entry below and save the file.
Cursor asks you to sign in when Raise Lens first needs your account; sign in with your Raise Lens account.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "raise-lens": {
      "url": "https://mcp.raiselens.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

With an API key from your account instead of signing in, add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <your key>" } to the entry.

Try this first

“Find open grants and tenders for climate adaptation projects in Kenya that close in the next three months, and list the funders behind them.”

What each plan includes

The connector follows your Raise Lens plan: you see the same records, with the same limits, as on the website. When a record's full details are not in your plan, the result says so in one sentence with a link to the plans page.

Without signing in

Search grants, tenders and programmes, with the same summary a signed-out visitor sees on the website.
Search funders and investors, and list the sectors Raise Lens uses.

Free plan

The same view as the Free plan on the website: up to 10 results a search, with a rounded match count.
1 full record a month, from the same allowance as the website: a record opened on either one counts once.

Pro plan

Full records: funder, description, eligibility, key requirements, source and application link.
Up to 50 results a page, new listings since a date, recent funding rounds and full funder profiles.
Fair-use limits of 200 tool calls and 100 full records a day.

Tools

Every tool only reads Raise Lens data. Your assistant chooses the tool; you ask in plain language.

Search funding opportunitiessearch_opportunities: Grants and tenders by topic, sector, country and deadline.
Get a funding opportunityget_opportunity: One grant or tender by its raiselens.com link.
List sectorslist_sectors: The sector names the search filters use.
Search funding opportunities with full detailssearch_opportunities_full: Full records for a search, paged.
Get a funding opportunity with full detailsget_opportunity_full: One full record.
List new funding opportunitieslist_new_opportunities: Listings added since a date, up to 90 days back.
List recent funding roundslist_recent_raises: Sustainability companies that closed a round in the last 90 days.
Search funders and investorssearch_funders: Foundations, climate investors, development finance institutions and government funders.
Get a funder with full detailsget_funder_full: One funder with links, programmes and recent grants.

Privacy and terms

We log each request your assistant sends (the tool, search terms, filters, result counts and the assistant platform), never your prompts or the assistant's answers. Logs are identifiable for 90 days, then anonymised. Details in our privacy notice.
Use through an assistant is covered by our terms, including plan limits and no use of Raise Lens data to train AI models.
Pro subscribers can also use an API key from MCP API keys in clients that send custom headers.
Questions or a problem connecting: contact us.