generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://buddy.insure/buddy-blog/introduction-buddy-mcp
status: gated
status_raw: early-access
server:
  name: Buddy MCP
  vendor: Buddy (buddy.insure)
  transport: unknown
  url: null
  description: Buddy MCP is built on the Model Context Protocol and gives any MCP-compatible AI assistant
    (e.g. Claude) access to indexed insurance products. The AI handles the conversation; Buddy's ION Engine
    handles the insurance logic (rating, eligibility, quote-to-bind-to-pay, issuance).
tools:
- name: product_knowledge
  description: Query an indexed insurance product and return answers grounded in the underlying policy
    document.
- name: quote
  description: Generate a real-time quote with rating and eligibility executed by the ION Engine.
- name: bind
  description: Bind a policy through deterministic quote-to-bind flows.
- name: pay
  description: Process payment and issue the policy (compliance disclosures enforced, not generated).
notes: Capabilities transcribed from the "Introducing Buddy MCP" announcement (2026-04-20). No server
  URL, transport, or authentication is published; access is early-access for carriers, MGAs, and distribution
  partners via the contact form. Tool names are descriptive labels for the documented capabilities, not
  verbatim MCP tool identifiers (the manifest is not public).
deployment:
  mode: unclear
  verified: searched
  tools: 4
  checked: '2026-08-12'
  source: catalog MCP census