PCI Watch

Tracking changes across the Payment Card Industry

PCI Watch API

Connect AI assistants to PCI SSC content through the Model Context Protocol

What is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that enables AI assistants to access external data sources and tools. Developed by Anthropic and now supported by Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, MCP allows AI tools like Claude to answer questions about PCI standards with up-to-date information and links to official sources.

Available Tools

The PCI Watch MCP server provides the following tools:

search

Search across FAQs, documents, blog posts, press releases, statements, media coverage, and videos

faq

Get a specific FAQ by number

document

Get document details by reference (e.g., "PCI_DSS")

blog

Get a blog post by slug

video

Get video details by YouTube ID

recent_updates

List recent changes across all content types

document_categories

List all document categories

faq_list

List FAQs with optional status filter

Searchable Content Types

The search and recent_updates tools can filter by content type:

faq PCI SSC FAQs
document Document Library files
blog PCI Perspectives blog posts
release Press releases
statement Industry bulletins
media Media coverage
video Global Content Library videos

Integration

C

Claude Desktop

Add to your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pciwatch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://pciwatch.org/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Uses mcp-remote to bridge to the remote server. Requires Node.js.

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Claude Code

Add to your settings.json or project .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pciwatch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://pciwatch.org/mcp"]
    }
  }
}
G

Gemini CLI

Add to your settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pciwatch": {
      "httpUrl": "https://pciwatch.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Gemini CLI documentation for setup.

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ChatGPT & Others

ChatGPT does not currently support MCP. However, you can ask ChatGPT to search pciwatch.org directly using its web browsing capability.

For other AI platforms, check if they support MCP's streamable-http transport.

Remote Endpoint

For MCP clients that support remote connections:

https://pciwatch.org/mcp streamable-http

Rate Limits

10 requests/second
20 burst allowed
429 when exceeded

Example Usage

Once connected, you can ask Claude questions like:

"Search PCI Watch for PCI DSS 4.0 requirement changes"
"Get FAQ 1222 from PCI Watch"
"What are the document categories in PCI Watch?"
"Show me recent updates from PCI Watch"

Claude will use the MCP tools to retrieve current information and provide links to the original PCI SSC sources.