CompShop
Search 350+ compensation surveys by industry, region, or job title. Independent directory.
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- LOWTool 'recommend_surveys' description lacks action verbin recommend_surveys
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"compshop": {
"url": "https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (7)
🟢search(query, limit)
Free-text search across the CompShop directory of compensation surveys. Returns matching vendors, reports, job families, and positions. Use for open-ended discovery questions like 'biotech surveys in Europe' or 'CEO compensation data'.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free-text query (job title, industry, vendor, geography, etc.)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max results per group (default 5, max 15)",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 15
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
}🟢list_vendors_by_industry(industry)
List every CompShop vendor that publishes surveys for a given industry. Use when the user asks 'what survey publishers cover [industry]?'
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"industry": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Industry category. One of: general-industry, healthcare, life-sciences, tech, media, financial-services, insurance, energy, construction, retail, higher-ed, legal, nonprofit, executive, free.",
"enum": [
"general-industry",
"healthcare",
"life-sciences",
"tech",
"media",
"financial-services",
"insurance",
"energy",
"construction",
"retail",
"higher-ed",
"legal",
"nonprofit",
"executive",
"free"
]
}
},
"required": [
"industry"
]
}🟢list_vendors_by_region(region)
List vendors with survey coverage in a given region. Use when the user asks 'what publishers cover [region]?' Region is matched against both vendor-level scope and individual report scopes.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"region": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One of: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Global.",
"enum": [
"United States",
"Canada",
"United Kingdom",
"Europe",
"Asia Pacific",
"Latin America",
"Middle East & Africa",
"Global"
]
}
},
"required": [
"region"
]
}🟢find_surveys_for_position(position, limit)
Find compensation surveys that benchmark a specific job title or position (e.g. 'Software Engineer', 'CPA', 'Sr Acct', 'head of finance'). Combines literal title matching with embedding-based semantic similarity, so abbreviations and paraphrases work — 'CPA' returns 'Certified Public Accountant', 'Sr Acct' returns 'Senior Accountant'. Reports per position are ranked to surface broad-coverage surveys (general-industry, US scope) before niche cuts.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"position": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Job title or position to look up (free text). Abbreviations and paraphrases are fine."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max position matches to return (default 5, max 20)",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20
}
},
"required": [
"position"
]
}🟢get_vendor(slug)
Detailed info on a specific vendor by slug, including all of their reports. Use after `search` or `list_vendors_by_industry` returns a candidate.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Vendor slug (e.g. 'mercer-benchmark-database', 'pas', 'wtw')."
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
]
}🟢get_report(slug)
Detailed info on a single survey report by slug.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Report slug (e.g. 'pas-aggregates-industry')."
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
]
}🟢recommend_surveys(industry, region, role_focus, limit)
Recommend the best-fit compensation surveys given a hiring/benchmarking context. Use when the user asks 'what survey should I use for [situation]?' Returns ranked vendors with rationale. Required: industry. Optional: region, role focus.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"industry": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Primary industry. One of: general-industry, healthcare, life-sciences, tech, media, financial-services, insurance, energy, construction, retail, higher-ed, legal, nonprofit, executive, free.",
"enum": [
"general-industry",
"healthcare",
"life-sciences",
"tech",
"media",
"financial-services",
"insurance",
"energy",
"construction",
"retail",
"higher-ed",
"legal",
"nonprofit",
"executive",
"free"
]
},
"region": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional. One of: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Global.",
"enum": [
"United States",
"Canada",
"United Kingdom",
"Europe",
"Asia Pacific",
"Latin America",
"Middle East & Africa",
"Global"
]
},
"role_focus": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional free-text describing the role types being benchmarked (e.g. 'software engineers', 'physicians', 'sales reps', 'CEO and C-suite')."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max recommendations (default 5, max 10)",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10
}
},
"required": [
"industry"
]
}Community
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