Invest Gate KSA

Architecture

How a question becomes a verified answer

The investor asks in Arabic or English → Claude Desktop routes through 8 MCP tools → the server queries 10 bilingual datasets → every response cites its official source with a verification status (✓ verified from .gov.sa / ⚠ draft from commercial source).

A bilingual, open-source knowledge infrastructure for understanding investment, company setup, licensing, and business operations in Saudi Arabia.

Disclaimer This repository contains general educational information only. It is not legal, financial, regulatory, or tax advice. Laws, fees, and procedures in Saudi Arabia change — always verify information directly with official government sources and consult qualified practitioners before making any decision.

Related MCP server: Dilix MCP

The Problem

Saudi Arabia has opened significantly to foreign investment. But for an investor arriving from outside the Kingdom, the path is genuinely hard to navigate: information is scattered across a dozen government portals, often in Arabic only, frequently outdated on third-party sites, and rarely organized around the questions investors actually ask.

The result is that many foreign investors rely on expensive consultants for information that should be freely accessible — or worse, proceed on misinformation.

What This Is

Invest Gate KSA is a structured, community-maintained knowledge repository that organizes publicly available information about investing in Saudi Arabia into clear, source-linked, bilingual documentation — and exposes it through a working MCP server for conversational AI querying.

It is not a consultancy. It is not a legal service. It is a reference framework — designed to be accurate, traceable, and queryable.

Quick Start

Option A — Query the datasets directly (CLI)

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/Samix2026/invest-gate-ksa.git
cd invest-gate-ksa

# Install
pip3 install -r scripts/requirements.txt

# Query fee schedule
python3 scripts/query-dataset.py --dataset fees --lang en --list

# Query sectors (Arabic)
python3 scripts/query-dataset.py --dataset sectors --lang ar --list

# Query Special Economic Zones
python3 scripts/query-dataset.py --dataset sezs --lang en --list

# Search across all datasets
python3 scripts/query-dataset.py --dataset all --keyword "MISA" --lang en

Option B — Connect to Claude Desktop (MCP)

pip3 install -r mcp/requirements.txt

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "invest-gate-ksa": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/invest-gate-ksa/mcp/invest_gate_mcp.py"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. Then ask:

• "What are the steps to register a company in Saudi Arabia as a foreign investor?"

• "ما رسوم التسجيل في وزارة الاستثمار؟"

• "What are the tax obligations for a foreign company in Saudi Arabia?"

Option C — Use the data directly in your project

import json

with open('data/fees.en.json') as f:
    fees = json.load(f)

for entry in fees['data']:
    if entry.get('verification_status') == 'verified' and entry.get('amount_sar', 0) != 0:
        print(f"{entry['id']}: SAR {entry['amount_sar']} ({entry.get('frequency', '')})")

Example Output

Fee schedule query (--dataset fees --lang en --list):

fees  (en)  —  24 entries
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ID                                NAME                          STATUS
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  misa_investment_registration_fee  Fee charged by the Ministry … verified
  misa_activity_amendment_fee       Fee charged by the Ministry … verified
  misa_ownership_amendment_fee      Fee charged by the Ministry … verified
  misa_annual_renewal_fee           Fee for the annual update of… verified
  misa_property_approval_fee        Fee charged by the Ministry … verified
  misa_registration_cancellation_fe Fee charged by the Ministry … verified
  commercial_registration_issuance_ Fee charged by the Ministry … verified
  branch_commercial_registration_fe Historical entry — Branch Co… verified
  chamber_of_commerce_fee           Annual mandatory Chamber of … verified
  gosi_employer_registration_fee    Fee, if any, charged by the … draft
  zatca_vat_registration_fee        Fee, if any, charged by the … draft
  cit_corporate_income_tax          Corporate Income Tax (CIT) c… verified
  zakat_saudi_gcc_shareholders      Zakat is an annual Islamic l… verified
  wht_withholding_tax               Withholding Tax (WHT) charge… verified
  municipal_license_riyadh_fee      Fee charged by the local mun… draft
  saudization_certificate_fee       Fee, if any, charged by the … draft
  rhq_license_year1_fee             Fee for the first year of a … draft
  rhq_license_annual_fee            Annual renewal fee for a Reg… draft
  entrepreneurial_license_fee_y1_3  Reduced MISA Entrepreneurial… verified
  entrepreneurial_license_fee_y4_5  MISA Entrepreneurial License… verified
  qiwa_employer_registration_fee    Fee for registering as an em… verified
  iqama_issuance_renewal_fee        Annual Iqama (residency perm… verified
  final_exit_visa_fee               Fee for issuing a final exit… verified
  exit_reentry_visa_extension_fee   Fee for extending an exit/re… verified
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  24 entry/entries

Sector query, Arabic (--dataset sectors --lang ar --list):

sectors  (ar)  —  16 entries
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ID                                NAME                          STATUS
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  technology                        التقنية                       draft
  consulting                        الاستشارات والخدمات المهنية   draft
  ecommerce                         التجارة الإلكترونية           draft
  food_and_beverage                 الأغذية والمشروبات            draft
  real_estate                       العقارات                      draft
  education                         التعليم                       draft
  healthcare                        الرعاية الصحية                draft
  fintech                           التقنية المالية (فينتك)       draft
  manufacturing                     التصنيع                       draft
  industrial_services               الخدمات الصناعية              draft
  mining                            التعدين والموارد المعدنية     draft
  tourism_and_hospitality           السياحة والضيافة              draft
  media_and_content                 الإعلام والمحتوى              draft
  hajj_umrah_services               خدمات الحج والعمرة            draft
  entertainment_and_events          الترفيه والفعاليات            draft
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  16 entry/entries

SEZ query (--dataset sezs --lang en --list):

sezs  (en)  —  5 entries
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ID                                NAME                          STATUS
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  kaec_sez                          King Abdullah Economic City … verified
  jazan_sez                         Jazan Special Economic Zone   verified
  ras_al_khair_sez                  Ras Al-Khair Special Economi… verified
  cloud_computing_sez               Cloud Computing Special Econ… verified
  silz                              Special Integrated Logistics… draft
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  5 entry/entries

Who This Is For

Use Cases

For developers:

• Build an investment guidance chatbot for Saudi Arabia

• Power an AI agent with structured regulatory data

• Integrate via MCP with Claude Desktop or any MCP-compatible client

For founders and investors:

• Understand the full regulatory path before engaging consultants

• Compare business structures (LLC vs Branch vs RHQ)

• Verify fee estimates against official sources

For researchers:

• Structured, bilingual, source-linked regulatory dataset

• Tracks data gaps explicitly — 25 source gaps documented

• Versioned via Git with full change history

For AI/LLM builders:

• 10 JSON datasets with strict schema (Draft-07)

• Bilingual EN/AR with ID parity enforcement

• MCP server with 8 tools — plug into any MCP-compatible agent

• System prompt included for out-of-the-box AI assistant deployment

What's Inside

Core Coverage

• Full regulatory path: MISA → CR → Chamber of Commerce → ZATCA → GOSI → Qiwa → Muqeem

• Registration types: Standard Investment Registration, RHQ, Entrepreneurial

• Tax framework: CIT 20% (foreign), Zakat 2.5% (Saudi/GCC), VAT 15%, WHT 5–20%

• Special Economic Zones: KAEC, Jazan, Ras Al-Khair, Cloud Computing, SILZ (5% CIT)

• Vision 2030 sector alignment: 16 sectors with official targets and supervising entities

• Fee schedules and processing timelines — verified against official sources

• 2025 regulatory updates: new CR Law (April 2025), Investment Law (August 2024)

Project Status

Verification status (2026-05-20):

• ✅ Verified against official sources: MISA registration, CR (MoC), Chamber of Commerce, ZATCA (CIT + VAT + WHT), GOSI, Qiwa, Muqeem, SEZs (ECZA + Official Gazette Jan 2026), Vision 2030 KPIs

• ⚠️ Draft — pending official confirmation: RHQ registration fees, SILZ tax details

• 📋 Planned: economic-activities dataset, investor checklist templates

See roadmap.md for the full task breakdown.

MCP Server — Claude Desktop Integration

Connect Claude Desktop directly to this knowledge base for conversational querying.

Install:

pip3 install -r mcp/requirements.txt

Configure (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "invest-gate-ksa": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/invest-gate-ksa/mcp/invest_gate_mcp.py"]
    }
  }
}

Available tools: query_sectors · query_authorities · query_setup_flows · query_fees · query_timelines · query_structures · get_investor_path · search_knowledge_base

See mcp/README.md for full setup instructions.

Verification Methodology

Every data entry carries an explicit verification status: verified (confirmed from an official .gov.sa source or Official Gazette), draft (from credible sources but not officially confirmed), or placeholder (gap acknowledged, not yet researched). Unverified entries are never presented as fact — they carry a disclaimer and a verify_at link. See docs/en/source-verification.md for the full workflow.

Contributing

This project grows through the knowledge of people with direct, documented experience. We welcome contributions from consultants, lawyers, researchers, investors, and developers.

What we need most:

• Verified fee amounts from official sources (especially RHQ, SILZ)

• Economic activities dataset (MISA activity codes with foreign ownership eligibility)

• Investor checklist templates (LLC, Branch, MISA documents)

• Corrections to any outdated information

Every piece of content must cite an official source. See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Run Health Checks

python3 scripts/check.py

Runs 184 checks: required files, JSON validity, schema validation, alias integrity, cross-reference integrity, bilingual parity. Exits 0 on full pass.

Browse the Docs

• English Documentation →

• الوثائق العربية →

• Registration Types →

• Special Economic Zones →

• Vision 2030 Sector Guide →

• Tax Obligations →

• Saudization (Nitaqat) Guide →

• Corporate Banking Guide →

• Tax Compliance Guide →

• Source Verification →

• Sources Index →

License

MIT License — free to use, adapt, and distribute with attribution.

The content (guides, data, templates) is educational, not advisory. See LICENSE for the full disclaimer.