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camt053-mcp: An MCP Server for ISO 20022 Bank Statements

A Model Context Protocol server that exposes the camt053 ISO 20022 Bank Statement library as tools for AI agents and assistants — discover message types and return reasons, inspect input schemas, validate records and financial identifiers, parse incoming statements, and generate validated reversing-entry XML, all from your favourite MCP client.

Latest release: v0.0.26: released with the camt053 suite 0.0.26 (core, loaders, writer, language server and this server on one version). Declares uvicorn, starlette and pydantic, which it imports directly, and takes the development-tool updates; 24 MCP tools over stdio, streamable HTTP, SSE or authenticated streamable HTTP.

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Related MCP server: Pactus

Overview

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI agents and assistants discover and call external tools in a uniform way. camt053-mcp is an MCP server that turns the camt053 library into a set of first-class agent tools, so an assistant can read and reverse ISO 20022 camt.05x cash-management messages — the standardised bank-to-customer account reports, statements, and debit/credit notifications — directly from a conversation.

The headline capability is the one-shot reversing-entry workflow: read an incoming camt.053 statement, find the entries carrying a return reason code (e.g. AC04 Closed Account), and emit a validated reversing entry.

Every tool is a thin, typed wrapper over camt053.services — the single shared facade also used by the CLI and REST API — so all interfaces behave identically. Tools return JSON-serialisable data; on an error they return an {"error": ...} payload rather than raising.

This package is part of the camt053 suite — a set of independently installable packages that share the camt053.services layer:

  • camt053 — the core library (CLI + REST API)

  • camt053-mcp — this package, the Model Context Protocol server

  • camt053-lsp — the Language Server Protocol server for editors

flowchart LR
    A["MCP client<br/>(Claude Desktop, IDE, agent)"] -->|stdio| B["camt053-mcp"]
    B -->|delegates to| C["camt053.services"]
    C -->|parse + reverse + validate| D["ISO 20022 camt.053 XML"]

The ISO 20022 MCP Suite

camt053-mcp is the bank-statement flagship of eight coordinated, vendor-neutral MCP servers that together cover the ISO 20022 bank-statement workflow and the November 2026 structured-address cutover — statement depth, whole-catalogue routing, reconciliation, multi-format ingestion, and address remediation. Dependency ranges are kept aligned across the suite, so the servers co-install cleanly in a single Python environment: start with one, add the rest as your workflow grows.

Server

Scope

Surface

Install

Use it when

camt053-mcp

ISO 20022 camt.053/camt.052 bank statements: parse, validate, filter, reverse; MT940/MT942 migration; CBPR+ readiness; journal export

24 MCP tools · 4 prompts · 3 resources

pip install camt053-mcp

You work with bank-to-customer statements end to end — this package, the suite's flagship

iso20022-mcp

Unified gateway: search / describe / validate / generate / parse meta-tools routed across the pain · pacs · camt · acmt families

7 meta-tools

pip install "iso20022-mcp[all]"

You want one entry point to every message family

reconcile-mcp

Matches expected pain.001 payments against observed camt.053 entries — exact, partial, one-to-many, many-to-one, every match scored and explained

7 MCP tools

pip install reconcile-mcp

You need explainable statement/payment reconciliation

structured-address-fix-mcp

ISO 20022 postal-address classification, assessment & remediation for the November 2026 structured-address cutover, plus a high-level orchestration layer — readiness scoring, clearing-profile linting, and audit evidence (pacs.008 / pain.001 debtor & creditor addresses)

9 MCP tools

pip install structured-address-fix-mcp

You need debtor/creditor addresses cliff-ready ahead of 14 Nov 2026

iso20022-readiness-suite-mcp

Orchestration gateway: detect → structurally validate → clearing-profile lint → readiness score, plus automated remediation and pacs.002 bank-response simulation — a meta-client over the foundational servers

4 MCP tools

pip install iso20022-readiness-suite-mcp

You want one high-level readiness / orchestration entry point over the suite

iso20022-bank-profile-mcp

Manages, validates and serves bank-specific clearing profiles / rule packs (CBPR+, SEPA_Instant, FedNow, Generic); premium rule-pack entitlement gating

4 MCP tools

pip install iso20022-bank-profile-mcp

You lint payments against your own institution's market practice

iso20022-evidence-pack-mcp

Compiles readiness findings, remediation diffs and simulated responses into a sealed, Ed25519-signable audit evidence pack

6 MCP tools

pip install iso20022-evidence-pack-mcp

You need tamper-evident audit / certification artifacts

In one line each: camt053-mcp is the bank-statement flagship (deepest camt.05x surface, stdio, streamable HTTP, SSE and authenticated streamable HTTP); iso20022-mcp is the generic message toolkit (a handful of verbs over the whole catalogue); reconcile-mcp is the reconciliation workflow (did the money we expected actually arrive?); bankstatementparser-mcp is the ingestion layer (many formats in, one transaction shape out); and structured-address-fix-mcp is the postal-address specialist (debtor/creditor addresses cliff-ready for the Nov 2026 cutover).

The suite also includes per-family servers — pain001-mcp (credit transfer initiation), pacs008-mcp (FI-to-FI credit transfers), and acmt001-mcp (account management) — reachable through the iso20022-mcp gateway.

Install

camt053-mcp runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows and requires Python 3.11+ and pip. It pulls in the core camt053 library and the MCP SDK automatically.

python -m pip install camt053-mcp
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate        # macOS/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate           # Windows
python -m pip install -U camt053-mcp

Quick Start

For the 10-minute install → MCP client config → first conversation tutorial, see docs/quickstart.md.

Launch the server over stdio (the FastMCP default transport):

camt053-mcp

Register it with any MCP client (e.g. Claude Desktop) by adding it to the client's configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "camt053": { "command": "camt053-mcp" }
  }
}

The agent can then call the tools below to parse incoming statements and generate validated reversing entries on demand.

For a shared, multi-tenant deployment, the server can also serve streamable HTTP with mandatory bearer-token auth and optional per-request Camt053-Account tenant scoping:

CAMT053_MCP_TOKEN=<secret> camt053-mcp --transport=http --bind=0.0.0.0:8080

See Multi-tenant HTTP deployment and the deployment cookbook.

Transports

One command line, four transports:

Command

Transport

Endpoint

Protocol revisions

camt053-mcp

stdio

the client spawns the process

2026-07-28, 2025-11-25

camt053-mcp --transport streamable-http

Streamable HTTP

http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp

2026-07-28 (stateless, server/discover) and 2025-11-25 (initialize, Mcp-Session-Id) on the same endpoint; responses stream as server-sent events, GET opens the server-to-client stream

camt053-mcp --transport sse

HTTP+SSE (2024-11-05)

http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse and /messages/

for clients that still expect the older transport

camt053-mcp --transport http

Authenticated streamable HTTP (see transport.py)

http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp (--bind)

bearer token or OAuth 2.1, Camt053-Account tenant scoping, audit chain

--host and --port change the bind address of streamable-http and sse (defaults 127.0.0.1 and 8000). Those two carry no authentication of their own: bind loopback, or put the server behind a gateway you trust before binding a routable address; --transport http is the authenticated option. Every release is verified over streamable HTTP with scout in both protocol eras and over SSE with the MCP SDK client; see ADR 0001.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "camt053": { "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp" }
  }
}

Tools

All tools delegate to the shared camt053.services layer, so they behave identically to the CLI and REST API.

  • list_message_types — List the 3 supported camt.05x message types

  • list_return_reasons — List the ISO external return reason codes

  • get_required_fields — Required input fields for a message type

  • get_input_schema — Full input JSON Schema for a message type

  • validate_records — Validate flat records against a message type

  • validate_identifier — Validate an IBAN, BIC, or LEI

  • validate_statement — Validate a statement against its XSD and detect its type

  • convert_mt940_to_camt053 — MT940 → camt.053 migration: convert legacy SWIFT MT940 statement text into a camt.053 structure

  • convert_mt942 — MT942 → camt.052 migration: convert legacy SWIFT MT942 interim transaction report text into a camt.052 structure

  • check_cbpr_readiness — Flag CBPR+ Nov 2026 cliff issues in a statement

  • get_cbpr_cutover_date — Return the official CBPR+ cutover date (2026-11-16)

  • cite_rulebook — Quote a curated SEPA / CBPR+ / HVPS+ rulebook clause

  • list_rulebook_clauses — List the available rulebook citations (optionally filtered)

  • search_rulebook_vector — Find rulebook clauses by natural-language similarity when you do not know the clause id (needs the [vector] extra)

  • export_journal — Export statement entries as Xero BankTransactions or QBO JournalEntry payloads

  • list_export_journal_targets — List the accounting-platform targets export_journal supports

  • classify_entry — Classify a statement entry via MCP Sampling (uses the client's LLM)

  • list_classify_entry_categories — List the default categories classify_entry uses

  • get_tenant_context — Report the multi-tenant scope of the call (the Camt053-Account header on the HTTP transport; None over stdio)

  • parse_statement — Parse an incoming camt.05x statement into data

  • detect_statement_anomalies — Screen a statement for duplicate references, unusual fee deductions, and velocity spikes (deterministic rules, no model or network)

  • list_entries — List every entry across all statements (paginated)

  • filter_entries — Return entries carrying a return reason code (paginated)

  • generate_reversal — Generate a validated reversing-entry XML document

Pagination

list_entries and filter_entries accept optional offset (default 0) and limit (default None) parameters. When limit is omitted they return the full list, exactly as before. When limit is given they return a paginated envelope instead:

{"total": 42, "offset": 10, "limit": 5, "entries": [/* ... */]}

A negative offset or limit returns an {"error": ...} payload, consistent with the rest of the server's error convention.

Prompts

Prompt

Purpose

reversal_preview

Guide an agent through a safe, confirm-before-generate reversal workflow

reconcile_against_pain001

Match booked statement entries to the originating pain.001 batch on EndToEndId, surface exceptions

find_duplicate_entries

Flag exact + suspected duplicates on a statement with confidence and next-action hints

match_to_invoice_set

Match incoming credits to an AR invoice ledger (exact + remittance + partial / multi-invoice tiers)

reversal_preview takes an optional reason_code (default "AC04") and returns a four-step message template: parse the statement, preview the matching entries with filter_entries, confirm with the operator, then call generate_reversal. The other three prompts take no parameters and return a two-message user-prompt + assistant-walkthrough template the agent can replay verbatim.

Resources

Resources give an agent read-only reference context it can load without calling a tool. Each resource returns a JSON payload.

Resource URI

Contents

camt053://return-reasons

The ISO external return-reason catalog — a list of {"code", "name"}

camt053://message-types

The supported camt.05x message types — a list of {"message_type", "name"}

camt053://session/{session_id}/bank/{bic}

Templated per-(session, bank) context: parsed BIC country/kind, recommended SEPA / CBPR+ / HVPS+ rulebook clauses, Nov 2026 cutover date

Both back onto the shared camt053.services layer, so they stay in sync with the equivalent list_return_reasons / list_message_types tools. On an error they return a serialised {"error": ...} payload.

cite_rulebook needs a scheme, version and clause id. When you know what a rule is about but not what it is called, search_rulebook_vector closes that gap:

search_rulebook_vector("structured address requirement", top_k=3)
{
  "query": "structured address requirement",
  "returned": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "scheme": "HVPS+",
      "version": "2026",
      "clause": "structured-address-alignment",
      "title": "HVPS+ aligns with CBPR+ structured-address rule",
      "score": 0.702729,
      // ...
    }
  ]
}

Take the winning scheme/version/clause and pass it to cite_rulebook for the full citation.

It is not a neural embedding model. Retrieval is a deterministic lexical-vector cosine search: each clause and the query are hashed into a fixed 256-dimension term-frequency vector — whole words plus character 3- and 4-grams, so address matches addresses without a stemmer — bucketed with BLAKE2b rather than Python's salted hash, and ranked with sqlite-vec. That has three consequences worth knowing:

  • The same query always returns the same ranking, in every process and every CI run.

  • Nothing is downloaded and no network call happens at query time.

  • It matches wording, not meaning. A query sharing no vocabulary with a clause will not find it, however related the concepts are.

Only the curated summaries are indexed — the same ones behind cite_rulebook. No external, copyrighted, or auth-gated rulebook text is stored or searched.

Installing it

sqlite-vec ships in an optional extra and is imported lazily, so the base install pulls in nothing:

python -m pip install 'camt053-mcp[vector]'

Without it the tool returns a plain error payload naming the extra rather than raising, so a client that calls it on a base install gets a usable message instead of a stack trace.

There is a second requirement that is easy to miss: your Python must be built with loadable SQLite extension support. The python.org macOS installers and several distribution packages ship it disabled, in which case sqlite-vec installs perfectly and still cannot load. The tool detects that and says so, naming the build flag (--enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions) to look for. Homebrew, uv and pyenv builds normally have it enabled.

See docs/vector-search.md for the retrieval design and its limits.

Using the tools

You can invoke the tools in-process — without a transport — straight through the FastMCP instance. This mirrors what an agent receives over stdio. The runnable version of this snippet lives in examples/mcp_tools.py.

import asyncio

from camt053_mcp.server import server

# A complete camt.053 statement with one entry returned AC04 (Closed Account).
statement_xml = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Document xmlns="urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.053.001.14">
  <BkToCstmrStmt>
    <GrpHdr><MsgId>STMT-MSG-0001</MsgId><CreDtTm>2026-06-15T08:00:00</CreDtTm></GrpHdr>
    <Stmt>
      <Id>STMT-0001</Id><CreDtTm>2026-06-15T08:00:00</CreDtTm>
      <Acct><Id><IBAN>GB29NWBK60161331926819</IBAN></Id><Ccy>EUR</Ccy></Acct>
      <Bal><Tp><CdOrPrtry><Cd>CLBD</Cd></CdOrPrtry></Tp>
        <Amt Ccy="EUR">10000.00</Amt><CdtDbtInd>CRDT</CdtDbtInd>
        <Dt><Dt>2026-06-15</Dt></Dt></Bal>
      <Ntry>
        <NtryRef>NTRY-0001</NtryRef>
        <Amt Ccy="EUR">1500.00</Amt><CdtDbtInd>CRDT</CdtDbtInd>
        <Sts><Cd>BOOK</Cd></Sts>
        <NtryDtls><TxDtls>
          <RtrInf><Rsn><Cd>AC04</Cd></Rsn></RtrInf>
        </TxDtls></NtryDtls>
      </Ntry>
    </Stmt>
  </BkToCstmrStmt>
</Document>"""


async def main() -> None:
    async def call(name, args):
        result = await server.call_tool(name, args)
        # mcp 2.x returns a CallToolResult (read .content); 1.x
        # returns the content list, or a (content, meta) tuple.
        content = getattr(result, "content", None)
        if content is None:
            # mcp 2.x returns a CallToolResult (read .content); 1.x
            # returns the content list, or a (content, meta) tuple.
            content = getattr(result, "content", None)
            if content is None:
                content = result[0] if isinstance(result, tuple) else result
        return content[0].text if content else ""

    # Validate an identifier.
    print(await call("validate_identifier",
                     {"kind": "bic", "value": "NWBKGB2LXXX"}))
    # -> {"kind": "bic", "value": "NWBKGB2LXXX", "valid": true}

    # Page through the matching entries (paginated envelope).
    print(await call("filter_entries",
                     {"xml": statement_xml, "reason_code": "AC04",
                      "offset": 0, "limit": 5}))
    # -> {"total": 1, "offset": 0, "limit": 5, "entries": [...]}

    # Generate a validated reversing-entry document for the AC04 entries.
    xml = await call("generate_reversal",
                     {"xml": statement_xml, "reason_code": "AC04"})
    print(xml[:46])  # -> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> ...


asyncio.run(main())

Run it directly:

python examples/mcp_tools.py

The camt053 suite

camt053-mcp is part of a set of independently installable packages built around the camt053 library — pick whichever ones your stack needs:

Package

Role

camt053

Core library + CLI + FastAPI REST API

camt053-mcp

Model Context Protocol server (this package)

camt053-lsp

Language Server Protocol server (for editors)

camt053-writer-xlsx

Excel .xlsx writer for parsed statements

camt053-loader-mt940

SWIFT MT940 → camt.053 loader

Every tool here is a thin typed wrapper over camt053.services — the same facade the CLI, REST API, and LSP use — so all four interfaces behave identically.

When not to use camt053-mcp

  • You have no MCP client. This server only makes sense paired with an MCP-aware host (Claude Desktop, the IDE plugins, an agent framework). For scripted / CI use, the camt053 CLI and REST API cover the same ground without the stdio protocol overhead.

  • You need to run as a long-lived daemon without an MCP client. The server does run persistently over the streamable HTTP transport (--transport=http), but every consumer must still speak MCP JSON-RPC. For plain REST semantics, use the camt053 FastAPI service.

  • You need streaming responses. Tool calls return whole values, not streams. Large statements are paginated through the existing list_entries(xml, offset, limit) envelope, not chunked over multiple responses.

  • You need per-user OAuth flows brokered for you. The HTTP transport authenticates callers (OAuth 2.1 resource server with RFC 9728 metadata, or a static bearer token in dev mode) and scopes requests via the Camt053-Account tenant header, but it does not run an authorization server: bring your own IdP.

  • You need to generate pain.001 outbound payment files. Out of scope; use pain001-mcp.

Development

camt053-mcp uses Poetry and mise.

git clone https://github.com/sebastienrousseau/camt053-mcp.git && cd camt053-mcp
mise install
poetry install
poetry shell

A Makefile orchestrates the quality gates (kept in lockstep with CI):

make check        # all gates (REQUIRED before commit)
make test         # pytest
make lint         # ruff + black
make type-check   # mypy --strict

Security

camt053-mcp is a thin wrapper — every tool delegates to camt053.services, where the defence-in-depth (defusedxml + xml_guard byte cap + DOCTYPE / ENTITY pre-flight) lives. Tools catch (ValueError, Camt053Error) and return an {"error": ...} envelope per the suite convention; they never propagate raw exceptions to the MCP client. Reporting practice, supported versions, and the full supply-chain posture are documented in SECURITY.md. Vulnerabilities go via GitHub Private Vulnerability Reporting, not public issues.

Documentation

Part of the ISO 20022 MCP Suite — open-source, Apache-2.0 licensed MCP servers for banking and financial-services AI agents:

Server

Purpose

pain001-mcp

Generate & validate ISO 20022 pain.001 payment files (v03–v12, pain.008, SEPA) with rulebook checks

pacs008-mcp

Generate, validate, parse & scheme-check ISO 20022 pacs.008 FI-to-FI credit transfers + Nov-2026 address linting

acmt001-mcp

Generate & validate ISO 20022 acmt account-management messages

noyalib-mcp

Lossless YAML 1.2 parsing, formatting & validation (Rust, 100% spec compliance)


MCP Registry

mcp-name: io.github.sebastienrousseau/camt053-mcp


License

Dual-licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT License. Any contribution submitted for inclusion shall be licensed as above, without additional terms.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome — see the contributing instructions. Thanks to all contributors.

Acknowledgements

Built on the camt053 ISO 20022 Bank Statement library and the Model Context Protocol Python SDK.

Available Tools

24 tools
check_cbpr_readinessCheck CBPR+ Nov 2026 readinessA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Check a camt.053 statement against the CBPR+ Nov 2026 acceptance rules.

Use this to audit a statement for the business-rule changes (schema
version, structured postal addresses) enforced from the Nov 2026 cutover.
For plain XSD schema validity use ``validate_statement`` instead; for just
the cutover date use ``get_cbpr_cutover_date``.

A coordinated CBPR+ / Fedwire / CHAPS / T2 cutover lands on
**14-16 November 2026**: unstructured-only postal addresses get rejected,
``camt.110/111`` exceptions and investigations become mandatory, and T2S
R2026.NOV upgrades camt.053 / 054 to schema revision MR2026.

This tool walks the supplied payload and reports every issue that will
fail the Nov 2026 acceptance rules:

* **Schema version** vs the CBPR+ current set (``camt.053.001.08`` /
  ``camt.053.001.13``); ``.02``-``.07`` are flagged as deprecated
  warnings; unknown / non-camt.053 namespaces as errors.
* **Postal addresses**: every ``<PstlAdr>`` is classified as fully
  structured, hybrid, or **unstructured-only** (``<AdrLine>`` without
  ``<TwnNm>`` + ``<Ctry>`` siblings, the Nov 2026 reject case).

Returns a dictionary ``{"cbpr_ready": bool, "schema_version": str | None,
"checked_at": ISO-8601 UTC, "cutover_date": "2026-11-16",
"issues": [...], "summary": {...}}``. ``cbpr_ready`` is ``True`` iff no
``severity="error"`` issue was raised. An ``{"error": ...}`` envelope
is returned instead if the XML is malformed or refused by the
hardened pre-flight (DOCTYPE / ENTITY / oversized payload).

Args:
    xml: The raw camt.05x statement XML as a string.

Inputs: xml (required).

cite_rulebookCite payments rulebook clauseA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Return a curated payments-rulebook citation for a single clause.

Use this to quote one specific rule (with its canonical source URL) once
you know the ``scheme``/``version``/``clause``. To discover which clauses
exist first, call ``list_rulebook_clauses``.

Looks up one well-known rule across the SEPA, CBPR+, and HVPS+
rulebooks and returns a short summary together with the canonical
source URL so an agent can quote the rule and the operator can
verify it against the official document.

The registry is a curated convenience layer, not a verbatim
reproduction of copyrighted text. Always defer to ``source_url``
for authoritative wording before relying on a citation for
compliance or contractual decisions; the returned ``disclaimer``
field repeats this for the calling agent.

Args:
    scheme: One of ``"SEPA"``, ``"CBPR+"``, or ``"HVPS+"`` (case
        sensitive).
    version: The rulebook version (e.g. ``"2025"`` or ``"2026"``).
    clause: A kebab-case clause identifier from
        ``list_rulebook_clauses``.

Returns:
    A citation dict ``{"scheme", "version", "clause", "title",
    "summary", "source_url", "as_of", "disclaimer"}`` or an
    ``{"error": ...}`` payload if the citation is not in the
    registry.

Inputs: clause (required), scheme (required), version (required).

classify_entryClassify entry via LLM samplingA
Read-only

Classify one statement entry into a category via MCP LLM Sampling.

Use this when you want a semantic, model-driven label for an entry (payroll,
fee, refund, …) rather than a deterministic rule match. Because it delegates
an LLM completion to the client it is open-world and non-idempotent; for the
fixed candidate categories it chooses from, call
``list_classify_entry_categories`` first.

Uses the **MCP Sampling** protocol primitive: the server (this
process) asks the *client* (the agent's host application) to
perform an LLM completion on the server's behalf, then receives
the model's structured response. Keeps every LLM call in the
operator's existing model contract (privacy, billing, audit).

The model is asked to choose exactly one category from
``categories`` (or :data:`camt053_mcp.classify.DEFAULT_CATEGORIES`
if ``None`` is passed) and return a structured
``{category, confidence, explanation}`` payload.

Clients that do not support Sampling will get an
``{"error": "..."}`` envelope and can fall back to a rules-only
classifier.

Args:
    ctx: The MCPServer Context (auto-injected; provides
        ``session.create_message``).
    entry: A statement entry dict (the shape returned by
        ``parse_statement`` / ``list_entries``).
    categories: The candidate categories. ``None`` uses the
        built-in default list (12 common payment buckets).

Returns:
    ``{"category", "confidence", "explanation"}`` on success or
    ``{"error": "..."}`` on Sampling failure / malformed model
    response / out-of-vocabulary category.

Inputs: entry (required), categories.

convert_mt940_to_camt053Convert legacy MT940 to camt.053A
Read-onlyIdempotent

Convert a legacy SWIFT MT940 statement into a camt.053 structure.

Use this as the Phase-1 migration wedge: SWIFT MT940 customer statements
retire in **November 2028**, so this tool bridges the gap by turning raw
MT940 text into the same JSON-serialisable camt.053 document shape that
``parse_statement`` returns (group header plus statements, each with its
account, balances, and entries). Downstream tools (``list_entries``,
``filter_entries``, ``classify_entry``, ``export_journal``) then work on the
result unchanged.

Wraps the ``camt053-loader-mt940`` library's ``parse_mt940``; the MT parsing
itself is delegated (no MT grammar is reimplemented here). The resulting
``ParsedDocument`` is serialised with the same ``to_dict()`` the server's
other parse tools use, so agents get a consistent structure. Nothing is read
from or written to disk.

Returns the converted document as a JSON-serialisable dict, or an
``{"error": ...}`` payload if the MT940 text cannot be parsed (e.g. a
missing ``:20:`` reference or a malformed balance / statement line).

Args:
    mt940_text: The raw MT940 statement text as a string.

Inputs: mt940_text (required).

convert_mt942Convert legacy MT942 to camt.052A
Read-onlyIdempotent

Convert a legacy SWIFT MT942 interim report into a camt.052 structure.

Use this as the Phase-1 migration wedge for intraday reporting: SWIFT MT94x
messages retire in **November 2028**, so this tool bridges the gap by
turning raw MT942 *Interim Transaction Report* text into the same
JSON-serialisable camt.052 (Bank-to-Customer Account **Report**) document
shape the server's parse tools return (group header plus statements, each
with its account, balances, and entries). MT942 is the intraday sibling of
MT940: where MT940 maps to camt.053 (end-of-day statement), MT942 maps to
camt.052, so the resulting ``message_type`` is ``camt.052.001.08``.
Downstream tools (``list_entries``, ``filter_entries``, ``classify_entry``,
``export_journal``) then work on the result unchanged.

Wraps the ``camt053-loader-mt942`` library's ``parse_mt942``; the MT parsing
itself is delegated (no MT grammar is reimplemented here). The resulting
``ParsedDocument`` is serialised with the same ``to_dict()`` the server's
other parse tools use, so agents get a consistent structure. Nothing is read
from or written to disk.

**Documented model limitation.** The ``camt053`` typed model is
camt.053-statement-oriented: it has no dedicated field for camt.052's
floor-limit (``<Lmt>``) or transaction-summary (``<TxsSummry>``) blocks.
Rather than drop that data, the loader surfaces it on the balance list using
clearly proprietary ``type_code`` values so consumers can recognise and
filter them: ``:34F:`` floor limits become ``FLIMD`` / ``FLIMC`` balances,
and ``:90D:`` / ``:90C:`` entry-count summaries become ``SUMD:<count>`` /
``SUMC:<count>`` balances (the ISO ``NbOfNtries`` count is encoded after the
colon; the sum is the balance ``amount``). See the loader's README.

Returns the converted document as a JSON-serialisable dict, or an
``{"error": ...}`` payload if the MT942 text cannot be parsed (e.g. a
missing ``:20:`` reference or a malformed floor-limit / summary / statement
line).

Args:
    mt942_text: The raw MT942 interim transaction report text as a string.

Inputs: mt942_text (required).

detect_statement_anomaliesDetect statement anomaliesA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Screen a camt.05x statement for deterministic, rule-based anomalies.

Use this as a fast, explainable first pass over an incoming statement
before deeper review or reversal. It applies three fixed heuristics over
the parsed entry list (see ``list_entries``) and never calls out to a model
or the network, so the same statement always yields the same result:

* **Duplicate references** (severity ``HIGH``) -- two or more entries share
  an end-to-end id (or, absent one, an entry reference), a classic
  double-payment signal.
* **Unusual fee deductions** (severity ``MEDIUM``) -- a fee/charge debit
  whose amount exceeds a fixed fraction (25%) of the largest ordinary
  transaction amount on the statement.
* **Velocity spikes** (severity ``LOW``/``MEDIUM``) -- a booking-date window
  whose entry count runs far above the statement's median per-window count.

Returns ``{"anomalies": [{"type", "severity", "detail", "entry_refs"}],
"checked_entries": <int>}``; ``anomalies`` is empty for a clean statement.
Returns an ``{"error": ...}`` payload instead if the XML cannot be parsed.

Args:
    statement_xml: The raw statement XML as a string.

Inputs: statement_xml (required).

export_journalExport statement to journal entriesA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Export a camt.053 statement as accounting-platform journal-entry payloads.

Use this to reshape a statement's booked entries into ready-to-POST Xero or
QuickBooks payloads (the tool builds the payloads only; it does not call any
external API or write files). To discover the valid ``target`` values first,
call ``list_export_journal_targets``.

Parses the supplied statement and re-shapes every booked entry
into a target-specific journal-entry payload ready for direct
POST to the accounting platform's REST API.

Supported targets (see ``camt053_mcp.export_journal.SUPPORTED_TARGETS``):

* ``"xero"`` - returns a list of Xero ``BankTransactions``
  payloads. Each entry maps to ``{Type, Reference, Date,
  BankAccount, Contact, LineAmountTypes, CurrencyCode,
  LineItems}``; CRDT entries become ``Type=RECEIVE`` and DBIT
  entries ``Type=SPEND``.
* ``"qbo"`` - returns a list of QuickBooks Online
  ``JournalEntry`` payloads. Each entry produces a balanced
  two-line journal (one to the bank account, one to a clearing
  account; sign flipped on debit entries).

Operator-specific values (account codes, contact identifiers,
realm IDs) appear as ``"OPERATOR_FILL"`` placeholders so the
operator knows exactly what still needs wiring. The response's
``placeholder_count`` field reports the total.

NetSuite + SAP S/4HANA targets are tracked as a follow-up in #17.

Args:
    xml: The raw camt.053 statement XML as a string.
    target: One of ``"xero"`` or ``"qbo"`` (default ``"xero"``).

Returns:
    ``{"target", "entries", "placeholder_count", "placeholder_field"}``
    on success, or ``{"error": ...}`` on failure (unsupported
    target / malformed XML / parse refusal).

Inputs: xml (required), target.

filter_entriesFilter entries by reason codeA
Read-onlyIdempotent

List only the statement entries carrying a given return reason code.

Use this to preview exactly which entries a reversal would touch before
calling ``generate_reversal`` with the same ``reason_code``. For every entry
regardless of reason code use ``list_entries`` instead.

When ``limit`` is ``None`` (the default) the full list of matching entries
is returned, preserving the behaviour expected by existing callers. When
``limit`` is given, a paginated envelope ``{"total", "offset", "limit",
"entries"}`` is returned instead, exposing the ``offset:offset + limit``
slice. A negative ``offset`` or ``limit`` yields an ``{"error": ...}``
payload.

Args:
    xml: The raw statement XML as a string.
    reason_code: The ISO external return reason to match (default
        ``"AC04"`` Closed Account).
    offset: The zero-based index of the first entry to return (paginated
        mode only; default ``0``).
    limit: The maximum number of entries to return, or ``None`` for the
        full list (default ``None``).

Inputs: xml (required), limit, offset, reason_code. Returns: result

generate_reversalGenerate reversal documentA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Generate a validated camt.053.001.14 reversal document from a statement.

This is the headline one-shot workflow: pass an incoming statement and a
return-reason code and get back the reversal XML (nothing is written to
disk). Preview which entries will be reversed first with ``filter_entries``
using the same ``reason_code``.

This is the headline one-shot workflow: parse the incoming camt.053, pick
the entries with the requested return reason (e.g. AC04 Closed Account),
and emit a validated camt.053.001.14 reversal statement.

Returns the validated XML document as a string, or an ``{"error": ...}``
payload (serialized) if generation fails.

Args:
    xml: The raw incoming statement XML as a string.
    reason_code: The ISO external return reason to reverse (default
        ``"AC04"``).

Inputs: xml (required), reason_code. Returns: result

get_cbpr_cutover_dateGet CBPR+ cutover dateA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Return the official CBPR+ / Nov 2026 cutover date as ISO 8601.

Use this to quote the enforcement date directly, without parsing a
document. To actually audit a statement against the rules that take effect
on that date, call ``check_cbpr_readiness`` instead.

The cutover (``2026-11-16``) is the date after which the rules checked
by ``check_cbpr_readiness`` are enforced by the major clearing systems;
payments that fail will be rejected at receive-time. Surfaced as a
discrete tool so agents can quote it directly without having to call
a readiness check first.

Inputs: no named parameters.

get_input_schemaGet input JSON SchemaA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Return the full JSON Schema for a message type's flat input record.

Use this to learn every field, its type, and its constraints before
assembling records, or to drive a form/UI. For just the required-field
names use ``get_required_fields``; to actually check records against this
schema use ``validate_records``.

Args:
    message_type: A supported ISO 20022 camt.05x message type.

Inputs: message_type (required).

get_required_fieldsGet required input fieldsA
Read-onlyIdempotent

List only the required input field names for a camt message type.

Use this for a quick checklist of the mandatory columns before building
reversing-entry records. When you need full type/format constraints (not
just which fields are required), call ``get_input_schema`` instead.

Args:
    message_type: A supported ISO 20022 camt.05x message type.

Inputs: message_type (required). Returns: result

get_tenant_contextGet tenant scoping contextA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Return the multi-tenant scoping context of the current call.

Use this to confirm which tenant/account scope the server attributes
the session to. On the streamable-HTTP transport (D7, #42) the
``tenant`` field carries the value of the optional
``Camt053-Account`` request header the caller sent; over stdio (or
when the caller sent no header) it is ``None``. The same value is
stamped as the ``scope`` on the server's audit log, so an agent can
verify its calls are attributed to the right tenant.

The lookup is read-only and deterministic for a given request:
nothing is validated or mutated, and no external system is touched.

Args:
    ctx: The MCPServer Context (auto-injected; carries the underlying
        HTTP request, when there is one).

Returns:
    ``{"service": "camt053-mcp", "tenant": str | None}``.

Inputs: no named parameters.

list_classify_entry_categoriesList classifier categoriesA
Read-onlyIdempotent

List the default candidate categories the classify_entry tool uses.

Use this to quote the built-in category vocabulary to a user before running
the LLM classifier. This is a static list lookup (no model call); to
actually classify an entry, call ``classify_entry``.

Operators can override the list per call; this tool exposes the
default the prompt template ships with so an agent can quote them
to the user before invoking the classifier.

Inputs: no named parameters. Returns: result

list_entriesList all statement entriesA
Read-onlyIdempotent

List every booked entry across all statements in a camt.05x document.

Use this to get the flat, paginable entry list from a statement. To keep
only the entries carrying a given return-reason code use ``filter_entries``;
for the full nested document structure use ``parse_statement``.

When ``limit`` is ``None`` (the default) the full list of entries is
returned. When ``limit`` is given, a paginated envelope ``{"total",
"offset", "limit", "entries"}`` is returned instead, exposing the
``offset:offset + limit`` slice. A negative ``offset`` or ``limit`` yields
an ``{"error": ...}`` payload.

Args:
    xml: The raw statement XML as a string.
    offset: The zero-based index of the first entry to return (paginated
        mode only; default ``0``).
    limit: The maximum number of entries to return, or ``None`` for the
        full list (default ``None``).

Inputs: xml (required), limit, offset. Returns: result

list_export_journal_targetsList journal export targetsA
Read-onlyIdempotent

List the accounting-platform targets the export_journal tool supports.

Use this to tell a user which ``target`` values ``export_journal`` accepts
before invoking it. This lists export destinations only; for the LLM
classifier's category vocabulary use ``list_classify_entry_categories``.

Returns the sorted list of valid ``target`` arguments accepted by
``export_journal`` (``["qbo", "xero"]`` today). NetSuite and SAP
S/4HANA support is a tracked follow-up.

Inputs: no named parameters. Returns: result

list_message_typesList camt.05x message typesA
Read-onlyIdempotent

List every supported ISO 20022 camt.05x message type and its name.

Use this first, before any validation or generation call, to discover the
exact ``message_type`` strings this server accepts. For the return-reason
codes rather than message types, call ``list_return_reasons`` instead.

Returns a list of ``{"message_type": ..., "name": ...}`` dictionaries, one
per supported message type (e.g. ``camt.053.001.14``).

Inputs: no named parameters. Returns: result

list_return_reasonsList ISO return reason codesA
Read-onlyIdempotent

List every known ISO external return reason code with its name.

Use this to discover the ``reason_code`` values that ``filter_entries`` and
``generate_reversal`` accept (e.g. ``AC04`` Closed Account). For the
supported message types rather than reason codes, use ``list_message_types``.

Returns a list of ``{"code": ..., "name": ...}`` dictionaries (e.g.
``{"code": "AC04", "name": "Closed Account Number"}``).

Inputs: no named parameters. Returns: result

list_rulebook_clausesList rulebook clausesA
Read-onlyIdempotent

List the curated rulebook clauses the server can cite, optionally filtered.

Use this to browse the citation registry and pick a ``clause`` id; then pass
that id to ``cite_rulebook`` to fetch the full summary and source URL.

Returns the full registry, optionally filtered by ``scheme`` and /
or ``version``. Use the resulting ``clause`` values as input to
``cite_rulebook``.

Args:
    scheme: Restrict to one scheme (e.g. ``"SEPA"``). ``None``
        returns all schemes.
    version: Restrict to one version (e.g. ``"2026"``). ``None``
        returns all versions.

Inputs: scheme, version. Returns: result

parse_statementParse camt.05x statement XMLA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Parse an incoming camt.05x statement XML string into structured data.

Use this to turn a raw statement into a navigable dict (header, statements,
accounts, balances, entries). To pull just the flat entry list use
``list_entries``; to only check the document is schema-valid use
``validate_statement``.

Returns the parsed document as a JSON-serialisable dict (group header plus
statements, each with its account, balances, and entries), or an
``{"error": ...}`` payload if the XML cannot be parsed.

Args:
    xml: The raw statement XML as a string.

Inputs: xml (required).

search_rulebook_vectorSearch rulebook clauses by similarityA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Search the curated rulebook clauses by lexical-vector similarity.

Use this when you know *what* a rule is about but not its exact
``scheme``/``version``/``clause`` id: describe it in natural language and
get back the closest curated clauses, each with a similarity ``score``.
Then pass the winning ``scheme``/``version``/``clause`` to
``cite_rulebook`` for the full citation, or browse everything with
``list_rulebook_clauses``.

Retrieval is a **deterministic lexical-vector cosine** search over the
same curated SEPA / CBPR+ / HVPS+ summaries that back ``cite_rulebook``
(no external, copyrighted, or auth-gated rulebook text is indexed). Each
clause and the query are hashed into a fixed 256-dimension term-frequency
vector (whole words plus character 3/4-grams, BLAKE2b-bucketed so results
are reproducible across processes) and ranked by cosine distance with
``sqlite-vec``. It is offline and does **not** use a large neural
embedding model, so the same query always yields the same ranking and no
model download or network call happens at query time.

``sqlite-vec`` ships in the optional ``[vector]`` extra and is imported
lazily; when it is not installed this returns a graceful
``{"error": ...}`` payload asking the operator to
``pip install 'camt053-mcp[vector]'`` rather than failing to import.

Args:
    query: The natural-language search string.
    top_k: The maximum number of clauses to return (default ``5``,
        clamped to the corpus size).

Returns:
    ``{"query", "top_k", "returned", "method", "results", "disclaimer"}``
    where ``results`` is the ranked list of clause dicts (each with an
    added ``score``), or an ``{"error": ...}`` payload on a bad argument
    or a missing ``[vector]`` extra.

Inputs: query (required), top_k.

validate_identifierValidate IBAN, BIC or LEIA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Validate a single financial identifier (IBAN, BIC, or LEI).

Use this for a one-off identifier check with a clear pass/fail. To validate
identifiers embedded across a whole batch of records, prefer
``validate_records`` rather than calling this per field.

Returns ``{"kind": str, "value": str, "valid": bool}``.

Args:
    kind: One of ``"iban"``, ``"bic"``, or ``"lei"`` (case-insensitive).
    value: The identifier value to check.

Inputs: kind (required), value (required).

validate_recordsValidate records against schemaA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Validate flat records against a message type's input JSON Schema.

Use this on in-memory reversing-entry records to catch structural/type
errors per row before generation. To validate a whole camt.05x *document*
(XML) against its XSD instead, use ``validate_statement``.

Returns a report ``{"valid": bool, "total": int, "valid_count": int,
"errors": [...]}``.

Args:
    message_type: A supported ISO 20022 camt.05x message type.
    records: One or more flat reversing-entry records to validate.

Inputs: records (required), message_type (required).

validate_statementValidate statement against XSDA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Validate an incoming camt.05x statement XML against its XSD schema.

Use this to confirm a document is well-formed and schema-valid before
processing it. This checks XSD conformance only; for the Nov 2026 CBPR+
business rules use ``check_cbpr_readiness``, and to extract the data use
``parse_statement``.

Detects the document's message type, validates it against the matching
ISO 20022 schema, and returns a report ``{"valid": bool, "message_type":
str, "errors": [...]}``. A well-formed but schema-invalid document yields
``valid=False`` with a populated ``errors`` list (and the detected
``message_type``); a valid one yields ``valid=True`` with no errors.

Returns an ``{"error": ...}`` payload instead if the XML cannot be parsed
(e.g. it is malformed or is not a camt ``Document``).

Args:
    xml: The raw statement XML as a string.

Inputs: xml (required).

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    TDQS

    A4.2/5.0

    Scored across 24 tools

    Disambiguation4/5

    Each tool targets a distinct resource or action, with parse, validate, convert, list/filter, reverse, export, classify, CBPR, and rulebook tools cleanly separated. The only mild risk is distinguishing convert_mt942 from convert_mt940_to_camt053 and validate_records from validate_statement, but the descriptions remove the ambiguity.

    Naming Consistency4/5

    Nearly every tool follows a consistent snake_case verb_noun pattern such as list_*, get_*, validate_*, and generate_*. The minor deviation is convert_mt942 lacking the explicit target suffix that convert_mt940_to_camt053 includes.

    Tool Count3/5

    At 24 tools the server sits in the heavy 16–25 band, and while the broad scope covers migration, validation, CBPR, rulebook lookup, export, and classification, several small list-lookup and constant-returning helpers inflate the count. The size is defensible but borders on over-scoping for a single MCP server.

    Completeness4/5

    The core statement workflow is well covered: parsing, validating, listing/filtering entries, detecting anomalies, generating reversals, exporting journals, classifying entries, and checking CBPR readiness. A minor gap is that get_input_schema and validate_records prepare flat records for generation, but no tool directly consumes those records since generate_reversal takes XML instead.

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