Sentinel Signal MCP Server

Hosted and local MCP access for healthcare claims workflow scoring, usage, limits, and feedback.

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What is the Sentinel Signal MCP MCP server?

Sentinel Signal MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Sentinel Signal MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. Hosted and local MCP access for healthcare claims workflow scoring, usage, limits, and feedback.

What the assistant can call

Once Sentinel Signal MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • list_workflows — list supported workflows and current model versions
  • get_workflow_schema — fetch required fields, optional fields, and an example payload for a workflow
  • validate_workflow_payload — validate and normalize a workflow payload before scoring
  • score_workflow — score denial risk, prior auth, and reimbursement payloads against a named workflow
  • score_batch — score up to 25 workflow items in one request
  • get_limits — retrieve plan limits for the current key
  • get_usage — retrieve usage for a given month
  • submit_feedback — submit structured outcome feedback

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 6 environment variables: SENTINEL_BASE_URL, SENTINEL_TOKEN_BASE_URL, SENTINEL_API_KEY, SENTINEL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, SENTINEL_CREDENTIALS_PATH, SENTINEL_API_BASE_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Choosing this one

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Sentinel Signal MCP's toolset — list_workflows, get_workflow_schema, validate_workflow_payload and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by sentinelsignal; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the sentinel signal mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
list_workflowslist supported workflows and current model versions
get_workflow_schemafetch required fields, optional fields, and an example payload for a workflow
validate_workflow_payloadvalidate and normalize a workflow payload before scoring
score_workflowscore denial risk, prior auth, and reimbursement payloads against a named workflow
score_batchscore up to 25 workflow items in one request
get_limitsretrieve plan limits for the current key
get_usageretrieve usage for a given month
submit_feedbacksubmit structured outcome feedback

How to install the Sentinel Signal MCP MCP server

### Cursor (same MCP config shape)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sentinel-signal": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["sentinel-signal-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SENTINEL_BASE_URL": "https://api.sentinelsignal.io",
        "SENTINEL_TOKEN_BASE_URL": "https://token.sentinelsignal.io"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
SENTINEL_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
SENTINEL_TOKEN_BASE_URLCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
SENTINEL_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
SENTINEL_TIMEOUT_SECONDSConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
SENTINEL_CREDENTIALS_PATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional
SENTINEL_API_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Sentinel Signal MCP to list workflows.
  • Use Sentinel Signal MCP to get workflow schema.
  • Use Sentinel Signal MCP to validate workflow payload.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Sentinel Signal MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 8 tools (list_workflows, get_workflow_schema, validate_workflow_payload, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Sentinel Signal MCP directly.