Unico MCP Server

MCP server for Unico - the Brazilian identity verification leader. CPF/CNPJ validation, document OCR, face biometrics, liveness, PEP / watchlist / court-records screening. Its 18 documented tools cover document, process, webhook.

People who work with document, process and webhook and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

One of 127 MCP servers published from codespar/mcp-dev-latam. Stars and repository activity are shared across all of them. See all 127 →

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-27 · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Unico

before you install - you'll need

Set UNICO_CLIENT_ID, UNICO_CLIENT_SECRET, MCP_HTTP before connecting. UNICO_ENV, UNICO_BASE_URL, UNICO_AUTH_URL are optional or environment-specific per the README.

Claude Code

claude mcp add codespar-mcp-dev-latam-packages-identity -- npx -y @codespar/mcp-unico

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codespar-mcp-dev-latam-packages-identity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@codespar/mcp-unico"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package @codespar/mcp-unico - published under the repo owner's npm scope (@codespar)

registry namespace io.github.codespar is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Unico can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 18 documented tools spanning document, process, webhook, including validate_cpf, validate_cnpj, extract_document, verify_document_authenticity.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Unico lets an agent do.

Check

4 tools - e.g. IDPay: passive liveness detection.; IDCheck: Politically Exposed Person screening.; IDCheck: global sanctions / adverse-media screening.

liveness_check · check_pep · check_watchlists · connect_portability_check

Process

3 tools - e.g. IDCheck: poll the status of a verification process previously created via the Unico Web/Mobile SDK or API.; IDCheck: batch status lookup.; IDCheck: upload a captured image to a running verification…

get_process_status · batch_get_process_status · upload_process_document

read & search

3 tools - e.g. IDCheck: fetch the structured OCR result for a finished process - typed fields (name, document number, issu...; IDCheck: Unico Score - Brazil's identity-fraud risk score (0-1000, higher = lower risk)…

get_extracted_data · get_unico_score · list_webhooks

Validate

2 tools - e.g. IDCloud: validate a Brazilian CPF with Receita Federal.; IDCloud: validate a Brazilian CNPJ with Receita Federal.

validate_cpf · validate_cnpj

Extract

1 tool - e.g. IDCloud: OCR + structured field extraction from a Brazilian ID document image.

extract_document

auth & access

1 tool - e.g. IDCloud: tamper / forgery detection on a document image.

verify_document_authenticity

Face

1 tool - e.g. IDPay: biometric 1:1 comparison between a live selfie and a document photo.

face_match

Court

1 tool - e.g. IDCheck: Brazilian judicial-records search.

court_records_search

04 · Who maintains Unico

mcp-unico is maintained by codespar. We track 127 MCP servers from codespar - 127 actively maintained, 271 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Mar 2026. Full record: all servers from codespar.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/codespar/mcp-dev-latam
category: API integration - actively maintained as of 2026-09-30.
registry: io.github.codespar/mcp-unico (active, first published 2026-06-20 · 3 versions)
packages: npm:@codespar/mcp-unico

06 · Unico FAQ

Is Unico still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-27. We re-verify nightly.

What can Unico do?

An agent gets 18 documented tools spanning document, process, webhook, including validate_cpf, validate_cnpj, extract_document, verify_document_authenticity.

How do I install Unico?

Run `npx -y @codespar/mcp-unico`. The README documents 6 environment variables (UNICO_CLIENT_ID, UNICO_CLIENT_SECRET, UNICO_ENV…) to set first. Set UNICO_CLIENT_ID, UNICO_CLIENT_SECRET, MCP_HTTP before connecting. UNICO_ENV, UNICO_BASE_URL, UNICO_AUTH_URL are optional or environment-specific per the README. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Unico run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Unico

Alternatives to Unico

Maintained API integration servers if Unico isn't the fit.

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