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Use AEI inside the tools analysts already work in.
Full Access / Team / InstitutionalAEI exposes source-linked projects, project-finance comparables and decision workflows through the existing REST API and a stateless MCP endpoint. Organisation administrators can issue revocable integration keys from Team Workspace.
MCP
POST https://africaenergyintel.com/api/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP / JSON-RPC. Protocol: 2026-07-28. Authentication: Authorization: Bearer <AEI key>.
Tools: search_projects, project_finance_comparables, run_decision_workflow.
The endpoint also supports server/discover and tools/list. It is stateless and validates browser origins.
Excel
Comparables export is a native .xlsx workbook. For refreshable analysis, Excel Power Query can call authenticated AEI REST endpoints using the organisation or Full Access API key.
Example MCP tool call
POST /api/mcp
MCP-Protocol-Version: 2026-07-28
Mcp-Method: tools/call
Mcp-Name: project_finance_comparables
Authorization: Bearer aei_org_…
Content-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"project_finance_comparables","arguments":{"country":"ZM","technology":"solar_pv","capacity_mw":50}}}