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Everything to ship a regulated metric.

From a 5-minute curl to a self-hosted MCP cluster.

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5-minute quick start

# 1. Resolve a metric — Capital Adequacy (CET1)
curl https://api.metricregistry.co.uk/metrics/banking.capital.cet1_ratio \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mrk_..."

# 2. Validate your SQL against the canonical definition
curl -X POST https://api.metricregistry.co.uk/metrics/banking.capital.cet1_ratio/validate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mrk_..." \
  -d '{"sql":"SELECT cet1_capital / rwa_total ..."}'

# 3. Wire MCP into Claude Desktop / Cursor
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "metricregistry": {
      "url": "https://mcp.metricregistry.co.uk",
      "auth": "mrk_..."
    }
  }
}

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Getting started

Sign up, create a key, resolve your first metric, wire MCP — in under five minutes.

Quick start →Authentication →Tier limits →

REST API reference

Endpoints for resolving definitions, validating SQL, listing categories, webhooks.

GET /metrics/:id →POST /metrics/:id/validate →Errors & rate limits →

Tools, schema, client configs for Claude Desktop, Cursor, internal LLM gateways.

Tool catalog →Claude Desktop config →Cursor config →

Authoring metrics

YAML schema, formula DSL, lineage references, citation requirements, naming.

YAML schema →Formula DSL →Naming & namespaces →

Create private metrics in your namespace, query via API or MCP, export as YAML.

Create a workspace →Create a metric →Query via MCP →Export YAML →

dbt integration

Install the dbt package, configure dataset mappings, run 299 metrics against your warehouse.

Install package →Configure datasets →Run metrics →MetricFlow export →

GitHub Action + curl patterns to validate metric SQL on every pull request.

GitHub Action →Multiple metrics →curl fallback →

Industry guides

Banking (Basel, FRTB), Healthcare (NHS Digital, SHMI), ESG (ESRS, PCAF).

Banking →Healthcare →ESG & climate →

Governance & compliance

Audit logs, signature ledger, SOC 2 controls, DPA, regulator-ready reports.

Audit log →Signature ledger →Compliance pack →

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