warn-act-layoffs

Search 5,950 US WARN Act layoff notices by state, employer, and date (CA, TX, NY, IL, NC).

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    An API key from the service settings is required

    Search 5,950 US WARN Act layoff notices by state, employer, and date (CA, TX, NY, IL, NC).

    How to connect

    How to connect warn-act-layoffs to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://mcp.tppflow.com/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect warn-act-layoffs to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://mcp.tppflow.com/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect warn-act-layoffs to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://mcp.tppflow.com/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (3)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    describe_datasetFree, no API key required. Describes the US WARN Act layoff dataset: what a WARN notice is, which states are covered, how many notices and workers, per-state freshness, known coverage gaps, the schema of a record, and how to obtain an API key. Returns no records. Call this before search_layoff_notices to decide whether the data is useful.
    search_layoff_noticesSearch US WARN Act mass-layoff and plant-closing notices by state, employer name, effective date range, and county/location. Returns structured records: employer, workers impacted, effective date, notice filing date, location, layoff type, and a provenance key. Useful for layoff tracking, corporate distress and alternative-data signals, employment-law and WARN-compliance research, and recruiting or outplacement leads. Requires an API key.
    layoff_coverage_statsPer-state coverage of the WARN corpus: how many notices are held for each state and the most recent dates. Use it to check freshness before relying on a search result. Requires an API key.