Can Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor use Grants directly?

Yes, via the MCP server. It's a stdio JSON-RPC server that wires into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-aware client in five lines of config. The list of tools matches your data model 1:1 - whatever a CRUD type exposes in the UI is exposed identically to the agent.

Do agent calls share the same auth + access controls?

Yes. The MCP server authenticates with the same JWT or PAT a human session uses. Sharing rules, org membership, rate limits, suspicion bans - all of it applies. There's no "agent backdoor" that bypasses the access matrix.

Is there an audit trail for agent actions?

Yes. Every mutation goes through the same audit-log path as a UI click. The transport (UI / API / CLI / MCP) is recorded as channel metadata so you can filter "what did the agent do this hour" from your account history.

Can I rate-limit an agent separately from a human?

Per-token rate limits apply, so you can issue an agent its own PAT and cap it independently. The shared user-level bucket also caps total throughput, so a runaway loop can't drain your whole account. The CLI's auto-update channel marker means you can also see in audit which version is calling.

Does the MCP / API surface cost extra?

No. Same plan, same surface. We don't paywall the agent - it's the same product, the same schema, the same access gates. If a plan can do X in the UI, it can do X via MCP.

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Grants: the agent-friendly alternative to Unternehmenswerk

Same product, same surface for humans and AI agents. MCP server + CLI + drop-in clients in 15 languages.

Agentic alternative

Unternehmenswerk

AVGS

Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·May 15, 2026·

1 min read

Grants ships an MCP server you can wire into Claude Desktop or any MCP client in five lines. The same auth + access gates apply, the same audit log records every action, the same rate limits apply. Unternehmenswerk doesn't currently expose this surface - that's the gap.

At a glance

Unternehmenswerk is a Germany-wide consulting firm specialising in business-plan writing bundled with founder coaching, grant-application support (Gründungszuschuss), and financing guidance. They deliver a bank-compliant plan in ~14 days. Their special angle: many founders coming from ALG-1/ALG-2 unemployment can use the AVGS-Gutschein from the Arbeitsagentur to cover most or all of the consulting fee - effectively free for the founder. That makes Unternehmenswerk a great fit for necessity-driven founders writing a bank plan + Gründungszuschuss application. Grants doesn't fit that flow - we don't write the document for you, and we don't handle AVGS billing. We're a workspace for innovation grants (EXIST, IGP, KMU innovativ, BMBF, Horizon) where the document, reviewer, and criteria are completely different. Pick by which money you're after.

Agent surface

What 'agent-friendly' actually means in practice

Grants ships an MCP server, a CLI, and drop-in clients in 15 languages. They're auto-generated from the same schema your UI uses; the auth, the access gates, the rate limits, the audit log all apply identically whether you're clicking buttons or calling the API. Unternehmenswerk doesn't currently expose this surface, which is the gap a serious agent integration trips over - the agent ends up scraping the UI through a browser, which is fragile, slow, and silently bypasses everything below.

Grants vs Unternehmenswerk: agent-readiness comparison

	Ours Grants	Theirs Unternehmenswerk
AVGS-Gutschein billing (Arbeitsagentur)
Gründungszuschuss application support
Bank-loan-ready business plan in ~14 days
EXIST / IGP / KMU innovativ / BMBF / Horizon application
Innovation-grant chapter structure with reviewer language
1:1 consulting hours
Founder writes themselves
Effective price for ALG-eligible founders	Standard subscription	~€0 with AVGS-Gutschein

When to pick which

Pick Grants when

You're going for innovation grants where the document needs PTJ / DLR-PT / EU-reviewer-grade structure, not a bank plan.

You're a tech / research-driven founder and the AVGS path doesn't apply to you.

You want to write the document yourself - keeping the learning, owning the IP narrative.

Pick Unternehmenswerk when

You're an ALG-1 / ALG-2 founder and the AVGS-Gutschein covers most of the consulting fee.

Your target is the Gründungszuschuss plus a bank-loan plan - not an innovation grant.

You want 1:1 senior coaching alongside the document and don't need a long-term workspace.

Agentic-integration questions

What an agent-builder asks before wiring a tool into Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor.

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Written by

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

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