This section covers how to get the most from the FDIC BankFind MCP tools — prompt patterns, copyable examples, tool selection, and guided Claude Code skills.

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Choose a Workflow

Decide whether you need an MCP tool or a Claude Code skill based on what you're analyzing and which client you're using.

Patterns

Prompting Guide

Prompt patterns for dates, metrics, comparisons, and multi-tool analysis chains.

Examples

Usage Examples

Copyable prompts and expected answer shapes for search, comparisons, health analysis, and more.

Reference

Tool Reference

Quick reference for all 20+ MCP tools — what each does and when to use it.

Claude Code

Skills

Guided analyst workflows that chain multiple tools into structured reports. Bank Deep Dive, Examiner Support, Portfolio Surveillance, and Failure Forensics. Claude Code only.

MCP Tools vs Claude Code Skills

	MCP Tools	Claude Code Skills
Works in	Any MCP client	Claude Code only
Invoked by	Natural-language prompts	Slash commands
Scope	One dataset or analysis at a time	Multi-tool structured reports
Stability	Stable tool contracts	Evolving conversational workflows

MCP tools are the foundation. Skills build on top of them. If you’re not sure which to use, start with Choose a Workflow.

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