VC Deal Flow Signal — MCP Server

Search startup engineering acceleration signals directly from your AI assistant.

One-click install for Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline / Continue via Smithery — verified, 98/100 quality score.

Tracks commit velocity, contributor growth, and repository expansion across 20 sectors. Built for angels, scouts, and technical operators looking for traction signals before they show up in traditional deal flow.

Install

Add to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vc-deal-flow-signal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@gitdealflow/mcp-signal"]
    }
  }
}

Or for Claude Code (.mcp.json in project root):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vc-deal-flow-signal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@gitdealflow/mcp-signal"]
    }
  }
}

Mistral Le Chat (Custom MCP Connector — remote HTTP)

In Le Chat, open Settings → Connectors → + Add Connector → Custom MCP Connector, then paste:

| Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Connector name | vc-deal-flow-signal | | Connection server | https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/mcp/rpc | | Authentication | No Authentication |

Workspace-admin only. Full step-by-step at signals.gitdealflow.com/integrations/mistral.

Install matrix

Same npx -y @gitdealflow/mcp-signal runs in every stdio runtime below. Per-runtime snippets and marketplace status: signals.gitdealflow.com/integrations/agent-runtimes.

| Client | Transport | Install path | | --- | --- | --- | | Claude Desktop | stdio | claude_desktop_config.json (above) | | Claude Code | stdio | .mcp.json (above) | | Cursor | stdio | Settings → MCP → +Add new MCP server → paste the JSON above; cursor.directory listing (under review) | | Cline (VS Code) | stdio | Cline panel → ⚙ → Edit Config → paste JSON; cline/mcp-marketplace#1491 (open, awaiting review) | | Block Goose | stdio | goose session --with-extension "npx -y @gitdealflow/mcp-signal"; block/goose#8974 (closed — Goose registry moratorium 2026-05-12, pending new listing flow) | | OpenHands | stdio | ~/.openhands/mcp.json paste-JSON, or openhands mcp add ... (no marketplace exists) | | Aider | stdio | npx -y mcpm-aider add vc-deal-flow-signal --command "npx -y @gitdealflow/mcp-signal" (Aider native MCP not yet shipped — bridge required) | | AiderDesk | stdio | Settings → Agent → MCP Servers → +Add → paste JSON | | Raycast | stdio | Manage MCP Servers → +Add Server → paste JSON; raycast/extensions#28376 (open, Ready for Review; supersedes auto-stale'd #27618) | | Smithery one-click | streamable-http or stdio | smithery.ai/server/kindrat86/vc-deal-flow-signal (Verified, 98/100) | | Mistral Le Chat | Streamable HTTP | Custom Connector at https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/mcp/rpc | | ChatGPT GPT | OpenAPI Action | GitHub VC Signal GPT — no install, paid ChatGPT plan required | | Any other Streamable HTTP client | Streamable HTTP | https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/mcp/rpc | | Any other stdio client | stdio | npx -y @gitdealflow/mcp-signal |

Tools

All tools are read-only, idempotent, and fetch live data from the public API (no auth required). Responses include both human-readable text and structured JSON (structuredContent) matching each tool's outputSchema.

| Tool | Input | Returns | |---|---|---| | get_trending_startups | — | Top 20 startups ranked by engineering acceleration across all sectors. | | search_startups_by_sector | sector (enum of 20 slugs) | All tracked startups in the sector, ranked by acceleration. | | get_startup_signal | name (case-insensitive) | Full signal profile for one startup: velocity, contributors, repos, classification. | | get_signals_summary | — | Dataset snapshot — period, counts, refresh date, format URLs, citation. | | get_methodology | — | How signals are sourced, computed, and classified, with known limitations. | | predict_funding | name | Transparent, scored funding-likelihood claim for one startup — score, full evidence chain, confidence, caveats, and methodology + SSRN provenance so the number is citable, not opaque. | | compare_signals | names (2–5) | Head-to-head scored comparison of named startups, ranked, with a diligence recommendation. | | shortlist_signals | sector?, geography?, signalType?, minAccelerationScore?, minVelocityChangePct?, limit? | The whole sourcing workflow in one call — "5 strongest signals in fintech in the EU", ranked by acceleration score with a rationale each. | | get_diligence_dossier | name | Public-source diligence dossier for one company in a cited object — M&A history (acquirer, year, amount), funds that publicly backed it, and the published engineering-acceleration signal. | | get_scout_receipts | github_username | Scout Score (0–100) for a GitHub user from their public starring history vs. validated unicorns. |

Provenance, not opaque numbers. predict_funding, shortlist_signals, and compare_signals use one transparent, deterministic scoring engine (velocity ≤40 + contributor-growth ≤25 + new-repos ≤15 + signal-class ≤20 = 0–100). Every input and weight is returned in the response so a downstream agent can audit and cite the score. Geography is region-level only (US/EU/UK/APAC/LATAM/Canada); city/country aliases normalize up to the region. These are heuristics over public GitHub activity — not investment advice and not a guarantee of any financing event.

Three paid agent tools (research_company, compose_thesis, deep_dive_scan) add enriched dossiers, thesis scaffolds, and multi-cohort sector scans for API-key holders — see /pricing.

Supported sectors: ai-ml, fintech, cybersecurity, developer-tools, healthcare, climate-tech, enterprise-saas, data-infrastructure, web3, robotics, edtech, ecommerce-infrastructure, supply-chain, legal-tech, hr-tech, proptech, agtech, gaming, space-tech, social-community.

Data

All data is sourced live from signals.gitdealflow.com public API. No API key required. Updated weekly on Mondays.

Complementary: the Scout Game

If you want to put your own eye on the line, there's a prediction game on top of the same dataset at signals.gitdealflow.com/predict. Call which tracked startups raise a round in the next 6 months, earn points when your calls resolve, climb a public rank ladder from Curious to Oracle. Free tier: 3 predictions per month. Paid: 10 per month. Leaderboard: signals.gitdealflow.com/leaderboard.

Links

• Website: https://gitdealflow.com?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=mcp_server
• Dashboard: https://signals.gitdealflow.com?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=mcp_server
• Scout Game: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/predict?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=mcp_server
• Leaderboard: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/leaderboard?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=mcp_server
• JSON API: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/signals.json
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/data_nerd

Show what you built

If you ship something that calls this MCP server, the dataset, or the public signals JSON, drop the Built-With badge in your README — one line, permanent CDN-cached SVG, no signup:

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License

MIT