mcp-lootdrop

Unofficial, read-only Model Context Protocol server for loot-drop.io — The Startup Graveyard.

Gives AI agents structured access to 1 700+ dead startups: their causes of death, the lessons they left behind (the loot), failure clustering, and AI-generated rebuild / pivot plans (concept, MVP steps, tech stack, revenue model).

It consumes the same public API (Supabase REST + Row-Level Security) that the loot-drop.io website itself uses from the browser — no scraping, no writes.

Install

npm install -g mcp-lootdrop
# or run on demand:
npx -y mcp-lootdrop

Use with Claude Code / Desktop

Add to your MCP config (~/.claude/settings.json → mcpServers, or Claude Desktop config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-lootdrop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-lootdrop"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

| Tool | What it does | | --- | --- | | lootdrop_diagnose | Check API connectivity + row counts | | search_startups | Full-text + filters (sector, country, cause, product type, funding, years), sortable, paginated | | get_startup | Full post-mortem of one startup (by id or name) | | list_rebuild_ideas | AI-generated rebuild/pivot plans, filterable | | failure_landscape | Failure clustering (normalized problems, bottleneck tags) | | graveyard_stats | Aggregates: counts or burned capital by sector/cause/product/country | | random_loot | One random dead startup (optionally filtered) | | top_startups | Ranked by burned capital or views | | list_facets | Distinct values for a facet, to guide filtering |

Configuration (optional)

All optional — sensible public defaults are built in.

| Env var | Default | Purpose | | --- | --- | --- | | LOOTDROP_SUPABASE_URL | loot-drop's public URL | Override the data source | | LOOTDROP_SUPABASE_KEY | loot-drop's public publishable key | Override the public key (e.g. if rotated) | | LOOTDROP_CACHE_TTL_MS | 300000 | In-memory cache TTL | | LOOTDROP_TIMEOUT_MS | 15000 | Per-request timeout |

Develop

npm install
npm run dev        # run from TypeScript
npm run build      # compile to dist/
npm test           # real integration tests against the public API
npm run inspect    # MCP Inspector

Disclaimer

mcp-lootdrop is an independent, unofficial project and is not affiliated with loot-drop.io. It is read-only. The underlying content is AI-assisted and provided "as-is" without warranty of accuracy or completeness. If the upstream API key is rotated or the schema changes, override via the env vars above.

License

MIT © Aïssa BELKOUSSA