About intelcue-mcp
IntelCue MCP Server provides AI assistants with read-only access to continuously updated market and competitor intelligence in an IntelCue workspace. Its tools cover trends, competitive alerts, keywords, monitored sources, and generated briefs.
Key features
- 01Retrieve trending topics and momentum
- 02View ranked competitive alerts
- 03Find keywords and hashtags
- 04Read monitored newsletters and blogs
- 05Check patent filings and weekly briefs
Use cases
- 01Track emerging market topics
- 02Review recent competitor moves
- 03Summarize monitored newsletters and blog posts
- 04Check tracked companies for patent filings
MCP support
The hosted remote MCP server exposes read-only, workspace-scoped intelligence tools over Streamable HTTP. Access requires an IntelCue API key.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sseclaude mcp add --transport http intelcue-intelcue https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sse{"mcpServers":{"intelcue-intelcue":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sse"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"intelcue-intelcue":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sse"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"intelcue-intelcue":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sse"}}}{"mcpServers":{"intelcue-intelcue":{"serverUrl":"https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sse"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sseAuth requiredTools
Details
From the project READMEIntelCue MCP Server
Live market & competitor intelligence inside Claude and any MCP-compatible AI assistant.
IntelCue is an AI-first competitive and market intelligence platform. It continuously monitors your sources — newsletters, blogs, news, YouTube, websites, Google Ads, patents, SEC filings, Certificate Transparency (new subdomains), and more — then analyzes everything for trending topics, competitive moves, and keywords. This repository documents the IntelCue MCP server, which exposes that intelligence to AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol.
Ask your AI assistant about your market and competitors, and it pulls from your live, continuously-updated IntelCue data automatically. Learn more at www.intelcue.ai.
What is the IntelCue MCP server?
A hosted, remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP) that gives AI assistants read-only access to your IntelCue workspace. It scopes every response to your authenticated workspace, so your data stays private to you.
- Endpoint:
https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sse - Transport: Streamable HTTP (official MCP SDK)
- Auth: your IntelCue API key (
ic_sk_…) — via OAuth,Authorization: Bearer, or thex-api-keyheader
Connect
Option 1 — Smithery (easiest)
Install from the Smithery listing and paste your IntelCue API key when prompted.
Option 2 — Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"intelcue": {
"type": "url",
"url": "https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sse",
"name": "IntelCue",
"authorization": "Bearer ic_sk_your_api_key_here"
}
}
}
Option 3 — Any MCP client (header auth)
Send your key in the x-api-key header to https://api.intelcue.ai/v1/mcp/sse.
Get your API key on the Connect page in your IntelCue dashboard.
Tools
All tools are read-only and automatically scoped to your workspace.
| Tool | What it returns |
|---|---|
get_trending_topics | Trending topics with momentum scores, change deltas, and examples |
get_competitive_insights | Competitive alerts ranked by severity |
get_keywords | Keywords & hashtags with volume and trend direction |
get_newsletter_content | Recent newsletter content from subscribed sources |
get_blog_updates | Latest posts from monitored blogs |
get_patent_filings | Recent patent filings and grants from monitored companies |
get_front_page_brief | The latest AI-generated weekly Front Page brief for your workspace |
Example questions to ask your assistant
- "What are the top trending topics in my market this week?"
- "Any high-severity competitive moves in the last 7 days?"
- "Which keywords are surging right now, with hashtags?"
- "Summarize the latest newsletters and blog posts from my competitors."
- "Have any tracked companies filed patents recently?"
- "Pull my latest Front Page brief and summarize it."
Learn more
- Product: www.intelcue.ai
- Competitive intelligence: intelcue.ai/solutions/competitive-intelligence
- Google Ads transparency: intelcue.ai/solutions/google-ads-transparency
- Newsletter tracking: intelcue.ai/solutions/newsletter-tracker
- Website change tracking: intelcue.ai/solutions/website-change-tracker
- Blog: intelcue.ai/blog
FAQ
What is IntelCue? An AI-first market and competitive intelligence platform that monitors your sources and delivers insights into Claude or any AI assistant via MCP. See www.intelcue.ai.
Do I need an account?
Yes. The MCP server returns data scoped to your IntelCue workspace, so you need an IntelCue
account and API key (ic_sk_…) from the Connect page.
Which AI assistants are supported? Any MCP-compatible client — Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, and others via the Model Context Protocol.
Is my data shared? No. Every tool call is scoped to your own workspace.
© IntelCue. Website: https://www.intelcue.ai
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An open protocol that defines how AI applications connect to external tools and data in a uniform way. Clients talk to the model; MCP servers provide tools, resources and prompt templates. They exchange standard messages, so one server can be reused by many clients.