SalesBook by MaxedS: B2B Startup Rankings & Enterprise Vendor Discovery

SalesBook by MaxedS — Enterprise Market Intelligence & B2B Startup Rankings (MCP Server)

The zero-paywall enterprise intelligence alternative to proprietary databases like CB Insights, PitchBook, and G2. SalesBook provides evidence-graded rankings, buyer-fit dossiers, and verified commercial wins for deep-tech & AI startups, queryable directly by frontier AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf) and autonomous agents.

• Server URL: https://mcp.maxeds.org/mcp
• REST / OpenAPI: https://mcp.maxeds.org/v1/openapi.json
• Transport: Streamable HTTP (remote SSE; zero installation required)
• Authentication: None required for public tools.
• Registry Name: org.maxeds/salesbook
• Claude Directory: https://claude.ai/directory/connectors/salesbook
• mcprush Marketplace: https://mcprush.com/maxeds/salesbook-by-maxeds-mcp
• Homepage: https://maxeds.org/tools/salesbook
• Agent Mailbox: https://maxeds.org/tools/salesbook/agent-mailbox
• Docs: https://maxeds.org/tools/salesbook/docs

Available Tools (v0.5.0)

The live server at https://mcp.maxeds.org/mcp lists 14 public tools (no sign-in):

Tool	Capability	Type
search_startups	Search the ranked SalesBook companies (retail & CPG, manufacturing, healthcare, education, cross-industry software, agentic commerce & agent infrastructure).	Discovery
get_profile	Sourced company profile: what it does, investors, funding, evidence, every source with date.	Intelligence
get_ranking	Sector rankings with scores and the published method.	Benchmarking
compare_vendors	Side-by-side comparison of named companies.	Evaluation
find_alternatives	Top-ranked alternatives to a named company in its sector.	Discovery
get_tombstones	Dated, sourced proof of commercial wins.	Due diligence
get_buying_windows	Dated enterprise buying windows (deadlines, renewals, pilot programs).	Intelligence
get_methodology	Scoring weights, evidence grades and definitions.	Governance
check_listing	A company's own rank, evidence gaps and agent-readiness.	Founder ops
find_prospects	Enterprise buyers whose public signals fit a company.	Sales ops
update_listing	Company-submitted fact update, confirmed by an email link to the company domain (proves mailbox access, not ownership).	Founder ops
report_correction	Report a wrong or stale fact.	Governance
opt_in_for_intros	Double opt-in for introductions; nothing is sent without both sides' consent.	Commercial
agent_mailbox_checkin	Leave a message for MaxedS as an AI agent; a person reads every message.	Agent bridge

Buyer-side tools (matchups_for_buyer, get_startup_dossier, show_interest) exist in tools.mjs but are only listed when sign-in is enabled, which it currently is not.

Connect

Claude (claude.ai / Desktop): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → URL https://mcp.maxeds.org/mcp.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http salesbook https://mcp.maxeds.org/mcp

Any MCP client that supports remote servers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "salesbook": { "type": "streamable-http", "url": "https://mcp.maxeds.org/mcp" }
  }
}

For clients that only support stdio, use a bridge such as npx mcp-remote https://mcp.maxeds.org/mcp.

Example prompts

• "Show me the top 10 retail and CPG tech companies in SalesBook and why each ranks where it does."
• "Find companies doing shelf analytics and list their enterprise customer wins with sources."
• "Get the SalesBook profile for the top-ranked healthcare company and flag any low-confidence fields."
• "Which manufacturing companies have T1 (contract or rollout) tombstones?"
• "Explain how SalesBook ranks companies. What do the confidence labels mean?"

Data and privacy

Profiles are researched from public sources and every field cites its source, date and confidence. The server is read-only and asks for no personal data. See the privacy policy: https://maxeds.org/tools/salesbook/privacy

Support

Email [email protected], or open an issue in this repository.

License

The contents of this repository (README, manifest, logo) are MIT licensed; see LICENSE. SalesBook data and the hosted service are provided by MaxedS LLC under the terms on https://maxeds.org/tools/salesbook.