Live AI-company intelligence for Claude — funding signals, lookalike search, podcast/newsletter buzz, and emerging market themes, all drawn from the Teahose intel graph. No API key required to start; a free key unlocks higher rate limits and daily-email alerts.
claude mcp add teahose -- npx -y teahose-mcp
Or install as a Claude Code plugin (this repo doubles as a plugin marketplace):
/plugin marketplace add altmbr/teahose-mcp
/plugin install teahose@teahose-mcp
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
find_companies |
Vector search over the Teahose AI-company graph — pass a competitor URL or a plain-text description to find similar companies with similarity scores. |
who_is_talking_about |
What operators, VCs, and newsletters are saying about a company — mention signals from podcasts and newsletters, with source and episode. |
latest_funding |
Fresh funding rounds across the AI landscape — amount, round, investors, dated and sourced. Optionally filter by theme slug. |
check_companies |
Batch-check a list of company names (portfolio, CRM, watchlist) to see which had signals in the last 7 or 30 days. |
emerging_themes |
Machine-discovered AI market themes ranked emerging-first with 7-day signal volume. |
get_company |
Profile of an AI company: what it does, sector, themes, and recent funding/product/hiring/mention signals. |
watch_company |
Subscribe to daily email alerts whenever a company has new signals. Requires a free API key. |
Security & Privacy
This server is a thin, read-only HTTP client. A security review should find:
- Network access: The only endpoint contacted is
https://www.teahose.com/api/mcp/v1/*. No other outbound requests are made. - No filesystem or shell access: The server does not read, write, or execute anything on the local filesystem.
- No exec / child processes: No
child_process,eval, or dynamic code execution of any kind. - No telemetry: The server emits no analytics, crash reports, or tracking beyond the API calls themselves. The API calls are subject to Teahose's privacy policy.
- Credential scope: The only credential is the optional
TEAHOSE_API_KEYenvironment variable. It is sent solely toteahose.comin anx-teahose-keyrequest header. - Dependencies: Exactly two runtime dependencies —
@modelcontextprotocol/sdkandzod. No native addons. - No postinstall scripts:
package.jsonhas noinstall,postinstall, orpreparehooks. - All tools are read-only except
watch_company(which writes a watch subscription on teahose.com) and requires a valid API key.
Free Tier vs. Free Key
A free Teahose API key is available at https://www.teahose.com/mcp. Getting a key also subscribes you to the Teahose daily-digest email (unsubscribe any time).
| Limit | Keyless | Free key |
|---|---|---|
| Requests / minute | 10 | 30 |
| Requests / day | 50 | 1,000 |
| Company signals returned | 5 | 25 |
| Buzz mentions returned | 5 | 25 |
| Funding rows returned | 15 (max 14-day window) | 50 (max 30-day window) |
check_companies names |
10 | 50 |
find_companies matches |
3 | 15 |
Configuration
| Variable | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
TEAHOSE_API_KEY |
No | Free key from https://www.teahose.com/mcp. Unlocks higher limits and watch_company. |
TEAHOSE_API_URL |
No | Override the API base URL (useful for local testing against a dev server). |
Setting your key in Claude Code
Add an env block to your MCP server entry in .claude/settings.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"teahose": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "teahose-mcp@latest"],
"env": {
"TEAHOSE_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
}
}
}
}Or set TEAHOSE_API_KEY in your shell environment before starting Claude Code.
Example Prompts
Who raised this week in humanoid robotics?
Find companies similar to https://physicalintelligence.company
Who's talking about Skild AI on podcasts and newsletters?
What AI themes are emerging right now?
Give me a quick profile of Covariant and its recent signals.
Check my portfolio: Covariant, Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, Figure, Apptronik
License
MIT — see LICENSE.