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"]
}
}
}
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.
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. |
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
License
MIT