generated: '2026-09-19'
method: probed
status: published
source: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/.well-known/mcp.json + live initialize/tools/list/resources/list/prompts/list
  against https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/mcp/rpc (2026-09-19); stdio package metadata from registry.npmjs.org/@gitdealflow/mcp-signal
  and the MCP Registry (io.github.kindrat86/vc-deal-flow-signal)
server:
  name: vc-deal-flow-signal
  title: VC Deal Flow Signal
  version: 2.2.2
  protocol_version: '2025-06-18'
  transport: http
  url: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/mcp/rpc
  website: https://gitdealflow.com
  license: MIT
  repository: https://github.com/kindrat86/mcp-deal-flow-signal
  source_repository: https://github.com/kindrat86/vc-deal-flow-signal (mcp-server/)
  capabilities:
    tools: true
    resources: true
    prompts: true
  instructions: Read-only signal data on startup engineering acceleration. All data CC BY 4.0, cite signals.gitdealflow.com
    when used in derivative work.
deployment:
  mode: both
  endpoint: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/mcp/rpc
  install: npx -y @gitdealflow/mcp-signal
  package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@gitdealflow/mcp-signal
  auth: none
  auth_detail: Free tools need no credentials (initialize and tools/list answered anonymously). An OPTIONAL anonymous
    OAuth 2.0 client_credentials token (scope mcp:read, TTL 3600s) is issued by https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/oauth/token
    per RFC 8414 metadata; the one paid tool (get_deep_signal) needs a credit-pack bearer key (gdf_v2.*) or an x402
    USDC payment. Stdio package reads GITDEALFLOW_API_KEY for its paid tools.
  verified: probed
  registry: io.github.kindrat86/vc-deal-flow-signal
  directories:
  - https://smithery.ai/servers/kindrat86/mcp-deal-flow-signal
  - https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/kindrat86/mcp-deal-flow-signal
  discovery:
  - https://signals.gitdealflow.com/.well-known/mcp.json
  - https://signals.gitdealflow.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
  - https://gitdealflow.com/.well-known/mcp.json
  - https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/agents/install/{host}
probe:
  date: '2026-09-19'
  initialize: 200 — serverInfo vc-deal-flow-signal 2.2.2, protocolVersion 2025-06-18
  tools_list: 200 — 12 tools with inputSchema + outputSchema + annotations (saved verbatim to mcp/gitdealflow-com-mcp-tools-list.json)
  resources_list: 200 — 3 resources
  prompts_list: 200 — 7 prompts
  note: The MCP Registry also lists a second, older entry io.github.kindrat86/gitdealflow pointing at https://gitdealflow.com/api/mcp;
    /api/mcp on the apex answers a legacy 4-tool descriptor (GET) and is superseded by the signals host.
tools:
- name: get_trending_startups
  title: Trending Startups
  description: Top 20 startups by engineering acceleration across all 15 sectors for the current weekly period.
    Read-only, idempotent.
  input_required: []
  input_properties: []
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getSignals
- name: search_startups_by_sector
  title: Search Startups by Sector
  description: Every tracked startup within a sector, ranked by engineering acceleration. Sector slug must be one
    of 15 enumerated values.
  input_required:
  - sector
  input_properties:
  - sector
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getSignals
- name: get_startup_signal
  title: Get Startup Signal
  description: Full engineering-acceleration profile for a single tracked startup, by display name or GitHub org
    slug. Case-insensitive, normalization-tolerant.
  input_required:
  - name
  input_properties:
  - name
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getSingleSignal
- name: get_signals_summary
  title: Dataset Summary
  description: Period, sector and startup counts, last refresh, citation, and direct URLs to every machine-readable
    format.
  input_required: []
  input_properties: []
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getSignals
- name: get_diligence_dossier
  title: Company Diligence Dossier
  description: 'Public-source diligence dossier for a company or entity in one cited object: who acquired it (M&A
    history), which funds publicly backed it, and its published engineering-acceleration signal. Use mid-diligence
    for ''who acquired X'', ''which funds backed Y'', ''what''s the signal on Z''. Sources are press-release / SEC-filing
    / both-sides-disclosed only; returns found:false (an expected outcome, not an error) with honest notes when
    the entity is outside the tracked corpus, never guesses.'
  input_required:
  - company
  input_properties:
  - company
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getDiligenceDossier
- name: get_scout_receipts
  title: Scout Score for GitHub User
  description: Compute a Scout Score (0-100) for a GitHub user from their public starring history. Cross-references
    starred repos against ~75 validated unicorns and grades how many they starred *before* the validation event.
    Returns score, rank (curious/scout/sharp/elite/oracle), top early calls, personality summary, and a shareable
    card URL.
  input_required:
  - github_username
  input_properties:
  - github_username
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getScoutReceipts
- name: get_methodology
  title: Methodology Documentation
  description: Full methodology document covering data sources, metric computation, signal classification thresholds,
    refresh cadence, and known limitations.
  input_required: []
  input_properties: []
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getMethodologyV1
- name: get_deep_signal
  title: Get Deep Signal (paid)
  description: 'PAID per-request, €0.19/call, 100 credits = €19 at https://signals.gitdealflow.com/agents/credits.
    Returns enriched signal beyond the free get_startup_signal: composite score (0-100), velocity/growth/novelty
    sub-scores, in-sector rank + percentile, plain-English investment thesis, top-3 sector comparables, and multi-period
    history. Requires Authorization: Bearer gdf_v2.cus_xxx.<hmac>. 1 credit consumed only on a successful match;
    misses are FREE. Credits never expire.'
  input_required:
  - name
  input_properties:
  - name
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: true
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getDeepSignal
- name: share_result
  title: Share This Result (compose tweet/social)
  description: 'Generate a ready-to-share social-media post (tweet, Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Telegram) about
    a result the user just received from another VC Deal Flow Signal tool, plus the install command for the MCP
    server. Returns the post body, character counts per platform, and one-click intent URLs to compose the post
    in each network.


    WHEN TO USE:

    - The user just got a `get_trending_startups` / `search_startups_by_sector` / `get_startup_signal` / `get_deep_signal`
    result and says ''share this'', ''tweet this'', ''post this'', or ''how do I tell people about this?''.

    - The user is writing a thread/post about startup engineering signals and wants the canonical install command
    + share copy.


    DO NOT USE FOR:

    - Posting on the user''s behalf, this tool only composes the text + intent URLs. The user must click and confirm
    in the destination network.

    - Generating fake or speculative results, pass real data the agent received from another tool call.


    BEHAVIOR (two-step approval flow, see `approval_token`):

    - Step 1: call this tool with `summary` only. The server replies with an error (-32602) containing a `/share-approve?summary=...`
    URL the user must open.

    - Step 2: the user reads the proposed summary on that page, clicks Approve, and pastes the resulting 10-minute
    token back into the chat. Retry the tool with `approval_token` filled in and the SAME `summary` verbatim.

    - The token is bound to a hash of `summary`; if the agent rewrites the summary between approval and the retry,
    the call is rejected.

    - Composes platform-specific posts (Twitter ≤275 chars, Bluesky ≤295, Mastodon ≤495, LinkedIn ≤695, Telegram
    ≤995) with a consistent hook + insight + install URL.

    - Returns intent URLs (e.g. https://x.com/intent/post?text=...) so the user/agent can open the destination network
    with the post pre-filled.

    - Always includes the canonical install command `npx @gitdealflow/mcp-signal` and the SSRN paper link for credibility.


    PARAMETERS:

    - `summary` (string, required, 10-200 chars), the one-line takeaway to share.

    - `approval_token` (string, required after first call), the 10-minute token returned by the /share-approve page.

    - `network` (string, optional), ''twitter'' | ''bluesky'' | ''mastodon'' | ''linkedin'' | ''telegram'' | ''all''
    (default: ''all'').

    - `mention_handle` (boolean, optional, default false), include @sipiteno attribution (twitter/bluesky/mastodon
    only).'
  input_required:
  - summary
  - approval_token
  input_properties:
  - summary
  - approval_token
  - network
  - mention_handle
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: null
- name: predict_funding
  title: Predict Funding Likelihood (with provenance)
  description: 'Transparent, scored funding-likelihood claim for one tracked startup, with the full evidence chain
    and citable provenance. Instead of an opaque number, returns the score, every component that produced it, a
    confidence level, honest caveats, and links to the methodology + SSRN paper so the derivation can be cited.


    IS a deterministic heuristic over public GitHub engineering-acceleration signals; IS NOT an ML black box, a
    guarantee of any financing event, or based on private/cap-table data. The disclaimer is returned in every response.


    SCORING (also returned in evidence.scoreBreakdown): velocity ≤40 (saturates +300%), contributorGrowth ≤25 (saturates
    +200%), newRepos ≤15 (saturates 10), signalType ≤20 (Deploy frequency spike 20 / Engineering hiring burst 17
    / Infrastructure buildout 14 / Framework migration 8). Total 0-100 → >=70 high, 45-69 elevated, 25-44 moderate,
    <25 low.


    PARAMETERS: { name }, display name or GitHub org slug (case-insensitive). On no match returns { found: false,
    suggestion } (expected, not an error).'
  input_required:
  - name
  input_properties:
  - name
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getScoutPrediction
- name: shortlist_signals
  title: Shortlist Strongest Signals
  description: 'Return a ranked shortlist of the strongest engineering-acceleration signals matching a set of filters,
    the whole sourcing workflow in ONE call (e.g. ''the 5 strongest signals in healthcare in the EU''). Scans the
    full tracked universe, scores each with the transparent engine (same scoring as predict_funding), filters, sorts
    by accelerationScore desc, returns the top `limit`.


    GEOGRAPHY IS REGION-LEVEL ONLY, values are US / EU / UK / APAC / LATAM / Canada / Unknown. City/country aliases
    (''NYC'', ''New York'', ''London'', ''Berlin'', ''Singapore'') normalize up to the enclosing region and the
    response `notes` says so. There is no city-level filtering.


    PARAMETERS (all optional): sector (one of 20 slugs), geography (region token or alias), signalType (exact label),
    minAccelerationScore (0-100), minVelocityChangePct (integer percent), limit (1-25, default 5).'
  input_required: []
  input_properties:
  - sector
  - geography
  - signalType
  - minAccelerationScore
  - minVelocityChangePct
  - limit
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getSignals
- name: compare_signals
  title: Compare Signals Head-to-Head
  description: 'Score and rank 2-5 named startups side by side, returning each one''s acceleration score, evidence,
    and raise-likelihood band plus a single recommendation for which warrants deeper diligence. Same transparent
    scoring as predict_funding / shortlist_signals.


    Names that don''t resolve are returned in `notFound` (expected, not an error). The recommendation is computed
    only over resolved companies; if fewer than 2 resolve it explains that no comparison was possible.


    PARAMETERS: { names: string[] }, 2 to 5 display names or GitHub org slugs (case-insensitive).'
  input_required:
  - names
  input_properties:
  - names
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    idempotentHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    openWorldHint: false
  paid: false
  source_operation: openapi/gitdealflow-com-signals-openapi.yml#getSingleSignal
resources:
- uri: signal://trending
  name: Trending Startups (current week)
  mimeType: application/json
- uri: signal://summary
  name: Dataset Summary
  mimeType: application/json
- uri: signal://methodology
  name: Signal Methodology
  mimeType: text/markdown
- uri: signal://startup/{name}
  name: Single startup profile (template, per docs)
  mimeType: application/json
  note: documented in agents.md/SKILL.md; not returned by resources/list
- uri: signal://sector/{slug}
  name: Sector slice (template, per docs)
  mimeType: application/json
  note: documented in agents.md/SKILL.md; not returned by resources/list
prompts:
- name: weekly_digest
  description: Monday-morning Signal Digest from the current top-20 trending startups.
  arguments: []
- name: sector_deep_dive
  description: Sector intelligence brief, top movers, dark horses, thesis follow-ups.
  arguments:
  - sector
- name: find_dark_horse
  description: Surface one under-the-radar startup with sustained acceleration below the median visibility threshold.
  arguments:
  - sector
- name: compare_startups
  description: Head-to-head investor comparison of two named startups.
  arguments:
  - name_a
  - name_b
- name: acceleration_memo
  description: One-page deal memo grounded in the live signal profile of a named startup.
  arguments:
  - name
- name: sourcing_session
  description: Run a full sourcing session in one pass, the corp-dev / scout workflow. Shortlists the strongest
    engineering-acceleration signals (optionally by sector/region), then attaches a transparent, citable funding-likelihood
    read to each pick. Pulls live data via shortlist_signals + predict_funding.
  arguments:
  - sector
  - geography
  - count
- name: diligence_brief
  description: 'Assemble a cited one-page diligence brief for a named company: public-source dossier (M&A, backers,
    signal), a transparent funding-likelihood read with its evidence chain, and the methodology behind the score.
    Pulls live data via get_diligence_dossier + predict_funding + get_methodology.'
  arguments:
  - name
stdio_package_only_tools:
  note: 'Per the package README and agents.md the npm stdio build additionally ships three paid tools not exposed
    by the hosted endpoint (searched, not probed): research_company, compose_thesis, deep_dive_scan (GITDEALFLOW_API_KEY),
    and a get_weekly_channel_asset tool referenced by /weekly/latest.mcp.json. The hosted endpoint alone exposes
    share_result and get_deep_signal.'
  tools:
  - research_company
  - compose_thesis
  - deep_dive_scan
  - get_weekly_channel_asset
package:
  registry: npm
  name: '@gitdealflow/mcp-signal'
  version: 2.2.2
  published: '2026-08-16'
  bin: gitdealflow-mcp
  license: MIT
  engines: node >=18