# Show HN: Ask your AI what changed across your competitors

> Source: <https://industry-lens.com/mcp>
> Published: 2026-06-30 07:47:26+00:00

Model Context Protocol

# Competitive intelligence, inside your AI agent

Add IndustryLens to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-aware tool and ask competitive questions mid-task — answered from a live engine that tracks pricing, positioning, ads, hiring, reviews and news, with sources.

## Add it to your AI app

Add it once to your account and it works wherever you use that app — web, desktop and mobile. No download, no API key for the public tier.

- ChatGPTPlus / Pro / Business
Settings → Connectors → Developer mode → Create.

- ClaudePro / Team / Enterprise
True one-click — opens the Add-connector dialog pre-filled.

- GeminiApp: coming · CLI now
App support is coming — use Gemini CLI for now.

- PerplexityPro / Max
Settings → Connectors → add a custom connector.

- GrokPaid tiers
grok.com/connectors → New Connector → Custom.

- MistralFree + paid
Le Chat → Connectors → + Add → Custom MCP. Free tier works.

## For developers

Editor and CLI clients install per-device. Any other MCP client accepts the remote URL directly: `https://api.industry-lens.com/mcp/public`

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- Claude Code
One CLI command, then restart your session.

- Cursor
One-click deep-link install.

- VS Code
One-click via the built-in MCP installer.

- Windsurf
Add to Windsurf’s MCP config (Cascade).

- Cline
Add a remote MCP server in Cline’s settings.

- Claude Desktop
Manual config-file method (or just use the Claude card above).

- Smithery
One-click via the Smithery gateway — works across clients.

`$ claude mcp add industrylens --transport http https://api.industry-lens.com/mcp/public`

## What you can ask

- get_competitive_profile
One company in, a competitive overview out — recent strategic moves and the reports that cover them.

- list_competitor_moves
The latest tracked moves for a single competitor, newest first.

- find_competitors
Who competes with a given company, across the markets we monitor.

- list_reports · get_report · list_comparisons · get_comparison
Browse and read IndustryLens’s published intelligence reports and head-to-head competitor comparisons.

## What it covers

The markets IndustryLens monitors today — coverage refreshes weekly and grows as we add verticals.

- Sales intelligence
- AI-search & brand visibility
- GTM engineering
- Spend management
- APM & observability
- Offshore engineering / BOT
- Competitive intelligence

## Why it’s different

Other competitive-intelligence platforms gate their data behind a demo call and an enterprise contract. IndustryLens is queryable from the tools you already work in, on a public tier, with published pricing and no demo gate.

## Privacy

The public server returns facts about companies and the existence of strategic shifts — never any customer’s private data, and never who tracks whom. Full per-account intelligence and deeper analysis live in your IndustryLens account.

## Add as a Claude plugin marketplace

In Claude.ai, open Customize → Personal plugins → Create plugin → **Add marketplace** and paste the URL below. IndustryLens’s public and account servers then appear as one-click installable plugins. In Claude Code, run `/plugin marketplace add IndustryLensOp/claude-plugins`

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```
https://industry-lens.com/.well-known/claude-marketplace.json
```

## Embed the badge

Link to IndustryLens MCP from your README, docs, or site:

```
<a href="https://industry-lens.com/mcp"><img src="https://industry-lens.com/mcp-badge.svg" alt="Install IndustryLens MCP" height="32"></a>
```

### Get the full picture

The public tier is a window. Your account is the whole room — every channel, full analysis, and weekly briefings, from €59/month. Pricing published, no demo gate.

Last updated 2026-06-03