Demand Discovery AI MCP Server for Claude

Overview

Demand Discovery AI™ provides a free, stateless Model Context Protocol server for founders validating startup ideas. Instead of opinion-only chat, the server explains behavioral demand signals, compares validation approaches, and can kick off a free Market Research report directly from your assistant.

Public install assets live in demand-discovery-ai/mcp. The canonical endpoint is https://mcp.demanddiscovery.ai/api/mcp, registered as ai.demanddiscovery/mcp.

Features

• Seven tools covering Q&A, frameworks, product details, signal explanations, and report kickoff.
• Build / Pivot / Kill verdict™ framework grounded in behavioral signal categories.
• Free Market Research deep-link generation via start_demand_report.
• No API key or signup required for MCP access.
• One-command installer npx demand-discovery-install for Claude Desktop.

Use Cases

• Ask whether an idea shows real demand signals versus surface-level interest.
• Learn how to find ICPs to interview before building.
• Compare Demand Discovery with surveys, waitlists, or generic AI advice.
• Start a prefilled free market research report from chat.
• Understand the four behavioral data-source categories behind the Demand Score™.

Installation

Claude Desktop one-liner

npx demand-discovery-install

Restart Claude Desktop after the installer writes your config.

Manual HTTP connector

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "demand-discovery": {
      "url": "https://mcp.demanddiscovery.ai/api/mcp",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}

Install examples for Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf are in the GitHub repository examples/ folder.

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "demand-discovery": {
      "url": "https://mcp.demanddiscovery.ai/api/mcp",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}

Examples

Validation question

How do I find real prospects to talk to about my B2B compliance startup idea?

Framework overview

Explain the three-step Demand Discovery framework and what the Demand Score measures.

Start a report

Start a demand report for an AI tool that helps founders validate ideas. Problem: founders guess. Solution: behavioral demand testing.

Security

• Review prefilled report links before submitting emails or confidential details.
• Treat MCP guidance as research support, not an investment or go/no-go decision by itself.
• Respect trademark and acceptable-use terms in the published mcp.json manifest.

Troubleshooting

Tools missing after install

Fully quit and relaunch Claude Desktop; the installer updates config only at startup.

start_demand_report missing fields

Provide name, problem, and solution; optional target_market and email improve the prefilled form.

Manifest or registry mismatch

Fetch the live manifest from https://mcp.demanddiscovery.ai/api/mcp/manifest if a registry mirror lags.

Paid next steps confusion

The MCP server explains paid Demand Discovery reports and Agentic Launch; those purchases happen on demanddiscovery.ai, not inside MCP auth.