INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

search_companies

Search the AI Index's tracked universe of AI-native challengers ('risers') and legacy SaaS incumbents under pressure ('cuts').

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://theaiindex.dev/api/mcp

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Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for search_companies and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.the-ai-index]
url = "https://theaiindex.dev/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-ai-index": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://theaiindex.dev/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: the-ai-index
Remote MCP URL: https://theaiindex.dev/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-ai-index": {
      "url": "https://theaiindex.dev/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "the-ai-index": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://theaiindex.dev/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "the-ai-index",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://theaiindex.dev/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

get_company — Get the full AI Index profile for one company by slug: current rank and composite score, headcount and 30/90-day trend, score history, layoff and funding events.
get_board — Get the current AI Index leaderboard — the top-ranked risers (AI-native companies growing fastest) or cuts (legacy SaaS under the most pressure), re-scored every Monday.
get_role_exposure — Get role-level exposure to the AI transition: how a job function (engineering, customer support, sales, finance, legal...) is growing at AI-native companies versus legacy SaaS, from real org-chart data.
get_track_record — Get The AI Index's public prediction record: which companies its decline signal flagged in advance, and how those calls resolved 90 days later.
get_signals — Get recent signals from the AI transition — layoffs, funding rounds, week-over-week rank moves and high-relevance news across tracked companies, newest first.