MCP server
The @cognilead/mcp-server exposes six tools to MCP-aware IDEs. Two free, four gated. Gated tools return 401 with an inline signup URL so a developer can authenticate without leaving Cursor or Claude Desktop.
The MCP server is the acquisition lever, not the revenue line. A developer running Cursor or Claude Desktop can install @cognilead/mcp-server and get cognilead.draft_pitch and cognilead.score_signal as free tools. The four gated tools — ingest_lead, run_campaign, suppress, evidence_export — return 401 with an inline signup URL when called by an unauthenticated client.
Tools
- cognilead.draft_pitch — free, 20 / day. EU-routed by default. Returns a three-sentence engineer-to-engineer draft.
- cognilead.score_signal — free, 50 / day. Deterministic 0–100 fit score against a target product.
- cognilead.ingest_lead — gated. Runs intersect, writes the lead row, returns the chainlog_event_id.
- cognilead.run_campaign — gated. Kicks off a campaign by id with optional lead filter.
- cognilead.suppress — gated, free of charge. Adds email or domain to the suppression list.
- cognilead.evidence_export — gated, paid per export on Starter. Renders the evidence pack PDF.
Why MCP at all
Developers building outbound tooling for themselves discover us inside their IDE, not from a Google ad. The cost-per-install is whatever the free LLM tokens add up to (typically under $5 / active user / month) and the conversion path is built into the 401 response. See /mcp for the install command.
Two free MCP tools surface this pipeline inside Cursor or Claude Desktop — no key required.