Arcate MCP Connect — Server

The official MCP server for Arcate. Gives AI agents like Claude direct access to your product discovery workspace — reading signals, browsing your roadmap, and writing new feedback back in.

This is a remote HTTP server — no installation required. Configure a URL in your MCP client and connect instantly.

Requires an active Evidence subscription (€129/mo). API keys are generated in /settings/integrations inside your Arcate workspace.

Quick Start

1. Generate an API Key

2. Configure your MCP client

Claude Desktop (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arcate": {
      "url": "https://eshuikffwhaxcvkzaewj.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp-server",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer arc_YOUR_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor → Settings → MCP → Add Server → Type: HTTP → URL:

https://eshuikffwhaxcvkzaewj.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp-server

Header: Authorization: Bearer arc_YOUR_KEY_HERE

3. Restart your AI client and test

"What are my top 5 unlinked customer signals from the last 30 days?"

Resources (Read-Only)

URI	Description
`arcate://signals`	Unified Signal Inbox — all customer feedback
`arcate://initiatives`	Product Roadmap — active initiatives with evidence

Tools

Read

Tool	Description
`search_signals`	Search signals by keyword, type, or severity
`search_customers`	Look up customer accounts by name
`search_initiatives`	Find initiatives by keyword

Write

Tool	Description
`create_signal`	Ingest new customer feedback (tagged `ingestion_source: mcp`)
`create_customer`	Add a new customer profile (Owner only)
`link_to_initiative`	Connect signals to a roadmap initiative
`enrich_initiative`	Update hypothesis, metrics, and outcomes

Guided Prompts

Prompt	Description
`arcate:hello`	Welcome — get workspace overview and available commands
`arcate:ingest`	Log feedback from a call or interview
`arcate:triage`	Find unlinked signals with no initiative assigned
`arcate:enrich`	Strengthen a roadmap initiative with evidence

Example Prompts

Triage a sales call:

"I just spoke with Acme Corp. They said bulk export times out on datasets over 100k rows. Log this as a signal."

Review initiative evidence:

"Does our Mobile Revamp initiative have enough signal coverage to proceed to active?"

Batch ingest:

"Here are notes from 3 customer calls this week. Create signals for each and link them to relevant initiatives."

Security

Keys are stored as SHA-256 hashes. The plaintext is shown only once and never stored.
Every request is re-validated against billing_status and use_mcp capability.
All queries are hard-scoped to your organization_id. Cross-tenant access is impossible.
MCP-created signals are tagged with ingestion_source: mcp for audit filtering in the UI.

Architecture

The server is deployed as a Supabase Edge Function implementing JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP (the MCP Streamable HTTP transport). A GET request to the server URL returns a human-readable info card — no MCP client needed to inspect it.

Source: src/ — TypeScript reference implementation
Deployment: Supabase Edge Functions (Deno)

Database Setup

Apply the migration in supabase/migrations/add_mcp_tables.sql to bootstrap the api_keys table.

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