MCP server

AskHound

dev.haullabs/askhound

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Find people asking for or seeking alternatives to a product, live from Stack Exchange and Bluesky.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

haullabs.dev (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 568 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http askhound https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.askhound]
url = "https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"askhound":{"httpUrl":"https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"askhound":{"url":"https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"askhound":{"type":"http","url":"https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add askhound https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"askhound","server_url":"https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"askhound","server_url":"https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp"}

Tools

• build_intent_queries ~114 tokens
  Turn a product description into buying-intent search phrases (competitor alternatives, switching, export, pricing pain, recommendations).
• find_conversations ~279 tokens
  Find recent public posts where people ask for a tool, an alternative, or help with a job, so you can decide whether an honest, disclosed reply would help them. Remote server covers Stack Exchange (incl. softwarerecs) and Bluesky; for Hacker News + GitHub run the local MCP: npx -y https://askhound.ha
• reply_policy Sends messages · ~48 tokens
  The honest-reply rules AskHound users agree to. Read before drafting any reply.
• run_intent_pack ~127 tokens
  build_intent_queries + find_conversations for every phrase, merged and deduplicated, newest first.

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