Squad MCP server

The Squad MCP Server allows you to integrate Squad—an AI-powered product discovery and strategy platform—with any MCP-aware large language model application. It enables you to research, plan, and ideate products in a conversational flow without leaving your editor or chat window.

Getting Started

Obtain a Squad API Key

Before using the MCP server, you'll need to obtain an API key:

1. Sign up or sign in at meetsquad.ai
2. Navigate to Settings → Developer → API Keys
3. Create a key and copy the value

Installation Options

Stand-alone Executable (Recommended for Local Usage)

Download the latest binary for your operating system from the GitHub releases page and run it directly:

# Windows
squad-mcp.exe

# macOS / Linux — make the file executable first
chmod +x squad-mcp
./squad-mcp

Pass environment variables like this:

SQUAD_API_KEY=<your-key> SQUAD_ENV=production ./squad-mcp

Docker (Recommended for Production)

# Build the image (once)
docker build -t mcp/meet-squad -f Dockerfile .

# Run the server on stdio
docker run --rm -i \
  -e SQUAD_API_KEY=<your-key> \
  mcp/meet-squad

From Source

git clone https://github.com/the-basilisk-ai/squad-mcp.git
cd squad-mcp
npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js

Using the NPM Package

The @squadai/tools package allows you to interact with the Squad API programmatically:

npm install @squadai/tools
# or
yarn add @squadai/tools
# or
pnpm add @squadai/tools

Example usage with Vercel AI:

import { generateText, tool } from "ai";
import { tools as squadTools } from "@squadai/tools";

const result = await generateText({
  model: yourModel,
  tools: squadTools({
    jwt: "JWT",
    orgId: "orgId",
    workspaceId: "workspaceId",
  }),
  prompt: "What is the weather in San Francisco?",
});

Integrating with an MCP Client

Add a mcpServers entry to your client's configuration (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json or Cursor).

Using the Stand-alone Executable

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meet-squad": {
      "command": "C:/path/to/squad-mcp.exe",
      "env": {
        "SQUAD_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
      },
    },
  },
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meet-squad": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "SQUAD_API_KEY", "mcp/meet-squad"],
      "env": {
        "SQUAD_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
      },
    },
  },
}

After restarting your client, you should see the Squad tools (hammer 🔨 icon) listed and ready for use.

Available Tools

Squad MCP Server provides the following tool prefixes:

• opportunity_ - Discover and refine product opportunities (create, list, update)
• solution_ - Generate and iterate on solutions (create, list, update)
• outcome_ - Track desired business or user outcomes (create, list)
• knowledge_ - Store useful references/research (create, list)
• workspace_ - Manage Squad workspaces (get, update)
• feedback_ - Send customer or analytics feedback into Squad (create)

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
SQUAD_API_KEY	Yes	–	Personal access token generated in Squad
SQUAD_ENV	No	production	Override the Squad API base URL (staging, development, etc.)

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "meet-squad" '{"command":"C:/path/to/squad-mcp.exe","env":{"SQUAD_API_KEY":"YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "meet-squad": {
            "command": "C:/path/to/squad-mcp.exe",
            "env": {
                "SQUAD_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "meet-squad": {
            "command": "C:/path/to/squad-mcp.exe",
            "env": {
                "SQUAD_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect