Agent Signals MCP README

The full upstream README, mirrored for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals and our own overview live on the Agent Signals MCP listing page.

Agent Signals MCP — Hiring, SEC Filings, Research Papers, GitHub & News Data for AI Agents

One MCP server that gives your AI agent nine live data tools — company hiring signals (Greenhouse/Lever/Ashby), SEC EDGAR full-text filings, academic papers (OpenAlex), GitHub repositories, Hacker News mentions, Stack Overflow questions, ClinicalTrials.gov trials, US Federal Register documents, and global GDELT news — all returned as flat, citation-ready JSON.

Built on Apify's hosted MCP server: no installation, no hosting, pay-per-result billing through your own Apify account. You only pay for successful results — empty lookups cost $0.

Quick start (Claude Desktop / Claude Code)

config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-signals": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=oblanceolate_mandola%2Fcompany-hiring-signals%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Fsec-edgar-filings%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Fresearch-paper-search%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Fgithub-repo-search%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Fhacker-news-monitor%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Ffederal-register-monitor%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Fclinical-trials-search%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Fstackoverflow-search%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Fgdelt-news-monitor%2Coblanceolate_mandola%2Fcourt-opinions-search",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

Get a free Apify token at console.apify.com/account/integrations.

What your agent can do with it

ToolAsk itPrice
Company Hiring Signals"Is Stripe hiring ML engineers?" — postings from Greenhouse, Lever & Ashby, one normalized schema$2 / 1,000 results
SEC EDGAR Filings"Find 8-K filings mentioning data breaches this month" — full-text search, filer + CIK + date$5 / 1,000
Research Paper Search"Recent papers on LLM evaluation with DOIs" — OpenAlex, citations + venue + year$3 / 1,000
GitHub Repo Search"Most-starred agent frameworks updated this week" — stars, forks, issues, last push$3 / 1,000
Hacker News Monitor"What is HN saying about our brand?" — points, comments, dates for signal-weighting$2 / 1,000
Federal Register Monitor — US Regulations to JSONSearch US Federal Register documents by keyword$4 / 1,000
Clinical Trials Search — ClinicalTrials.gov to JSONSearch ClinicalTrials.gov by condition, drug or sponsor$4 / 1,000
Stack Overflow Search — Questions to JSONSearch Stack Overflow questions by keyword$2 / 1,000
GDELT News Monitor — Global News Mentions to JSONSearch worldwide news by keyword via GDELT$2 / 1,000
Court Opinions Search — US Case Law to JSONCourt opinions scraper & API: search US case law by keyword for case name, court, date and citation count as JSON$4 / 1,000

Every result carries sourceUrl + scrapedAt, so downstream agents can cite and re-verify. Batched queries are deduplicated and never double-charged. Spend is capped per call with maxResults.

Why this server

  • Zero infrastructure — hosted by Apify; this listing just pre-selects a coherent toolkit for signals & intelligence work (sales intel, due diligence, research grounding, brand monitoring).
  • Honest billing — pay-per-event through your own Apify account; each tool's price is on its Apify page; no subscription, no markup.
  • Agent-first output — flat JSON, stable schemas, OpenAPI also available per tool on its Apify API tab.

FAQ

Do I need to install anything?

No. It's a remote (streamable HTTP) MCP server — paste the config above into Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

How is usage billed?

Through your own Apify account at each Actor's listed pay-per-result price. Failed or empty lookups cost nothing.

Can I use only some of the tools?

Yes — edit the actors= list in the URL to include only the tools you want.