Alternative Asset Literacy — Retail

Alternative-asset education for retail investors: deep-dive tracks, calculators, advisor lookup.

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    Alternative-asset education for retail investors: deep-dive tracks, calculators, advisor lookup.

    How to connect

    How to connect Alternative Asset Literacy — Retail to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://alternativeassetliteracy.com/mcp/retail

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect Alternative Asset Literacy — Retail to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://alternativeassetliteracy.com/mcp/retail

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect Alternative Asset Literacy — Retail to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://alternativeassetliteracy.com/mcp/retail

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (22)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    glossary.lookupLook up a term from the app's 351-term glossary — always free in the app, always free here. Spans alternative assets, DeFi, ESG, behavioral economics, art, and gender lens investing.
    glossary.searchFull-text search across all 351 glossary terms and definitions.
    glossary.browseBrowse all 351 glossary terms by category (Alternative Assets, Art, DeFi & Crypto, ESG & Climate, Behavioral Economics, Gender Lens Investing).
    learn.list_modulesLists all 9 learning modules with a short description and whether each is free in full or preview-only — the same index as the app's own Learn tab.
    learn.moduleReturns the actual content (sections, quiz preview) for a learning module, gated exactly like the app: one module free in full, every other module capped at its first section(s)/quiz with the rest listed by title only and a link to subscribe for full access.
    facts.randomA short, sourced statistic about women & finance, behavioral economics, alternative investing, or the art market.
    toolkit.frameworksFull due-diligence/risk/tax checklists for an active plugin subscription (independent of the app's own subscription); otherwise titles and categories only, with a link to subscribe.
    behavioral.brain_mapFull content (hijack patterns, navigation strategies) for an active plugin subscription; otherwise the 4 region names and one-line functions only, with a link to subscribe.
    art.learning_trackFull lesson content (including 'Female Artists: An Overlooked Asset Class') for an active plugin subscription; otherwise the 3 track titles and lesson titles only, with a link to subscribe.
    art.libraryFull summaries for an active plugin subscription; otherwise book/podcast/paper titles and authors only, with a link to subscribe.
    reading.listThe app's curated reading list spanning behavioral economics, venture capital, economic history, and policy — always free in the app, always free here.
    disclosures.getReturns the full regulatory disclosure, accredited investor definition, and risk disclosure that apply to this plugin's content — the same language used in the app itself. Call this any time a user asks about risk, eligibility, or what this content legally is/isn't.
    explain.holdingThe complement to third-party MCP connectors that bridge your live brokerage accounts (Fidelity/Schwab/Vanguard-style) into Claude — those show WHAT you own; this explains what it IS. Given an asset type, returns the plain-language glossary term(s) always; for an active plugin subscription, also returns the specific cognitive bias most likely to distort how people think about this asset type and a due-diligence angle, otherwise a locked note.
    gender_lens.learning_trackA dedicated track on investing through a gender lens, treated as its own subject rather than a subcategory of ESG — the wealth gap in real numbers, the underfunding of women-led ventures as a genuine investment thesis, how the strategy works across public and private markets, the history behind the gap, and what the peer-reviewed research does and doesn't support. Full narrative content for an active plugin subscription; otherwise lesson titles and key takeaways only.
    gdr.deep_dive_trackA recently proposed (2026), NOT institutionally adopted alternative to GDP — measuring an economy by what it regenerates (ecological, social, and capital dimensions, treated as interdependent) rather than what it produces. Explicitly caveated throughout as an unvalidated, single-thought-leader framework, grounded against decades of real, verified 'beyond GDP' precedent (Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Index, the UN's SEEA Ecosystem Accounting standard, state-level Genuine Progress Indicators, Doughnut Economics). Worth knowing as part of doing your own homework on an investment thesis before acting on it. Full narrative content for an active plugin subscription; otherwise lesson titles and key takeaways only.
    vc_pe.deep_dive_trackWhy venture capital and private equity exist as their own category of investing, a full breakdown of what 'accredited investor' actually means and the real risk behind that gate (illiquidity, failure rates, manager dependency), and what a family office is — including the real 2026 cost and AUM-threshold numbers behind single-family vs. multi-family office structures. Full narrative content for an active plugin subscription; otherwise lesson titles and key takeaways only.
    rwa.deep_dive_trackHow traditional assets — Treasury bills, money-market funds, private credit, real estate — get represented as on-chain tokens, who actually holds the underlying asset, where '24/7 instant liquidity' claims hold up and where they don't, and what U.S. regulators have said about it as of early 2026. Grounded in SEC primary sources and live tokenized-asset market data. Full narrative content for an active plugin subscription; otherwise lesson titles and key takeaways only.
    pe_secondaries.deep_dive_trackWhat a GP-led continuation fund actually is, the structural conflict of interest at its center seen from both the GP's and the LP's side, who has a stake in the outcome without a vote (portfolio-company employees, never accredited LPs themselves), the behavioral trap built into the 'roll or cash out' decision, and an honest look at whether longer hold periods serve patient capital or deferred accountability — including a carefully-hedged gender-lens hypothesis. Full narrative content for an active plugin subscription; otherwise lesson titles and key takeaways only.
    alts.illiquidity_pacing_stress_testA real computation, not templated text: models what a multi-year program of private-fund commitments (PE, VC, private credit, etc.) actually does to your cash flow over its life — capital calls, distributions, unrealized value, and the single worst year for net cash flow — using a simplified, transparent adaptation of the Takahashi-Alexander pacing framework used in institutional private-markets planning. Runs against multiple named forward-looking growth scenarios by default, not just a historical-average assumption, so the result is a range, not one confident number. Pass annual_liquidity_budget to see exactly which years a stated liquidity budget would be breached. A free preview shows the peak liquidity need under one scenario; full multi-scenario comparison and year-by-year detail require a plugin subscription.
    advisors.women_focused_directoryA discovery resource, not a recommendation — durable, self-updating advisor-search networks (NAPFA, XY Planning Network's Women's Finance filter, Garrett Planning Network, CFP Board) plus a short list of individually verified fee-only firms with a genuine, publicly-stated focus on women clients or gender-lens investing, each with the specific public statement it's grounded in. Built on real demand data: McKinsey/Cerulli research on women as a large, fast-growing, and demonstrably underserved segment of financial-advice demand. Free preview shows the durable networks and firm names; full verification details and public-statement citations require a plugin subscription.
    retirement.monte_carlo_estimatorA real Monte Carlo simulation — thousands of trials, not one deterministic projection — estimating the odds your savings and contributions support your stated retirement income target. Deliberately does NOT assume a fixed withdrawal rule like the '4% rule,' since that figure is itself an output of one specific historical regime, not a law; you state your own target income and the tool reports the odds under each named forward-looking scenario. Runs across multiple market-assumptions.js scenarios by default (historical baseline, regime transition, AI-productivity acceleration, structural stagnation) so you see how sensitive your plan actually is to an assumption most calculators bake in silently. Pair with alts.illiquidity_pacing_stress_test to see how an alternative-asset allocation affects overall retirement success odds. Free preview shows the success rate under one scenario; full multi-scenario comparison and percentile detail require a plugin subscription.
    advisors.registration_checkFree, live lookup against the public, unauthenticated SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) and FINRA BrokerCheck registries — no subscription required for this tool. Returns registration scope (active/inactive, broker-dealer and/or investment-adviser) and whether the public record has any disclosure event on file, merged from both sources since each surfaces a different half of the disclosure picture. Always a starting point for your own due diligence, never a substitute for reading the full public record.