BirdSift

BirdSift finds and qualifies local business leads from Google Places, flags website-quality issues (no site, not mobile-friendly, outdated design), and drafts…

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What it can do

  • List Leads: Lists businesses already saved to this BirdSift workspace, newest first. Free — reading saved leads never costs credits. Pass the previous response's next_cursor to page further.
  • Get Lead: Fetches one saved lead by id, including the website-quality flags BirdSift already verified (no website, not mobile-friendly, outdated design). Free. Use this before draft_outreach_email to
  • Get Credit Balance: Returns the workspace's current credit balance. Check this before search_businesses or draft_outreach_email to see whether the workspace can afford the call — out of credits return

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

BirdSift finds and qualifies local business leads from Google Places, flags website-quality issues (no site, not mobile-friendly, outdated design), and drafts fact-grounded cold outreach emails — all from your AI assistant. Export leads as CSV anytime.

How to connect

How to connect BirdSift to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://birdsift--jeanphilippe-fong.run.tools

  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 BirdSift to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://birdsift--jeanphilippe-fong.run.tools

  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 BirdSift to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://birdsift--jeanphilippe-fong.run.tools

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 (6)

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

list_leadsLists businesses already saved to this BirdSift workspace, newest first. Free — reading saved leads never costs credits. Pass the previous response's next_cursor to page further.
get_leadFetches one saved lead by id, including the website-quality flags BirdSift already verified (no website, not mobile-friendly, outdated design). Free. Use this before draft_outreach_email to see what a draft would be grounded in.
get_credit_balanceReturns the workspace's current credit balance. Check this before search_businesses or draft_outreach_email to see whether the workspace can afford the call — out of credits returns searched: false or drafted: false (not an error), but checking first avoids a wasted round trip.
export_leads_csvExports up to 500 saved leads as CSV text, newest first. Free. Does not include phone numbers or star ratings — use get_lead for a single lead's full detail if you need more.
search_businessesSearches Google Places for businesses in one location/category and saves what it finds as leads in this workspace — each result comes back with a lead id you can pass to get_lead or draft_outreach_email. Costs up to 1 credit per newly-found result (re-finding a place this workspace already paid for is free). Can take up to ~45 seconds when not_mobile_friendly or outdated_website is set, since those check live websites. Returns searched: false (not an error) when the workspace is out of credits; call get_credit_balance before retrying.
draft_outreach_emailDrafts one cold-outreach email for one saved lead, grounded only in facts BirdSift already verified about that business (never invented). Costs 1 credit, charged only if a draft is produced. BirdSift never sends email itself — you get subject and body back to send yourself. Returns drafted: false (not an error) when the workspace is out of credits; call get_credit_balance before retrying. Also returns drafted: false when nothing was verified worth opening with; call get_lead first if you want to see why.