signals
Deduplicated, entity-resolved funding rounds, acquisitions, and exec moves as MCP tools.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Deduplicated, entity-resolved funding rounds, acquisitions, and exec moves as MCP tools.
How to connect
How to connect signals to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://api.datahyena.com/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- 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 signals to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://api.datahyena.com/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- 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 signals to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://api.datahyena.com/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - 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 (11)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| funding_events | List funding events ordered by announcement date, newest first. Filter by round, amount range, company HQ country, industry group, or a specific company id. Costs one credit per returned record. |
| acquisitions | List acquisition and merger events ordered by announcement date, newest first. Filter by payment type, deal amount range, merger flag, or a company that is the acquirer or target. Costs one credit per returned record. |
| exec_moves | List executive appointment, promotion, departure, and transition events ordered by announcement date, newest first. Filter by company, person, role seniority, move type, or a time window. Costs one credit per returned record. |
| companies | Search and filter company records by keyword, exact domain, HQ country, industry group, NAICS code, employee-count bucket, or founded-year range. Costs one credit per returned record. |
| investors | Search and filter investor records by keyword, type, HQ country, or exact domain. Costs one credit per returned record. |
| company_timeline | Return one company's timeline: firmographics, investors, and a chronological list of funding rounds, acquisitions, and executive moves. Resolve the company by id, domain, name, or LinkedIn URL. Pick event kinds with include (default all). Costs one credit for the company plus one per pulled event; nothing is charged if no company matches. |
| list_watchlists | List the workspace's account watchlists with member counts. Free. |
| get_watchlist | Return one watchlist with its resolved company members. Free. |
| create_watchlist | Create a named account watchlist. Free. |
| add_to_watchlist | Add companies (domain, name, LinkedIn URL, or id) to a watchlist. Returns a per-item result of added, already_present, or unresolved. Free. |
| remove_from_watchlist | Remove companies from a watchlist. Free. |