Squad MCP Server

A remote MCP server that brings Squad — the AI product feedback intelligence platform — directly into your AI workflows. Connect Squad to Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant to turn raw user feedback into signals, insights, actions, and decision briefs without context switching.

Squad continuously ingests feedback, clusters it into signals, distils it into insights, and links it to the actions and goals that move your product forward. The MCP server exposes that same intelligence — read the evidence behind a decision, capture new feedback, and generate decision briefs from your assistant.

🚀 Quick Start

For Users

Connect Squad to your AI assistant in seconds:

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http squad https://mcp.meetsquad.ai/mcp

On first use, you'll be prompted to authenticate via OAuth in your browser.

Other MCP Clients:

Connect using https://mcp.meetsquad.ai/mcp — OAuth configuration is automatically discovered via the server's .well-known/oauth-protected-resource metadata (which points clients at PropelAuth as the authorization server).

📖 Usage Examples

See USAGE_EXAMPLES.md for detailed real-world examples. A few things you can ask:

• Triage feedback — "Capture this support ticket in Squad and tell me if it's a known theme."
• Weekly review — "Run my weekly product review: what changed and what needs deciding?"
• Ground the evidence — "Show me the customer signals behind insight IN-42."
• Draft a decision brief — "Generate a decision brief for action AC-12."
• Search everything — "Find all feedback related to onboarding friction."
• Ground a ticket — "Pull the customer evidence behind AC-7 before I build it."

Squad entities are referenced by short display IDs so the assistant can cite its evidence:

Prefix	Entity	Prefix	Entity
SI-	Signal	GL-	Goal
CL-	Cluster	RQ-	Research question
IN-	Insight	OP-	Decision brief
AC-	Action	DC-	Document

✨ Available Tools

The server exposes ~35 tools. Write tools require a token minted with the write:workspace scope; read tools only need read:workspace.

Category	Tools	Purpose
Workspace	list_workspaces, select_workspace, get_workspace_overview, update_workspace, list_members	Orient in and configure a workspace
Search	search, get_entity	Semantic search and fetch any entity by ID
Evidence	list_signals, find_similar_signals, list_clusters, get_cluster, list_insights	Explore signals, clusters, and insights
Actions	list_actions, get_action_context, update_action, update_action_status	Track and update product work
Strategy	list_goals, create_goal, update_goal, list_research_questions, create_research_question, update_insight, dismiss_signal, get_activity	Manage goals, research questions, and activity
Knowledge	list_documents, create_document, update_document	Store research, references, and notes
Decision briefs	list_one_pagers, generate_one_pager, update_one_pager_status	Generate and manage one-page decision briefs
Ingest	ingest_signal	Capture new feedback as a signal (with dedup)
Integrations	list_integrations	See connected feedback sources

Prompts

Ready-made workflows exposed as MCP prompts:

• triage-feedback — check for duplicates, ingest a piece of feedback, and report where it landed.
• weekly-product-review — what changed, what the evidence says, and what needs deciding.
• draft-decision-brief — generate a decision brief from an action or insight and walk it to a readable draft.
• ground-this-ticket — for coding agents: pull the customer evidence behind a piece of work before building it.

Resources

Pin these so strategy questions need no tool calls:

• squad://workspace/context — the current workspace's mission and product context.
• squad://goals — the workspace's strategic goals with importance rankings.

Tool Capabilities

• ✅ Safety annotations (readOnlyHint / destructiveHint) on every tool
• ✅ Structured Zod input schemas
• ✅ User- and workspace-isolated data access via OAuth
• ✅ Scope-gated writes (write:workspace)

🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────┐         OAuth          ┌──────────────┐
│  Claude /   │ ◄────────────────────► │  PropelAuth  │
│  ChatGPT    │    (Authentication)     │   (IdP)      │
└─────────────┘                         └──────────────┘
       │
       │ HTTPS + Bearer Token
       ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Squad MCP Server                            │
│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │  OAuth → introspect + verify token     │  │
│  │  JWT minting → service credentials     │  │
│  │  Redis → sessions + stream state       │  │
│  │  MCP handler → tools / prompts / res.  │  │
│  │  PostHog → tool-call telemetry         │  │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
       │
       │ Squad API Calls (minted JWT)
       ▼
┌──────────────┐
│  Squad API   │
└──────────────┘

The server is built on mcp-use and talks to the Squad platform API over GraphQL. Sessions and stream state are backed by Redis so the deployment is horizontally scalable. Backend types are generated from a committed GraphQL schema snapshot (see GraphQL codegen).

🛠️ Development

This repository contains the source code for the Squad MCP remote server.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• Yarn
• Nix (optional, for a reproducible dev environment via flake.nix)
• PropelAuth credentials (OAuth 2.1 client + backend API key)
• Redis (optional locally; falls back to in-memory sessions)

Local Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/the-basilisk-ai/squad-mcp.git
cd squad-mcp

# Install dependencies
yarn install

# Configure environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your PropelAuth credentials (and SQUAD_ENV=dev to target the dev platform)

# Start development server with hot reload
yarn dev

# Server available at http://localhost:3232

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Purpose
PROPELAUTH_CLIENT_ID / PROPELAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET	✅	OAuth 2.1 client credentials for token introspection
PROPELAUTH_API_KEY	✅	Backend integration key for minting service JWTs
SQUAD_ENV		dev or production (default production) — selects auth/API/app URLs
PORT / MCP_URL / BASE_URI		Server port and externally-advertised base URL
REDIS_URL		Redis connection for deploy-safe sessions (in-memory if unset)
SQUAD_GRAPHQL_URL		Override the Squad GraphQL endpoint (also used by codegen)
POSTHOG_API_KEY / POSTHOG_HOST		Enable tool-call telemetry
LOG_LEVEL		Logger verbosity

Available Commands

yarn dev                # Start dev server with hot reload (mcp-use)
yarn build              # Build the server (mcp-use)
yarn start              # Start the built server
yarn deploy             # Deploy via mcp-use
yarn test               # Run unit tests (vitest)
yarn format             # Lint/format check (biome)
yarn format:fix         # Auto-fix lint/format issues
yarn codegen            # Regenerate GraphQL types from schema.graphql
yarn codegen:check      # Fail if generated GraphQL types are stale

Testing the Server

# Check health
curl http://localhost:3232/health

# Check OAuth discovery
curl http://localhost:3232/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource

# Test with the built-in inspector
yarn dev   # then open the inspector and connect to http://localhost:3232/mcp

Project Structure

squad-mcp/
├── server.ts                   # MCP server entry point (OAuth, Redis, tool/prompt/resource registration)
├── server.json                 # MCP registry metadata (see MCP_REGISTRY.md)
├── schema.graphql              # Committed snapshot of the Squad platform GraphQL schema
├── codegen.ts                  # GraphQL Code Generator config
├── src/
│   ├── tools/                  # Tool implementations, grouped by surface
│   │   ├── registry.ts         # Single registration path (annotations, errors, telemetry)
│   │   ├── workspace.ts        # list/select workspaces, overview, members
│   │   ├── search.ts           # semantic search
│   │   ├── get-entity.ts       # fetch any entity by display ID / UUID
│   │   ├── evidence.ts         # signals, clusters, insights
│   │   ├── actions-read.ts     # list actions, action context
│   │   ├── actions-write.ts    # update actions + status
│   │   ├── strategy-read.ts    # goals, research questions, activity
│   │   ├── strategy-write.ts   # create/update goals, insights, dismiss signals
│   │   ├── research-write.ts   # create research questions
│   │   ├── knowledge.ts        # documents + decision briefs (one-pagers)
│   │   ├── ingest.ts           # ingest new signals
│   │   └── integrations.ts     # list connected sources
│   ├── prompts/                # MCP prompt workflows
│   ├── resources/              # MCP resources (workspace context, goals)
│   ├── gql/                    # Generated GraphQL types (yarn codegen)
│   ├── graphql/                # GraphQL operation documents
│   ├── helpers/                # OAuth, token minting, workspace selection, KV/Redis
│   └── lib/                    # Squad API client, logger, telemetry
├── railway.toml                # Railway deployment config
└── .env.example                # Environment template

🏭 Production Deployment

This is a hosted service maintained by Squad. Users connect via OAuth — no self-hosting required.

Architecture notes (for contributors):

• Deployed on Railway with a /health readiness check
• Redis-backed sessions and stream state for horizontal scalability
• Follows the MCP specification for streamable HTTP transport

💬 Support

Need help with the Squad MCP server?

• Email: support@meetsquad.ai
• Documentation:
  • Squad MCP Guide — complete setup and integration guide
  • USAGE_EXAMPLES.md — real-world usage examples
• Issues: GitHub Issues — bug reports and feature requests
• Privacy Policy: meetsquad.ai/privacy-policy
• Squad Platform: meetsquad.ai

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Pre-commit hooks run biome and vitest automatically. Please ensure:

• yarn format passes (biome)
• yarn build compiles without errors
• yarn test passes
• yarn codegen:check passes if you touched GraphQL operations
• All tools include safety annotations

📄 License

MIT

🔗 Links

• Squad MCP Documentation — complete setup and integration guide
• Squad Platform
• MCP Specification
• Issue Tracker

GraphQL codegen

Backend access is typed via GraphQL Code Generator. schema.graphql is a committed snapshot of the Squad platform API schema; src/gql/ is generated from it plus the operation documents in src/graphql/.

• Refresh the snapshot: copy packages/graphql/src/schema/generated.graphql from the API repo over schema.graphql (or set SQUAD_GRAPHQL_URL to introspect a live endpoint), then run yarn codegen.
• CI runs yarn codegen:check and fails when src/gql/ is stale.