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Idea Reality MCP

Idea Reality MCP is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Pre-build reality check. Scans GitHub, HN, npm, PyPI, Product Hunt — returns 0-100 signal. It has 827 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx idea-reality-mcp.

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Install Idea Reality MCP

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "idea-reality-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "idea-reality-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "PRODUCTHUNT_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env GITHUB_TOKEN=your-value --env PRODUCTHUNT_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio idea-reality-mcp -- uvx idea-reality-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "idea-reality-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "idea-reality-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "PRODUCTHUNT_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "github_token",
      "description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "producthunt_token",
      "description": "PRODUCTHUNT_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "idea-reality-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "idea-reality-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github_token}",
        "PRODUCTHUNT_TOKEN": "${input:producthunt_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
GITHUB_TOKENsecretNoGitHub PAT for higher rate limits (optional)
PRODUCTHUNT_TOKENsecretNoProduct Hunt API token for deep mode (optional)

About Idea Reality MCP

How to check if someone already built your app idea — automatically. idea-reality-mcp is an MCP server that scans GitHub, npm, PyPI, Hacker News, and Stack Overflow to check if your startup idea already exists. It returns a 0–100 reality score with evidence, trend detection, and pivot suggestions — so your AI agent can decide whether to build, pivot, or kill the idea before writing any code.

  • developer-tools
  • mcp
  • ai-agents
  • github-api
  • idea-validation
  • market-research
  • mcp-server

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How do I install the Idea Reality MCP MCP server?

Add the command uvx idea-reality-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Idea Reality MCP free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Idea Reality MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 18, 2026. The latest release is v0.5.0, published Mar 11, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.