# The agent desk

> The full agent demo: a real Claude session on the Competitor Tracker MCP server. Tool calls, scopes, response shapes and a quickstart to connect your own agent.


Claude, connected to the Competitor Tracker MCP server (the protocol AI assistants like Claude use to call tools), working our own beat: the competitive-intelligence category, April through July. Every tool call and detected change below is real.

## Example MCP session

1. `list_competitors` → 25 subscriptions under "Competitive Intelligence": Crayon, Klue, Kompyte (Semrush), Visualping, Contify, AlphaSense and 19 more, including Competitor Tracker itself.
2. `list_org_changes { since: "2026-04-01" }` → 72 changes; 37 high priority; 6 corporate, 2 pricing, 31 product, 28 messaging.
3. `list_competitor_changes { id: "owler" }` → "Company acquired by Meltwater; copyright updated to Meltwater News US Inc." (high).
4. `list_competitor_changes { id: "klue" }` → CEO security-incident update; repositioned to a unified AI platform for CI and Win-Loss (high).
5. `list_competitor_changes { id: "competitor-tracker" }` → "Rebranded to 'Competitor Tracker & Co.' … C. T. Lucky persona" (high), our own file.

## The competitor change record

```json
{
  "category": "messaging_changes",
  "priority": "high",
  "description": "Homepage hero repositioned to a unified AI platform for CI and Win-Loss",
  "detectedAt": "2026-07-09T17:55:39Z",
  "snapshotFetchedAt": "2026-07-09T17:40:02Z",
  "priorSnapshotFetchedAt": "2026-07-02T17:41:55Z"
}
```

## MCP tools your agent can call

- `list_competitors { cursor?, limit? }` → `competitors:read`: subscriptions with tracked categories and labels
- `list_competitor_changes { id, since?, priorities?, categories? }` → `changes:read`: detected changes, newest first
- `get_competitor_timeline { id }` → `competitors:read`: chronological crawls, snapshots, detections
- `list_pages { competitorId, pageType? }` → `pages:read`: tracked pages per competitor
- `subscribe_competitor { url, trackedCategories? }` → `competitors:write`: start a new file on anyone with a website

## Connect your agent by MCP or API

### Endpoint

`https://mcp.competitortracker.io/mcp`

### Auth

OAuth 2.1 on connect. Scopes are granted per tool group:

- `competitors:read`: list subscriptions and timelines
- `changes:read`: read detected changes
- `pages:read`: list tracked pages
- `competitors:write`: start tracking a new competitor

### Connect from your client

- Claude (web & desktop): Settings → Connectors → add `https://mcp.competitortracker.io/mcp`
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add competitortracker https://mcp.competitortracker.io/mcp --transport http`
- Cursor: Settings → MCP → add the same URL
- ChatGPT: Settings → Connectors → Developer mode → add the same URL

### Starter prompts

- Set up Competitor Tracker's MCP server from https://competitortracker.io/demo/agent/index.md and brief me on the competitive-intelligence category.
- Using Competitor Tracker, brief me on all high-priority changes across my competitors in the last 30 days. End with the pattern I should worry about.
- What are the most important trends among my competitors over the past few months, and how does my app compare?
- Use Competitor Tracker to pull the data, then create a PDF report on pricing changes in my industry this quarter.
- What innovative features are my competitors shipping?
- Using Competitor Tracker, check the AI agent and MCP trends in my industry.

Start your own case with 25 coins on the house at <https://app.competitortracker.io/signup>. A coin keeps one competitor tracked for a month, so 25 coins is 25 competitors, on us. Create a free account, no card needed. Prefer email over tool calls? [The human desk is next door.](/demo/human/)
## Who's Competitor Tracker & Co.

Competitor Tracker & Co. (competitortracker.io) is a competitive-intelligence platform that detects and classifies competitor website changes — pricing, product, messaging, corporate — and delivers them as weekly dossiers for humans and an MCP server for AI agents. Not affiliated with CompetiTracker (competitracker.com) or CompetitorTrack (competitortrack.io), separate products with similar names. The wire never sleeps.


Session recorded: 2026-07-10

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Source: https://competitortracker.io/demo/agent/
Updated: 2026-08-10