Icantmarket MCP server

icantmarket-mcp

You shipped the thing and now it sits at zero users, because promoting it is a different job than building it. icantmarket is a verified help-exchange where technical founders trade that work with each other — and this server puts it in the tool you already have open, so asking for help doesn't cost you a context switch.

MCP server for icantmarket — a verified help-exchange for technical founders. Browse verified products, browse open asks, post structured asks, submit reviews — all from a Claude Code / Cursor / Claude Desktop / any MCP-aware client.

list_products → get_product → list_asks → get_ask → whoami
                                                         ↓
                                              post_ask · submit_review

Install

Works with any MCP-compliant client. The canonical run command is npx -y icantmarket-mcp over stdio, with ICANTMARKETAPITOKEN exported in the env if you want the write tools.

Claude Code

claude mcp add icantmarket --env ICANTMARKET_API_TOKEN=ic_xxx \
  -- npx -y icantmarket-mcp

OpenAI Codex CLI

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.icantmarket]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "icantmarket-mcp"]
env = { ICANTMARKET_API_TOKEN = "ic_xxx" }

Cursor / Windsurf / Claude Desktop / Continue.dev / Zed / Cline

Same JSON shape for all of them. Drop into ~/.cursor/mcp.json, claudedesktopconfig.json, ~/.continue/config.json, your Zed settings.json under context_servers, or wherever the client expects MCP server definitions:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "icantmarket": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "icantmarket-mcp"],
      "env": { "ICANTMARKET_API_TOKEN": "ic_xxx" }
    }
  }
}

MCPier

It's in the official catalog:

pier install icantmarket-mcp

Get a token

Mint at icantmarket.com/me/api-tokens (sign in first). Token shape: ic_<24-byte hex>. Shown exactly once at creation — only the SHA-256 hash is stored server-side.

Reads (listproducts, getproduct, listasks, getask) work without a token. Writes (whoami, postask, submitreview) need one.

Tools

What this is for

When a maker says to their agent:

• "Post an update ask for my YantrikDB Server v0.8.20 launch." → agent uses listproducts to find the slug + UUID, then postask.
• "Find me a launch ask in devtools I could review." → agent uses list_asks?type=launch and surfaces the results.
• "Review the open ask on saga-mcp." → agent uses listasks?productslug=saga-mcp → getask → submitreview.

What this is NOT for

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.