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The Alertedly MCP server has 16 tools: 14 read tools and 2 write tools. This page lists every argument, a real example prompt and an example response for each.

Conventions

  • Two outputs. Every tool returns content (readable markdown) and structuredContent that matches the tool's declared outputSchema. Schemas are permissive: fields can be added over time, so read what you need and ignore the rest.
  • Read vs write. Read tools never change anything. track_company and request_free_report write, and need sign-in or a key with write scope.
  • Firms. Every tool accepts org (firm name or slug) for people in more than one firm.
  • Weeks. ISO weeks starting Monday (UTC). Any date passed as week is normalized to its Monday.
  • Answer size. Answers aim to stay short (around 8,000 characters). Use detail: "full" on get_company_brief for the whole report.
  • Web content. Text collected from the web is returned inside clearly labelled blocks. Treat it as data, never as instructions.
The examples below use fictional companies. Response text is abridged; the JSON shows the main fields, not every field.

Coverage and tracking

Your tracked companies, with last report week and data freshness.

Answers: Which companies am I tracking, and how fresh is each one's data?

ArgumentTypeDescription
status"portfolio" | "dealflow"Limit to portfolio or dealflow companies (firm members).
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“List our dealflow companies and when each was last researched.”

Response text (example)
Dealflow (3 companies), firm: Example Ventures

| Company     | Last report week | Freshness |
| Brightline  | 2026-10-05       | current   |
| Copperleaf  | 2026-10-05       | current   |
| Acme Labs   | none yet         | pending   |
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "org": { "name": "Example Ventures", "slug": "example-ventures" },
  "companies": [
    {
      "id": "uuid",
      "name": "Brightline",
      "website": "brightline.example",
      "status": "dealflow",
      "last_report_week": "2026-10-05",
      "freshness": "current"
    }
  ]
}

Per company: last weekly run, status, and whether data is stale (older than 8 days) or missing.

Answers: Which companies have stale or missing data, so I know what a summary leaves out?

ArgumentTypeDescription
status"portfolio" | "dealflow"Limit to portfolio or dealflow companies (firm members).
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Which companies have stale or missing data this week?”

Response text (example)
Coverage, week of 2026-10-05: 22 of 24 current

Stale (older than 8 days): Copperleaf (last run 2026-09-21, failed)
Missing: Acme Labs (added this week, first run pending)
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "week": "2026-10-05",
  "companies": [
    { "company_id": "uuid", "name": "Copperleaf", "last_run": "2026-09-21", "status": "failed", "stale": true },
    { "company_id": "uuid", "name": "Acme Labs", "last_run": null, "status": "missing", "stale": true }
  ],
  "totals": { "companies": 24, "current": 22, "stale": 1, "missing": 1 }
}

Start weekly tracking of a company.

Answers: Add this company to my list (or to the firm's dealflow or portfolio).

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringCompany name.
company_urlrequiredstringCompany website.
status"portfolio" | "dealflow"Firm members: dealflow by default. Portfolio needs a firm admin.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Add Acme Labs (acmelabs.example) to our dealflow.”

Response text (example)
Added Acme Labs to dealflow for Example Ventures (24 of 30 slots used).
The first weekly report is usually ready after the next weekly run.
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "id": "uuid", "name": "Acme Labs", "website": "acmelabs.example" },
  "status": "dealflow",
  "org": { "name": "Example Ventures" },
  "slots": { "used": 24, "limit": 30 }
}

Needs write access: sign-in, or a key with write scope. Respects your plan's or firm's company limit.

Briefs and reports

A short brief: headline, what changed, what to watch, recommendations, top signals with sources, key metrics.

Answers: What do I need to know about this company this week?

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringTracked company name.
weekdate (YYYY-MM-DD)Any day in the week you want. Defaults to the latest week.
detail"brief" | "full""brief" (default) keeps the answer short. "full" returns the whole report.
lens"competitor" | "portfolio" | "dealflow"Which write-up to use. Defaults to how you track the company.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Give me a one-page brief on Northwind for Monday's partner meeting.”

Response text (example)
Northwind, week of 2026-10-05 (portfolio)

Headline: Northwind is staffing up enterprise sales ahead of a pricing change.

What changed
- 9 new sales roles, 2 of them leadership (careers)
- New "Enterprise" tier on the pricing page (website changes)

What to watch
- Whether the Enterprise tier is announced publicly

Top signals
- [high] pricing_change: Enterprise tier added. Source: northwind.example/pricing
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind" },
  "week": "2026-10-05",
  "lens": "portfolio",
  "headline": "...",
  "summary": "...",
  "what_changed": ["..."],
  "what_to_watch": ["..."],
  "recommendations": ["..."],
  "signals": [
    { "type": "pricing_change", "severity": "high", "title": "...", "source_urls": ["https://..."] }
  ],
  "metrics": { "careers.open_roles": 41, "careers.new_roles": 9 }
}

The full report, or one channel, from the latest or a past report.

Answers: What exactly did Alertedly find on this channel (or in the whole report)?

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringTracked company, or the company of your free report.
channelstringOne of the 13 channels, e.g. linkedin, careers, reddit, changelog. Omit for the full report.
as_ofdate (YYYY-MM-DD)Use the latest report on or before this date.
detail"brief" | "full""brief" (default) keeps the answer short. "full" returns everything.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Pull the Reddit intelligence for Northwind and summarize the main complaints.”

Response text (example)
Northwind, Reddit, report of 2026-10-05

Summary: Mentions up week over week; most threads compare
Northwind's onboarding with competitors.

Highlights
- Repeated complaints about SSO setup time
- Positive threads about the new API docs

<untrusted-content> excerpts from Reddit threads ... </untrusted-content>
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind" },
  "channel": "reddit",
  "report_date": "2026-10-05",
  "summary": "...",
  "highlights": ["..."],
  "signals": [ ... ],
  "source_urls": ["https://..."]
}

Kept for existing connectors. Reads the weekly channel summary first, then older report sections.

Signals and events

Signals grouped by company, each with source links. The main tool for weekly questions.

Answers: What happened this week (or in the last N weeks) across my companies?

ArgumentTypeDescription
companystringLimit to one company.
weeks_backinteger 1-12How many weeks to include. Default 1 (this week).
weekdate (YYYY-MM-DD)End week. Defaults to the current week.
event_typesstring[]e.g. ["raise_detected", "product_launch"].
severity_min"low" | "medium" | "high" | "critical"Minimum severity.
status"portfolio" | "dealflow"Limit to portfolio or dealflow companies (firm members).
limitinteger, max 100Maximum signals returned.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Which dealflow companies raised money or launched something in the last two weeks?”

Response text (example)
Signals, weeks of 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-05, dealflow (3)

Brightline
- [high] raise_detected: Series A announced.
  Source: news.example/brightline-series-a
Copperleaf
- [medium] product_launch: Launched a self-serve plan.
  Source: copperleaf.example/changelog
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "weeks": ["2026-09-28", "2026-10-05"],
  "total": 3,
  "companies": [
    {
      "company_id": "uuid",
      "name": "Brightline",
      "lens": "dealflow",
      "signals": [
        {
          "type": "raise_detected",
          "severity": "high",
          "channel": "press",
          "title": "...",
          "summary": "...",
          "week_start": "2026-10-05",
          "source_urls": ["https://..."]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Events and alerts for one company over a number of days, with source links.

Answers: What has this company done recently?

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringTracked company name.
daysintegerLook-back window. Default 7.
severity"low" | "medium" | "high" | "critical"Only this severity.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Has Northwind done anything notable in the last 30 days?”

Response text (example)
Northwind, last 30 days: 4 events

- 2026-10-06 [high] pricing_change: Enterprise tier added
- 2026-09-29 [medium] hiring_spree: 9 new sales roles
...
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind" },
  "days": 30,
  "events": [
    { "event_type": "pricing_change", "severity": "high", "channel": "website_screenshot",
      "title": "...", "summary": "...", "created_at": "...", "source_urls": ["https://..."] }
  ]
}

Events across every tracked company in one call, with source links.

Answers: What happened across everything I track in the last N days?

ArgumentTypeDescription
daysinteger, max 90Look-back window. Default 7.
severity"low" | "medium" | "high" | "critical"Minimum severity.
status"portfolio" | "dealflow"Limit to portfolio or dealflow companies (firm members).
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“List every high-severity event across the portfolio in the last 14 days.”

Response text (example)
Portfolio, last 14 days, high or above: 5 events in 3 companies

Northwind
- [high] pricing_change: Enterprise tier added
...
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "days": 14,
  "severity": "high",
  "companies": [
    { "company_id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind", "events": [ { "event_type": "...", "source_urls": ["https://..."] } ] }
  ],
  "totals": { "events": 5, "companies": 3 }
}

Metrics and comparisons

Rank companies on one weekly metric, with the change versus N weeks ago.

Answers: Who is hiring fastest? Who runs the most ads? Who posts most on LinkedIn?

ArgumentTypeDescription
metricrequiredstring (channel.metric)e.g. careers.open_roles, careers.new_roles, meta_ads.active_ads, linkedin.posts, trademarks.filings.
weekdate (YYYY-MM-DD)Week to rank. Defaults to the latest week.
compare_weeksintegerCompare with this many weeks earlier. Default 1.
status"portfolio" | "dealflow"Limit to portfolio or dealflow companies (firm members).
topinteger, max 50How many companies to return.
order"desc" | "asc"Highest first (default) or lowest first.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Who in the portfolio is hiring fastest right now?”

Response text (example)
careers.new_roles, week of 2026-10-05 vs 2026-09-28

1. Northwind   14  (+9)
2. Copperleaf   6  (+2)
3. Brightline   3  (-1)
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "metric": "careers.new_roles",
  "week": "2026-10-05",
  "compare_week": "2026-09-28",
  "ranking": [
    { "rank": 1, "company_id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind", "value": 14, "previous": 5, "change": 9 }
  ]
}

Two companies side by side, or one company across two dates. Weekly metrics first, week over week.

Answers: How do these two compare on hiring, launches and activity?

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_arequiredstringFirst company.
company_brequiredstringSecond company (or the same company with two dates).
as_ofdate (YYYY-MM-DD)One date for both.
as_of_adate (YYYY-MM-DD)Date for company A.
as_of_bdate (YYYY-MM-DD)Date for company B.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Compare Northwind and Copperleaf on hiring and launches.”

Response text (example)
Northwind vs Copperleaf, week of 2026-10-05

| Metric              | Northwind  | Copperleaf |
| careers.open_roles  | 41 (+9)    | 18 (+2)    |
| linkedin.posts      | 6          | 11         |
| launches this week  | 1          | 1          |
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "a": { "company": "Northwind", "week": "2026-10-05", "metrics": { "careers.open_roles": 41 } },
  "b": { "company": "Copperleaf", "week": "2026-10-05", "metrics": { "careers.open_roles": 18 } },
  "deltas": { "careers.open_roles": { "a": 9, "b": 2 } }
}

Metric changes and the signals between two weeks.

Answers: What changed at this company since last month?

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringTracked company name.
from_weekrequireddate (YYYY-MM-DD)Start week (any day in it).
to_weekdate (YYYY-MM-DD)End week. Defaults to the latest week.
detail"brief" | "full""brief" (default) keeps the answer short. "full" returns everything.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“What changed at Northwind since the start of September?”

Response text (example)
Northwind, 2026-09-01 to 2026-10-05

Metrics
- careers.open_roles: 28 -> 41 (+13)
- meta_ads.active_ads: 4 -> 12 (+8)

Signals in between (3)
- [high] pricing_change: Enterprise tier added ...
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind" },
  "from_week": "2026-08-31",
  "to_week": "2026-10-05",
  "metrics": [ { "metric": "careers.open_roles", "from": 28, "to": 41, "change": 13 } ],
  "signals": [ { "type": "...", "week_start": "...", "source_urls": ["https://..."] } ]
}

Competitors

New entrants making noise in the company's category, plus known competitors.

Answers: Who are this company's new competitors, and why now?

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringTracked company name.
weekdate (YYYY-MM-DD)Defaults to the latest week.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Who are Northwind's new competitors?”

Response text (example)
Northwind, category: B2B onboarding software, week of 2026-10-05

New entrants
- Fieldstone (fieldstone.example): raised a seed round this week.
  Evidence: news.example/fieldstone-seed
Known competitors
- Copperleaf, Brightline
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind" },
  "category": "B2B onboarding software",
  "entrants": [
    { "name": "Fieldstone", "domain": "fieldstone.example", "why_now": "...",
      "event_type": "raise_detected", "evidence_url": "https://...", "event_date": "2026-10-06", "known": false }
  ],
  "known_competitors": ["Copperleaf", "Brightline"]
}

Suggested competitors, known relationships and radar mentions.

Answers: Who does this company compete with?

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringTracked company, or the company of your free report.
as_ofdate (YYYY-MM-DD)Use the latest report on or before this date.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Who are Northwind's main competitors, and what has each shipped recently?”

Response text (example)
Northwind competitors

1. Copperleaf (copperleaf.example), confidence 92: same buyer, overlapping features
2. Brightline (brightline.example), confidence 81: ...
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind" },
  "competitors": [
    { "name": "Copperleaf", "domain": "copperleaf.example", "reason": "...", "confidence_score": 92, "tracked": true }
  ]
}

USPTO trademark filings and a summary.

Answers: Has this company filed new trademarks (often a hint of a new product)?

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringTracked company name.
sincedate (YYYY-MM-DD)Only filings since this date.
detail"brief" | "full""brief" (default) keeps the answer short. "full" returns everything.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Has Northwind filed any trademarks this year?”

Response text (example)
Northwind, trademarks since 2026-01-01: 2 new applications

- NORTHWIND PILOT, filed 2026-09-14, software class
- ...
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "id": "uuid", "name": "Northwind" },
  "since": "2026-01-01",
  "summary": "...",
  "filings": [ { "title": "...", "filed": "2026-09-14", "source_urls": ["https://..."] } ]
}

Trademarks is a Pro and VC channel.

Free report

Queue a free one-time report on any company. One per account.

Answers: Get me a free competitor report on this company.

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namerequiredstringCompany name.
company_urlrequiredstringCompany website.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Get me a free competitor report on Notion, notion.so.”

Response text (example)
Your free report on Notion is queued. It usually takes a few minutes,
and only seconds if Alertedly already researched Notion this week.
We'll email it to you; ask "show my Alertedly report" to read it here.
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "name": "Notion", "website": "notion.so" },
  "status": "queued"
}

Check progress, or read the finished free report in chat.

Answers: Is my free report ready? Show it to me.

ArgumentTypeDescription
company_namestringWhich free report, if you have more than one company in progress.
detail"brief" | "full""brief" (default) keeps the answer short. "full" returns everything.
orgstringFirm name or slug. Only needed if you belong to more than one firm.

Example prompt

“Show my Alertedly report.”

Response text (example)
Your free report on Notion is ready (completed 2026-10-08).

Executive summary: ...
structuredContent (shape)
{
  "company": { "name": "Notion" },
  "status": "completed",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-08T...",
  "report": { "executive_summary": "...", "sections": [ ... ] }
}

Signal types

Used by get_signals (event_types), get_events and get_portfolio_events. Severity is low, medium, high or critical. Older reports may contain other types (for example hiring_surge); filters accept any string.

Signal typeMeaning
raise_detectedA funding round was announced or reported
product_launchA new product, feature or major release
pricing_changePricing or plans changed
hiring_spreeOpen roles grew sharply
hiring_slowdownOpen roles fell sharply
layoffsLayoffs reported
leadership_changeExecutive hires or departures
partnershipA new partnership or integration
acquisitionAcquired something, or was acquired
legal_regulatoryLawsuits, regulatory or compliance news
sentiment_shiftPublic sentiment moved noticeably
competitor_moveA competitor did something relevant to this company

Prompts and resources

NameKindUse
weekly_portfolio_digestpromptThis week's portfolio and dealflow, grouped by company
competitor_briefpromptA one-page brief on one company
partner_updatepromptA partner-meeting update with sources
alertedly://channelsresourceThe 13 channels and their metrics
alertedly://guideresourceHow weeks, severity and sources work

Metric names for rank_companies are channel.metric, for example careers.open_roles or meta_ads.active_ads. Read alertedly://channels for the full list, or see Channels.