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Whimbrel answers over MCP for US medtech. Paste one URL, continue free at sign-in, and ask one question. You’re in.

https://data.whimbrelresearch.com

You’re in when this works

Who got funded this week?

If your AI returns NIH awards from this week’s window, the install worked. Optional: ask What’s the newest signal? If your client lists prompts, try whimbrel_who_got_funded or whimbrel_signal_of_the_day.

At sign-in, choose Continue free (or Continue with free access) unless you already mean to subscribe.

Pick your client

Same URL, same success ask after connect. Where the product can take a paste-in ask, start with that. Settings and CLI stay under “If the prompt doesn’t work.”

Claude (web, desktop, mobile)
  1. Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector (some builds: Customize → Connectors).
  2. Name it Whimbrel, paste https://data.whimbrelresearch.com, Connect, then Continue with free access.
  3. Then ask: Who got funded this week?
Claude Code

Try this first:

Run this, then finish OAuth with /mcp if prompted, then ask who got funded this week:
claude mcp add --transport http whimbrel https://data.whimbrelresearch.com
If the prompt doesn’t work

Same command in a normal terminal, then /mcp if prompted, then ask: Who got funded this week?

claude mcp add --transport http whimbrel https://data.whimbrelresearch.com
ChatGPT / Codex

Try this first (ChatGPT desktop, Codex, or IDE; not ChatGPT web):

Run this, then Authenticate / Continue with free access, then ask who got funded this week:
codex mcp add whimbrel --url https://data.whimbrelresearch.com
If the prompt doesn’t work
  1. Desktop / IDE: Settings → MCP servers → Add server → Streamable HTTP.
  2. Paste https://data.whimbrelresearch.com, save/restart, then Authenticate / Continue free.
  3. Ask: Who got funded this week?

CLI:

codex mcp add whimbrel --url https://data.whimbrelresearch.com

Or config.toml (~/.codex/config.toml or project .codex/config.toml):

[mcp_servers.whimbrel]
url = "https://data.whimbrelresearch.com"

ChatGPT web uses plugins for hosted MCP and cannot take a custom Whimbrel URL via local config. Prefer desktop, CLI, or the IDE extension.

Cursor

Try this first (copy into Agent chat):

Add Whimbrel as an MCP server at https://data.whimbrelresearch.com (Streamable HTTP). Then ask: Who got funded this week?
If the prompt doesn’t work
  1. Settings → MCP → Add new server.
  2. Paste Cursor config (not the VS Code snippet): 
    {"mcpServers":{"whimbrel":{"url":"https://data.whimbrelresearch.com"}}}
  3. Ask: Who got funded this week?
VS Code (Copilot)

Command Palette / MCP UI → add server with the URL above. Or team file .vscode/mcp.json:

{"servers":{"whimbrel":{"type":"http","url":"https://data.whimbrelresearch.com"}}}

Then ask: Who got funded this week?

Other MCP

Try this first:

Connect to https://data.whimbrelresearch.com over Streamable HTTP + OAuth, choose Continue with free access, then ask: Who got funded this week?
If the prompt doesn’t work

Paste https://data.whimbrelresearch.com, choose Continue free, same who-got-funded ask. No OAuth? Use plain HTTP routes on the data site (llms.txt).

After you’re in

After the who-got-funded check works, ask for this week’s pulse or newest signals. If a Breakthrough (FDA marketing authorization) or HDE (Humanitarian Device Exemption) manufacturer shows up, ask for one full company brief on that manufacturer.

To subscribe, ask for get_access, or choose Subscribe on the sign-in screen. Solo includes 2 full company briefs a month, Practice 8, Firm 25.

Subscribe from inside your AI. This page does not install a key.

Solo 2 full company briefs/mo $39/mo
Practice 8 full company briefs/mo $99/mo
Firm 25 full company briefs/mo $249/mo
5-brief pack 5 full company briefs $100

A $100 pack adds 5 full company briefs when a month runs short. Subscribe from inside your AI: sign-in → Subscribe, or ask for get_access.

Share with your team

Put one of these in a shared project so everyone uses the same URL.

Cursor (project file)

Save as .cursor/mcp.json:

{"mcpServers":{"whimbrel":{"url":"https://data.whimbrelresearch.com"}}}

Claude (custom connector)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Name it Whimbrel, paste:

https://data.whimbrelresearch.com

ChatGPT / Codex (shared)

codex mcp add whimbrel --url https://data.whimbrelresearch.com

Claude Code (shared one-liner)

claude mcp add --transport http whimbrel https://data.whimbrelresearch.com

If it fails

OAuth loop

Try this: Retry connect once; at sign-in pick Continue free.

Then: Email nate@whimbrelresearch.com

Bad key

Try this: Remove the key, Continue free, or ask the AI to call get_access after a clean subscribe.

Then: Email Nate if still blocked

Try this: Restart the client; confirm the URL is exactly https://data.whimbrelresearch.com.

Then: Email Nate