Claude Code

Use Frontrun natively in Claude Code via the MCP server.

Setup

Add to your project's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "frontrun": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["frontrun-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "FRONTRUN_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Code. All Frontrun tools are available immediately.

Available tools

All 40 tools are listed below. The full reference lives on the MCP server page.

Core Intelligence

Tool	What it does
`frontrun_companies`	Your company catalog: your own list plus a 30-day starter set in your sectors. Start here
`frontrun_trending`	Startups getting the most attention this week (startups only)
`frontrun_convergence`	Startups followed by 2+ tracked accounts (startups only)
`frontrun_new_follows`	Recent follows across tracked accounts
`frontrun_enriched_follows`	New follows with AI + custom rules merged
`frontrun_feed`	Real-time activity feed across tracked accounts
`frontrun_search`	Find entities by sector, keyword, or type (tracked graph or full catalog)
`frontrun_thesis_search`	Describe a thesis in plain language, get matching companies
`frontrun_sectors`	Sector and entity-type breakdown of your discovered entities
`frontrun_discover`	Accounts your tracked accounts follow that you're not tracking yet
`frontrun_reports`	Historical daily reports, filterable by date range and sector
`frontrun_vc_activity`	Account velocity, sectors, recent follows
`frontrun_vc_similar`	Tracked accounts with overlapping follow patterns

Company Intelligence

Tool	What it does
`frontrun_company`	Synthesized overview: what they do, sector, stage, recent activity
`frontrun_company_founders`	Founder profiles for one company: name, role, background
`frontrun_founders_batch`	Founder lookup for up to 10 companies in one call
`frontrun_company_funding`	Round details and investors, cross-referenced with tracked-account follow signal
`frontrun_warm_path`	Whether you already follow a founder and which of your follows also do. Free
`frontrun_draft_dm`	Drafts a cold DM grounded in the signal and any verified shared connection. Never sends
`frontrun_send_dm`	Sends a DM from the user's own X account. Requires explicit confirmation, off by default, capped per day. Free
`frontrun_company_signals`	Buzz score, sentiment, and which of your tracked accounts follow them
`frontrun_company_resources`	Website, GitHub, docs, Discord, Telegram

Account Management

Tool	What it does
`frontrun_status`	Check balance, usage, tracked accounts
`frontrun_list_tracked`	List all monitored accounts
`frontrun_track`	Start monitoring an X account
`frontrun_untrack`	Stop monitoring an X account
`frontrun_preview`	Evaluate an account before tracking: signal score, sector hints
`frontrun_snapshot`	Get the full current follow list for an account

Custom Classification

Tool	What it does
`frontrun_create_rule`	Create an auto-classification rule
`frontrun_list_rules`	List your classification rules
`frontrun_update_rule`	Update an existing rule
`frontrun_delete_rule`	Remove a rule
`frontrun_tag`	Manually tag an entity, or override its sector
`frontrun_list_tags`	List all custom-tagged entities
`frontrun_classify`	Run on-demand classification

Webhooks

Tool	What it does
`frontrun_list_webhooks`	List registered webhooks with status and last delivery
`frontrun_create_webhook`	Register a webhook for new_follows / convergence events
`frontrun_delete_webhook`	Delete a webhook

No API key required

Tool	What it does
`trending_teaser`	Free sample: top 5 trending companies from the last 7 days
`send_feedback`	Report a confusing error, a missing capability, or a docs gap

Example prompts

"What's trending in the last 24 hours?"

"Show me convergence signals with threshold 3 in the last 14 days"

"Create a rule to flag any company with 'sales automation' in their bio"

"Show me pmarca's activity over the last 90 days"

CLAUDE.md integration

Add Frontrun context to your project's CLAUDE.md:

## Frontrun Intelligence
 
This project has access to Frontrun via MCP server.
Use frontrun_* tools to monitor follow activity, detect convergence, and classify entities.

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