Ale Cabrera
SHIPPED · IP INTELLIGENCE · EARLY 2026 · 1 MONTH
MCP Server for IP Intelligence Data
A direct way for AI agents to use IP intelligence data, taken from a signal to a launched integration in 1 month, without breaking a single existing customer.
- 1 monthfrom signal to a launched integration
- 0breaking changes for existing customers
- Several times a dayhow often developers used it after launch, with no beta list
Signal to launch
- Early 2026 · SignalFound a custom-built MCP on top of the API.
- 1 monthMonth 1 · DiscoveryPrototype and developer conversations.
- Month 2 · Ship v1MCP server live: open source, docs, customers.
- After launchOrganic adoption, used several times a day.
- Next · v2Official connectors for Claude and ChatGPT.
How an agent reaches the data now
- AI agent
- MCP server
new in v1 - API
keys, versioning, rate limits - IP intelligence data
Existing customer integrations keep calling the same API.
Unchanged
Two risks, and what happened
| Risk | How it was handled | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Value. Would developers use IP data through agents? | Someone had already built an MCP on the API. Prototyped and talked to developers before committing. | Picked up with no formal beta. Used several times a day. |
| Business. A change to keys, attributes or versions could break integrations at scale. | API key planning and versioning set with engineering. Rate limits on early users. | 0 breaking changes for existing customers. |
My role. Spotted the opportunity. Owned the integration strategy, the API versioning approach and the rate-limit design for the rollout.
Left out of v1 on purpose. The official Claude and ChatGPT connectors, to launch early and learn from real usage.
Product leader with a data scientist past · Zapier, Clearbit, HubSpot
Product doc: ale-cabrera.com/portfolio/ip-intelligence-mcp