Integration · Company data

Connect Claude & ChatGPT to Specter

Ask your AI to find Series A fintech startups in Berlin, pull a company's funding history, or look up who founded it. It can search Specter by name or in plain language, enrich companies, people and investors, read news and valuations, and keep your saved company lists up to date. Some lookups use Specter API credits, and the AI can check your balance.

Connect Specter free

Free plan, no credit card. Takes about a minute.

Try asking

“Find Series A fintech startups in Berlin.”
The AI runs a Specter AI search and returns the matching companies with their IDs. This uses credits.
“Give me a profile of acme.io: headcount, funding and location.”
It enriches the company by its domain and returns description, headcount, funding, location and growth data. This uses credits.
“Who founded this company, and where did they work before?”
It lists the company's founders and reads each person's career history and education.

What your AI can do

Companies

Read full company profiles with headcount, funding and growth data, plus funding rounds, latest valuation, news and key people.

People and investors

Enrich people by LinkedIn URL or email, read career history, look up investors and list the deals they took part in.

Lists and searches

Search by name or in plain language, read saved searches and lists, create company lists and add or remove companies.

“Which funding rounds were announced last week?”
It lists funding rounds across the market announced between the two dates.
“Which deals has this investor taken part in this year?”
It finds the investor and lists the funding rounds they joined within those dates.
“Add these three companies to my Nordic SaaS list.”
It finds the Specter company IDs and adds them to the saved list.

27 tools for Specter

These tools are switched on when you connect. You can switch any of them off, or require your approval before it runs.

ai_searchChanges dataSearch Specter's data with a natural-language `query`, e.g. 'Series A fintech startups in Berlin'. Optionally set `product` (company, people, investors, funding_rounds and so on). Uses credits.
create_company_listChanges dataCreate a company list with `name` and optional starting `company_ids`.
enrich_companyChanges dataGet a full company profile by `domain`, `website_url` or `linkedin_url`. Uses credits.
enrich_investorLook up an investor's profile by `name` or `website`.
enrich_personChanges dataGet a person's full profile by `linkedin_url` or LinkedIn ID. Uses credits.
enrich_person_by_emailVisible to othersLook up a person's profile from their `email` address. Uses credits.
find_company_idChanges dataFind the Specter company ID from identifiers in `to_resolve`: each entry has exactly one of name, domain, website_url, linkedin_url, crunchbase_url or pitchbook_url.
find_person_idChanges dataFind Specter person IDs from identifiers in `to_resolve`, such as a LinkedIn URL.
get_companyGet a company's full profile by Specter `company_id`: description, headcount, funding, location and growth data.
get_company_list_companiesGet the companies in a saved company list (`list_id`), paginated.
get_company_valuationGet a company's latest known valuation by `company_id`.
get_credit_balanceShow your team's remaining Specter API credit balance.
get_investorGet an investor's profile by `investor_id`.
get_people_list_peopleGet the people in a saved people list (`list_id`), paginated.
get_personGet a person's profile by Specter `contact_id`: current role, career history and education.
get_person_emailVisible to othersGet the email address of a person by `person_id`; set `type` to professional or personal. Uses credits; it does not send anything.
get_saved_search_companiesGet the companies matching a saved company search (`search_id`); use `new_results_after` to see only new matches.
list_company_funding_roundsList a company's funding rounds by `company_id`, optionally within announced-date bounds.
list_company_listsList your saved company lists with their IDs.
list_company_newsList news about a company (`company_id`); set `major_only` for major news and filter by publication date.
list_company_peopleList people at a company (`company_id`); filter to `founders`, `ceo`, `key_people` or a `department`.
list_funding_roundsList recent funding rounds across the market between `announced_date_after` and `announced_date_before`.
list_investor_dealsList funding rounds an investor (`investor_id`) took part in, optionally within announced-date bounds.
list_people_listsList your saved people lists with their IDs.
list_saved_searchesList your saved searches with their IDs and types.
search_by_nameFuzzy-search companies, people and investors by name (`query`); limit with `types`. Returns Specter IDs to use with the other tools.
update_company_listChanges dataAdd (`add_ids`) or remove (`delete_ids`) companies in a company list by `list_id`.

Set up in three steps

1
Pick the app
Create a free PipMCP account and choose Specter from the app list.
2
Paste your key
Paste your Specter API key. In Specter, open Settings > API Console and copy your team's API key. If you have no key yet, click Request API Access there. Approval takes about one business day, and a paid Specter seat is required.
3
Add the link to your AI
You get a personal MCP link. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor:
1. Click your name, then Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector.
2. Paste your link as the Remote MCP server URL.
3. Switch it on from the + menu in a chat.

Questions

What can the AI do in Specter?

The AI can search companies, people and investors by name or with a plain-language AI search, and read company profiles, funding rounds, valuations, news, people, investor profiles and deals. It can enrich companies and people, look up email addresses, read your saved searches and lists, create company lists and add or remove companies in them.

Does the AI see my Specter API key?

No. Your Specter API key is encrypted at rest and never shown to the AI. After you save it, it is not shown again, not even to you. The AI only sees the results of the tools it calls.

Can I control what the AI is allowed to do?

Yes. You choose which tools are switched on, so you can leave out the tools that use credits or that look up email addresses. Those tools can also require your approval before they run. Every tool call is logged.

Does it work with ChatGPT?

Yes. In ChatGPT, open Settings › Apps & Connectors › Advanced, turn on Developer mode and add your PipMCP link. Developer mode needs a paid ChatGPT plan: Plus, Pro, Business or Enterprise. The same link also works in Claude (Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector), Cursor and other MCP clients.

What does it cost?

PipMCP has a free plan, and you do not need a credit card to start. Paid plans bill per completed task. You also need your own Specter account. Specter API access requires a paid Specter seat.

Does it use my Specter credits?

Some tools do, such as company and person enrichment, AI search and email lookups. The AI can check your team's remaining credit balance, and you can switch off the tools that use credits.