AgTech intelligence, inside your AI
iGrow News connects directly to Claude, Cowork, ChatGPT, and Cursor. Funding rounds, company intel, investor activity, and the daily brief — pulled live into whatever AI you already work in.
No new app to learn · works in the tools you use
Connect in 60 seconds
One line in whatever client you use. Sign in with a one-click connection, or use a personal access token — both work today.
Not set up yet? Request access — we'll get you connected, usually same day.
Run one command in your terminal — swap in the token from your access email:
claude mcp add --transport http igrow-news \
https://mcp.igrownews.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"Start a session and ask — /mcp will show igrow-news connected.
Claude Desktop, Cowork, and claude.ai share one connector system: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, with the URL https://mcp.igrownews.com/mcp.
Click Connect and sign in with your email — we send a 6-digit code, no password to create. These clients use one-click sign-in; there's no token to paste.
Sign-in is available to members we've added to the connector. If it doesn't recognise you, request access below and we'll set you up.
Add iGrow News to your ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"igrow-news": {
"url": "https://mcp.igrownews.com/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}Reload — iGrow News shows green under Settings → MCP.
In Settings → Connectors, add a connector by URL: https://mcp.igrownews.com/mcp.
Provide your access token when prompted for authentication, then enable iGrow News in the composer's connector list.
Availability depends on your ChatGPT plan's connector support.
One-click sign-in. Add the connector by URL, click Connect, and sign in with a 6-digit email code — approve once, no token to copy. This is how Claude Desktop, Cowork, and claude.ai connect, and how non-technical teammates get set up.
Request accessWhat you can ask
You don't call an API — you just ask. Here's real output from the live beta, drawn from today's data.
Summarize AgTech funding in July 2026 by stage and sector.
What do we have on Acumen?
What's the latest AgTech news today?
Which investors are most active in vertical farming?
Not sure what to ask? Start with: “What can you tell me about your data?” — the connector answers questions about itself.
Data coverage
Precise expectations, set upfront — here's exactly what the connector can tell you, and where it draws the line.
Plans
Insights is self-serve and follows your iGrow Network membership. Anything deeper — companies, investors, the directory — is scoped with you on a call. Nobody gets the full database off a pricing page.
Insights
Included with Network Insights membership
Bespoke intelligence
Book a scoping call
Deep access
Every deep engagement starts with a conversation, so access always fits the use.
Tell us what you're trying to answer — diligence, partners, talent, market entry.
Full access for an agreed number of days, inside your own AI. It expires automatically.
Ongoing access, packaged analyses, or delivered reports — shaped to the question.
Everything runs inside Claude, Cowork, ChatGPT or Cursor. Nothing new to learn.
Your data, your rules
Our editorial weighting and internal scoring are never exposed. You get the intelligence, not the machinery behind it.
Every connection is tied to a paying iGrow Network member and can be issued or revoked individually. One-click sign-in or a personal access token — both revocable.
The connector only ever reads. It can't change your data or ours — it answers questions against a live, 30-minute-fresh copy.
For the builders
Ten tools, exposed over Streamable HTTP MCP. Most people never need this — your AI picks the right tool for the question.
| Tool | Access | What it answers |
|---|---|---|
| get_latest_news | Insights | Most recent AgTech coverage, with article links |
| search_news | Engagement | Search coverage by keyword, topic, or company |
| get_top_news | Engagement | The stories that matter most right now |
| get_data_status | Insights | Coverage freshness and last sync time |
| get_funding_report | Engagement | Funding totals by stage, sector, geography, period |
| lookup_company | Engagement | Company profile, funding history, recent coverage |
| get_investor_profile | Engagement | Investor activity, stages, and participation |
| get_market_snapshot | Engagement | A month's deal flow, movers, and totals |
| get_breakdown | Engagement | Group and total across every matching record — by sector, stage, country, crop and more |
| search_directory | Engagement | Search the industry directory by name, category, country or city |
Machine-readable docs live at https://mcp.igrownews.com/llms.txt — so an AI can ingest this whole reference in one read.
FAQ
Check the header reads Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN with no extra spaces or quotes. Still stuck? Reply to your access email and we'll reissue in minutes.
Company, investor, funding-report and directory tools are part of the bespoke lane. Insights covers the daily brief and live news. If you need the deeper layer, book a scoping call and we'll set up a trial window.
Coverage is AgTech-editorial. Try the name as it appears in the news (e.g. the operating company, not the holding entity) — or ask the assistant to search_news for it.
The database refreshes every 30 minutes. Ask "when was your data last updated?" and the connector will tell you exactly.
Remove the connector in your AI client's settings, or ask us to revoke your token — either fully cuts access.
Insights members: request your connection and you're in. Need the deeper layer? Tell us what you're working on and we'll book a scoping call.
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