Real Alpha MCP server

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Real Alpha MCP server": {
      "url": "https://realalpha.app/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Measured tools (6)

• search_moments read-only

  Search the moments Real Alpha cut from long interviews with the people building AI. Matches the words of `query` against what each moment is about, the speaker's quote and its takeaways, best match first. Filter by who is talking (`person`), a company (someone from it talking, or it being discussed), a show, or how recent. Each result has the speaker, what they do, the show, the date, their quote, and the moment's page to cite.

  Parameters:

  • query (required) — string — What to look for, in a few words: "AI bubble", "coding agents replacing engineers", "scaling laws"
  • show — string — Only moments from this show: "Lenny's Podcast", "Dwarkesh Podcast", "No Priors"
  • limit — integer — How many moments to return, 8 if not given, 20 at most
  • since — string — Only episodes out on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD
  • person — string — Only moments where this person is talking, by name: "Sam Altman", "Dario Amodei"
  • company — string — Only moments from someone at this company, or about it: "Anthropic", "Nvidia"

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• get_moment read-only

  One moment in full, by its slug (from search results) or its realalpha.app/s/ link: the speaker and what they do, the show and date, their quote, the summary and takeaways, its topics, the big questions it answers and how, and the episode's other best minutes.

  Parameters:

  • slug (required) — string — The moment's slug, like "ai-is-widening-the-gap-between-startups-and-incumbents", or its page's link

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• what_did_they_say read-only

  What one person said in the interviews Real Alpha cut, newest first: every moment where they are talking, or only those on a topic, best match first. Also says who they are and links their page on Real Alpha, which lists all of it.

  Parameters:

  • person (required) — string — Their name: "Jensen Huang", "Demis Hassabis", or a surname when only one person has it
  • limit — integer — How many moments to return, 10 if not given, 20 at most
  • topic — string — A topic or a few words: one of Real Alpha's topics (Frontier models, Open-weight models, Reasoning & RL, Scaling laws, AGI & superintelligence, Interpretability, Evals & benchmarks, Training data, World models, AI agents, Coding agents, Building AI products, Enterprise AI, Consumer AI, Voice AI, Image & video models, Data & databases, Chips & GPUs, Data centers & energy, Inference & cost, Robotics, Self-driving, Science & math, Biology & drugs, Health & medicine, Safety & alignment, Policy & regulation, US–China race, Cybersecurity, Jobs & the economy, AI startups, Investing in AI, Big Tech's AI bets, AI business models, Talent & hiring) or anything else, like "open source"

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• answers_to read-only

  How the people building AI answer one of the big questions people ask about it, from the moments Real Alpha cut: grouped by which way they answer, the biggest group first, each with what the speaker says, who they are, the show and date. The questions: is-ai-a-bubble (Is AI a bubble?); which-jobs-will-ai-replace (Which jobs will AI replace, and which are safe?); will-ai-replace-software-engineers (Will AI replace software engineers?); will-ai-replace-doctors (Will AI replace doctors?); will-ai-replace-lawyers (Will AI replace lawyers?); is-saas-dead (Is SaaS dead?); when-will-we-get-agi (When will we get AGI?); is-openai-profitable (How does OpenAI make money, and is it profitable?); ai-predictions (What will AI look like in the next few years?); are-ai-agents-ready (Are AI agents ready for real work?); is-ai-paying-off (Is AI paying off for companies?); is-ai-dangerous (Is AI dangerous?); will-ai-make-cyberattacks-worse (Will AI make cyberattacks worse?); can-anyone-compete-with-nvidia (Can anyone compete with Nvidia?); is-there-a-gpu-shortage (Is there still a GPU shortage?); is-there-enough-power-for-ai (Is there enough power for AI?); is-moores-law-dead (Is Moore’s law dead?); is-ai-progress-slowing (Is AI progress slowing down?); is-open-source-ai-catching-up (Is open-source AI catching up?); is-china-catching-up-in-ai (Is China catching up in AI?); is-ai-overhyped (Is AI overhyped?); will-ai-replace-google-search (Will AI replace Google search?); is-vibe-coding-the-future (Is vibe coding the future?); is-a-computer-science-degree-worth-it (Is a computer science degree still worth it?); are-ai-wrappers-a-real-business (Are AI wrappers a real business?); how-do-ai-companies-make-money (How do AI companies make money?); should-ai-be-regulated (Should AI be regulated?); will-ai-cure-diseases (Will AI cure diseases?); when-will-humanoid-robots-be-useful (When will humanoid robots be useful?); are-self-driving-cars-safe (Are self-driving cars safe?); will-ai-boost-economic-growth (Will AI boost economic growth?); will-ai-replace-accountants (Will AI replace accountants?); will-ai-replace-teachers (Will AI replace teachers?); will-ai-replace-customer-service (Will AI replace customer service jobs?).

  Parameters:

  • question (required) — string — The question's id, like "is-ai-a-bubble"

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• transcript_excerpt read-only

  About a minute of an episode's transcript, from a second into the video, for an episode Real Alpha cut: the lines with their times and, where the transcript says, who is talking, plus the link that plays the episode from there. Use it to check the exact words around a moment's quote (a moment's `episode_url` has the video id and second).

  Parameters:

  • video (required) — string — The YouTube video id, like "dQw4w9WgXcQ", or a realalpha.app/v/ or YouTube link
  • second (required) — number — Seconds into the video: 1910 for 31:50

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• latest_moments read-only

  The newest moments Real Alpha cut, newest episode first: each episode's best minutes, from every show or only one.

  Parameters:

  • n — integer — How many, 10 if not given, 20 at most
  • show — string — Only from this show: "Lenny's Podcast"

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

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