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Why this exists

Ask any AI agent "what has Jensen Huang said about AI infrastructure?" and you'll get hallucinated quotes, misattributed soundbites, and links to SEO-spam blogs. The web is full of fake CEO quotes — and LLMs eat them all.

CEOInterviews fixes this. Every transcript is AI- and human-verified to the original primary source: the actual interview, podcast, earnings call, or press conference. No fabrications. No misattributions. No "as an AI language model, here's a plausible-sounding quote."

This MCP server exposes that database to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible agent — through 4 simple tools. Connect it once and your agent gains a research analyst with a perfect memory of what every CEO, CFO, central banker, and AI founder has actually said on the record.

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30-second install

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user ceointerviews https://ceointerviews.ai/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

That's it. Open Claude Code, type /mcp, and you're connected. Grab a free API key →

Don't use Claude Code? Scroll to Connect any MCP client — Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT Agents, and raw HTTP all work.

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The "aha" moment

Open your agent and ask any of these out loud:

	"What has Jensen Huang said about AI infrastructure spending in the last 6 months?" The agent calls get_transcripts(entity_name="Jensen Huang", keyword="AI infrastructure", filter_after_dt="...") and pulls back the actual NVIDIA earnings call transcripts and TIME interview, with source URLs and timestamps.
	"Summarize Sam Altman's recent comments on Stargate and the $500B AI infra build-out." Pulls Bloomberg interviews, OpenAI press conferences, and podcast appearances. Every claim is sourced — no hallucinations.
	"What did Jerome Powell say about inflation and tariffs at the ECB forum?" Hits search_quotes(entity_name="Jerome Powell", keyword="inflation tariffs", is_financial_policy=true). Returns the verified soundbites with the FOMC press conference URL.
	"Find controversial statements from Elon Musk about tariffs." search_quotes(entity_name="Elon Musk", keyword="tariffs", is_controversial=true). Speaker-verified, primary source.

This is what every "research GPT" promises and almost none deliver. The data layer has to actually exist — and be clean — first.

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What you get

📈 20,000+ executives	Every CEO, CFO, CTO across S&P 500, S&P 1500, NASDAQ 100, and global markets
💬 1,000,000+ quotes	Tagged for notable, controversial, financial-policy sentiment
📜 Full interview transcripts	Earnings calls, podcasts, conferences, press appearances — with source URLs and timestamps
🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇪🇺 Global coverage	US, China, and Europe-based companies. Public officials and Federal Reserve members. AI startup founders (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and hundreds more)
🤖 + 👤 AI + human verified	Every transcript is checked for speaker authenticity. Source URLs and publication dates always included
⚡ Streamable HTTP MCP	Hosted endpoint, Bearer token auth, no server to run

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Pricing

$5 per 1,000 results. $0.005 per result. Billed weekly via Stripe. No monthly minimum, no commitment, no rate-limit gotchas.

Get your API key →

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Connect any MCP client

Server URL	https://ceointerviews.ai/mcp
Protocol	Streamable HTTP (MCP)
Auth	Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Claude Code (CLI + VSCode extension)

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user ceointerviews https://ceointerviews.ai/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

In VSCode, open the integrated terminal (Ctrl+backtick / Cmd+backtick) and run the same command. Then type /mcp in the Claude Code chat to verify.

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf

Paste this into your client's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ceointerviews": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ceointerviews.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Client	Where to paste
Claude Desktop	Settings → Developer → Edit Config → claude_desktop_config.json
Cursor	Settings → MCP → Add Server
Windsurf	Settings → MCP → Add Server
Claude Code (manual)	Add to top-level mcpServers in ~/.claude.json

Anything else

Point your MCP client at the Streamable HTTP endpoint:

URL:    https://ceointerviews.ai/mcp
Auth:   Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

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The 4 tools

🎯 get_transcripts — your primary research tool

Returns full verified interview transcripts. Use this first for any question about what an executive has said.

Parameter	Type	Description
entity_name	string	Executive name, fuzzy matched (e.g. "Tim Cook")
entity_id	int	Exact entity ID from search_executives
company_name	string	Company name or ticker, fuzzy matched
company_id	int	Exact company ID
keyword	string	Search within transcript text (requires entity or company filter)
filter_after_dt	string	Only items after this date (ISO 8601)
filter_before_dt	string	Only items before this date (ISO 8601)
page_num	int	Page number (default 1)
page_size	int	Results per page, 1–500 (default 5). Keep small (5–7) — transcripts are large

🧑‍💼 search_executives

Find people. Returns name, title, institution, bio, and company metadata.

Parameter	Type	Description
keyword	string	Fuzzy search across name, title, company name, and ticker. Multi-term in any order: "Tim Cook", "AAPL", "CEO Tesla", "devinder kumar amd"
company_name	string	Filter by company name or ticker
gender	string	M, F, or O
is_snp500	bool	Only S&P 500 company executives
is_nasdaq	bool	Only NASDAQ-listed company executives
is_snp1500	bool	Only S&P 1500 company executives
is_nasdaq100	bool	Only NASDAQ 100 company executives
is_ai_startup	bool	Only AI startup executives
is_top_startup	bool	Only top startup executives
is_usa_based	bool	Only US-based company executives
is_china_based	bool	Only China-based company executives
is_europe_based	bool	Only Europe-based company executives
is_public_company	bool	Only publicly traded company executives
page_num	int	Page number (default 1)
page_size	int	Results per page, 1–500 (default 10)

💬 search_quotes

Supplementary tool for short notable quotes. Use only when the user explicitly asks for soundbites or exact wording — for general research, prefer get_transcripts.

Parameter	Type	Description
entity_name	string	Executive name, fuzzy matched
entity_id	int	Exact entity ID
company_name	string	Company name or ticker, fuzzy matched
company_id	int	Exact company ID
keyword	string	Search within quote text
is_notable	bool	Only notable/important quotes
is_controversial	bool	Only controversial quotes
is_financial_policy	bool	Only financial/policy-related quotes
filter_after_dt	string	Only quotes after this date (ISO 8601)
filter_before_dt	string	Only quotes before this date (ISO 8601)
page_num	int	Page number (default 1)
page_size	int	Results per page, 1–500 (default 10)

🏢 search_companies

Look up companies and their classification flags.

Parameter	Type	Description
keyword	string	Company name or stock ticker
is_snp500	bool	Only S&P 500 companies
is_nasdaq	bool	Only NASDAQ-listed companies
is_snp1500	bool	Only S&P 1500 companies
is_nasdaq100	bool	Only NASDAQ 100 companies
is_ai_startup	bool	Only AI startups
is_top_startup	bool	Only top startups
is_usa_based	bool	Only US-based companies
is_china_based	bool	Only China-based companies
is_europe_based	bool	Only Europe-based companies
is_public_company	bool	Only publicly traded companies
page_num	int	Page number (default 1)
page_size	int	Results per page, 1–500 (default 10)

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Self-hosting (optional)

Most users should connect directly to the hosted server at https://ceointerviews.ai/mcp. Self-hosting only buys you the ability to run the MCP transport on your own infra — you'll still need a valid API key to call the upstream CEOInterviews REST API.

From PyPI

pip install ceointerviews-mcp
export CEOINTERVIEWS_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"
ceointerviews-mcp

From source

git clone https://github.com/ceointerviews/ceointerviews-mcp.git
cd ceointerviews-mcp
python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .
cp .env.example .env  # then fill in your API key
ceointerviews-mcp

Docker

docker build -t ceointerviews-mcp .
docker run -e CEOINTERVIEWS_API_KEY=your_key -p 8001:8001 ceointerviews-mcp

Environment variables

Variable	Default	Description
CEOINTERVIEWS_API_KEY	(none)	Your CEOInterviews API key
CEOINTERVIEWS_API_BASE	https://ceointerviews.ai	API base URL
CEOINTERVIEWS_MCP_HOST	0.0.0.0	Server bind address
CEOINTERVIEWS_MCP_PORT	8001	Server port

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Links

• 🌐 CEOInterviews.ai — main site
• 🔑 Get an API key — MCP landing page
• 📚 REST API docs — full REST reference
• 📄 OpenAPI spec — machine-readable
• 🤖 Model Context Protocol — what's a MCP?

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