Mind the Product MCP Server

Connect any MCP client to 15 years of product management writing, conference talks and podcasts from Mind the Product - plus live events and the product job board. Its README documents 6 tools, including search_mtp_content, get_article, list_recent. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with product engineering and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in JavaScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-27 · ★ 3 · #828 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · JavaScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Mind the Product

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add mindtheproduct-mcp --transport http https://www.mindtheproduct.com/api/mcp/

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mindtheproduct-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.mindtheproduct.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://www.mindtheproduct.com/api/mcp/

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - authentication required · probed 2026-09-18

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to www.mindtheproduct.com

endpoint auth requires authentication - rejected our unauthenticated MCP initialize

repo age created 2026-08-27 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry vendor namespace com.mindtheproduct - domain-verified with the official MCP registry

03 · What Mind the Product can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 6 documented tools, including search_mtp_content, get_article, list_recent, get_related, search_events.

The 6 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what Mind the Product lets an agent do.

search_mtp_content: - Hybrid semantic + keyword search across 1,500+ articles, talks and guides
get_article: - Full text of one article, with authors, date and categories
list_recent: - Recently published articles, optionally filtered by topic
get_related: - Vector-similarity reading lists - what to read next
search_events: - MTP conferences, workshops and ProductTank meetups worldwide
search_jobs: - Live listings from the Mind the Product job board

Latest releases

v2.0.1 · 2026-08-27

Corrects the published endpoint to - with the trailing slash. · The bare path 308-redirects, and MCP clients do not all follow a 308 on POST: the client never reaches the 401 that starts OAuth, so it reports "failed…

v2.0.0 · 2026-08-27

First registry release. · Protocol revision 2026-07-28 · Resources capability: read any article in full via mtp://article/{slug} · Search results carry resource_link blocks, so full text is one hop · structuredContent…

04 · Who maintains Mind the Product

Mind the Product is maintained by mindtheproduct. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Aug 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/mindtheproduct/mcp
website: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/mcp
category: other - ranked #828 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 2 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-27)
registry: com.mindtheproduct/knowledge (active, first published 2026-08-27 · 2 versions)

06 · Mind the Product FAQ

Is Mind the Product still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-08-27 and it shipped 2 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Mind the Product do?

An agent gets 6 documented tools, including search_mtp_content, get_article, list_recent, get_related, search_events.

How do I install Mind the Product?

Run `claude mcp add mindtheproduct-mcp --transport http https://www.mindtheproduct.com/api/mcp/`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Mind the Product require authentication?

Yes - when we probed the endpoint on 2026-09-18, it rejected an unauthenticated MCP initialize; you'll need credentials to connect.

07 · Alternatives to Mind the Product

Alternatives to Mind the Product

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