Howseen

Name: Howseen
Author: howseen-ai

by howseen-aiversion 1.0.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry nameai.howseen/howseen-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

How ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI name your brand, cite sources and rank rivals.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Search & AI memory
You need to fill in: Authorization

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
You fill in yourself: Authorization

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http howseen https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp --header 'Authorization: your-value'

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "howseen": {
      "url": "https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "howseen": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

Authorization secret required HTTP header
Bearer token: your Howseen API key (Settings > API & AI assistants), as 'Bearer hs_live_...'

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

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Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified against the domain howseen.ai (the registry checks domain ownership)
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Still maintained
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Has a licence
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
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Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 7249 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 69% of the other 7249 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 7249 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Howseen safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: Authorization

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 17 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Howseen MCP server

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex how your brand shows up in AI answers, and act on it, without leaving your AI assistant.

Howseen tracks which brands ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode recommend on the questions your buyers ask, which sources those engines cite, and writes the content to win the spots you are missing. This repository documents its remote MCP server.

Server URL: https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, remote, nothing to install)
Auth: Authorization: Bearer
Docs: https://howseen.ai/mcp
Get a key: Howseen dashboard > Settings > API & AI assistants (3-day free trial)

Connect your AI assistant

Replace hs_live_YOUR_KEY with your key.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --scope user --transport http howseen https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer hs_live_YOUR_KEY"

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

"mcpServers": { "howseen": { "url": "https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer hs_live_YOUR_KEY" } } } }

Codex

export HOWSEEN_API_KEY=hs_live_YOUR_KEY

codex mcp add howseen --url https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp --bearer-token-env-var HOWSEEN_API_KEY

Claude.ai and ChatGPT (custom connector): these apps can only send the key inside the URL.

https://app.howseen.ai/api/mcp?key=hs_live_YOUR_KEY

Treat that URL like a password: do not share it or show it on screen, and revoke the key in Settings if it leaks.

What you can ask

"What is my AI visibility this month, per engine?"
"On which buyer questions does ChatGPT name a competitor and not us?"
"Which sites does AI cite when we lose? Where should we get listed first?"
"What changed since the last scan?"
"Draft an article for the question we lose the most, then publish it to our site."

Tools

Read (any key)

Tool	What it returns
`list_brands`	The brands (websites) tracked in the account
`get_visibility`	% of AI answers that name the brand, share of voice, average position, sentiment, per engine, with the trend
`list_prompts`	Tracked buyer questions with per-question visibility, engines and cited domains
`get_competitors`	Brand vs competitors in AI answers, overall and per engine
`get_top_sources`	Domains and URLs AI engines cite most on the brand's questions
`search_responses`	Real AI answers, with excerpts, brands named and cited URLs
`get_action_plan`	Prioritized actions to raise AI visibility
`get_prompt_gaps`	Questions where AI names a competitor but not the brand
`get_easiest_wins`	Third-party pages cited in the answers the brand loses, ranked
`get_changes`	What changed between the last two scans
`suggest_prompts`	Buyer questions worth tracking that are not tracked yet
`list_articles`	Articles Howseen wrote for the brand, with status and URL
`get_article_performance`	Published articles with indexing status, impressions and clicks
`get_usage`	Plan, quotas used and left, API limits

Actions (key with actions enabled; every action previews first and only applies with confirm: true)

add_prompts, archive_prompts, remove_prompts, add_competitor, remove_competitor, mark_action_done, dismiss_action, draft_article, refresh_article, publish_article, request_indexing, create_share_report, delete_article, restore_article.

publish_article sends a written article to the brand's connected site (WordPress, Shopify, Ghost, BigCommerce, webhook) or its Howseen-hosted blog.

REST API

The same data is available as a read-only JSON API:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer hs_live_YOUR_KEY" https://app.howseen.ai/api/v1/brands

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer hs_live_YOUR_KEY" "https://app.howseen.ai/api/v1/brands/BRAND_ID/visibility?from=2026-09-01&engine=chatgpt"

Pricing

The MCP server and the API are included in the Pro plan (79 € a month) and the Business plans, and in the 3-day free trial. See https://howseen.ai/pricing.

Support

Questions or issues: open an issue here or write to raphael@howseen.ai.

Howseen

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

Howseen MCP server

Connect your AI assistant

What you can ask

Tools

REST API

Pricing

Support