Groundwork MCP - Company-State Feed for AI Agents

Groundwork stops agents from inventing your company. It's a hosted MCP server that gives any MCP-compatible client a tenant-scoped, read-only picture of what is current, what is entitled, and how work is supposed to run.

Think of it as a "company memory" layer that sits between your AI agents and your actual company state - modules, brand settings, dashboards, entitlements, and curated how-tos are all available through structured MCP tools.

What It Does

• Company-state feed: Read-only access to your company's module catalog, dashboard settings, and brand configuration
• Entitlement awareness: Agents know what features/tiers you have access to - no inventing capabilities
• Curated skill how-tos: Documentation and procedures surfaced through MCP tools
• Public proof (no account): Anyone can test via the public endpoint at https://connector.rarefied.earth/public/mcp
• Tenant-scoped: Each organization gets its own isolated view

Key Tools

Tool	Description
groundwork_public_proof	Verify the MCP connection works - no account required
groundwork_public_status	Check Groundwork service status
demo_resume	Example tool demonstrating the resume/company-state workflow

Quick Start

1. Try Without an Account

# Public endpoint - no auth required
# Add to your MCP client config:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "groundwork-public": {
      "url": "https://connector.rarefied.earth/public/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Then call groundwork_public_proof to verify connectivity.

2. Full Setup (Pro Account)

# 1. Sign up at https://rarefied.earth/groundwork/
# 2. Start 14-day free trial (card required)
# 3. Get your tenant endpoint from the dashboard
# 4. Add to MCP config:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "groundwork": {
      "url": "https://connector.rarefied.earth/YOUR_TENANT/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Install Source (Self-Hosted)

git clone https://github.com/Rarefied-Earth/groundwork
cd groundwork
npm install
# Configure env vars, then:
npm start

Hermes Agent Integration

# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  groundwork:
    url: "https://connector.rarefied.earth/YOUR_TENANT/mcp"
    headers:
      Authorization: "Bearer ${GROUNDWORK_API_KEY}"

Use Cases for Business Operators

1. Agent onboarding: New AI agents immediately know your company's stack, brand voice, and approved workflows - no manual context injection
2. Multi-agent consistency: All agents across Claude, Cursor, Hermes, and Codex read from the same company-state source
3. Compliance guardrails: Agents can check entitlements before suggesting features or workflows you don't have access to
4. Workspace auditing: The public proof tool lets you verify agent behavior without an account

Integration with CorpusIQ

CorpusIQ is the connector layer that lets AI assistants read the systems a business already runs on - accounting, payments, CRM, email, files and analytics - and answer with the source named. It is read-only by design: it retrieves data and never writes to, or acts in, a connected system, which is what makes it safe to point at live accounts.

This page is part of the CorpusIQ directory, the reference we maintain for the MCP server and agent-skill ecosystem. Run alongside CorpusIQ, a third-party server like this one can be combined with a company's own business data in a single answer.

See what CorpusIQ connects

Limitations

• Read-only: Groundwork is a state feed, not a write-back system - agents can read company state but can't modify it
• Source closed: While docs are public, the core server code is closed source
• New project: 1 GitHub star as of July 2026 - early stage, expect API evolution
• Trial requires card: 14-day free trial needs payment card at checkout

Pricing Tiers

Tier	Price	Best For
Pro	$49/mo	Solo operators, single tenant
Operating	$149/mo	Small teams, multi-agent setups
Studio	$299/mo	Agencies, multi-tenant, advanced features

All tiers include the 14-day free trial. Founding rates may apply.

Category

Memory & Knowledge - alongside tools like Context7, Groundwork, and codicil. Groundwork differentiates by focusing on company-specific state rather than general documentation.

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Discovered via mcp.so on July 24, 2026. Verified listing. GitHub: Rarefied-Earth/groundwork.