Rivalize MCP¶

Local MCP server that turns your assistant into a competitive analyst - tear down a competitor's go-to-market in one call, search the Rivalize universe of tracked companies, and read the projects, reports, battlecards, timelines and evidence in your own account. Thirteen read-only tools plus one opt-in write, every answer sourced and dated.

Server type: Local stdio (npx -y @rivalize/mcp)
Auth: Rivalize account + API key (rk_live_..., created in Dashboard > Settings > API Keys)
Package: @rivalize/mcp v0.3.2 on npm (MIT, repo Downshift/rivalize-mcp, MCP Registry entry in server.json)
Tools: 13 read-only + add_competitor (opt-in write via RIVALIZE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITES=1)
Runtime: Node.js 22+
Category: Competitive Intelligence
Built by: Downshift (rivalize.ai)

Why This Matters for Operators¶

Founders and marketing teams lose hours every week checking what competitors changed: a pricing page, new ads, review sentiment, hiring, momentum. Rivalize collects that continuously, and this server puts it in the chat: a sourced teardown on demand, a landscape view of a market, and sales battlecards your team can quote - with evidence links and freshness dates back to the source, not a model's memory of the space.

Tools & Capabilities¶

Group	Tools
Teardown	`teardown_competitor` - one-call strategy read of any domain as Markdown: positioning, pricing, ads, social, reviews, hiring, momentum, weaknesses to attack, with when the data was last refreshed
Universe	`list_universe_companies` and `get_universe_company` - search and read the cross-customer dataset of tracked companies (identity, pricing, features, ads, social, reviews, funding, hiring, rankings, signals, momentum)
Account reads	`list_projects`, `list_reports`, `get_report` (by section: tldr, biggest-threat, blind-spots, actions, battlecards, competitors, pricing, momentum, ads, tech-stack and more), `list_competitors`, `get_competitor_intelligence`, `get_battlecard`, `get_strategic_timeline`, `get_competitive_landscape`, `get_freshness`, `get_evidence`
Write (opt-in)	`add_competitor` - queue 1-10 competitor URLs for analysis; spends credits and only exists for the client when `RIVALIZE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITES` is set

Installation¶

claude mcp add rivalize -e RIVALIZE_API_KEY=rk_live_your_key -- npx -y @rivalize/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rivalize": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@rivalize/mcp"],
      "env": { "RIVALIZE_API_KEY": "rk_live_your_key" }
    }
  }
}

Create an account at rivalize.ai, create an API key under Dashboard > Settings > API Keys, and paste the key into your client's env block. A key from any plan works, including the free plan, which gets rate-limited reads.

Configuration¶

Long responses stay under 25,000 characters with explicit paging: reports split at section boundaries with "Page N of M" and lists return pagination.next_offset; nothing is cut silently.
Provenance is first-class: get_evidence returns the URL, the claim it supports and when it was read; get_freshness reports when each tracked competitor was last actually observed. Claims the report's fabrication check removed appear as [removed - unverified].
Artifact check (October 8, 2026): npm serves @rivalize/mcp v0.3.2, the repo Downshift/rivalize-mcp is published under MIT with the MCP Registry manifest in server.json, and there is no hosted endpoint - the server runs locally over stdio.

Example Prompts¶

"Tear down linear.app and list the three weaknesses we can attack this quarter."
"Who are the players in AI developer tools? Rank them by momentum."
"Show me my competitors' pricing from the latest report, with sources."
"Give me sales talking points against my top competitor."

Integration with CorpusIQ¶

Rivalize reads the outside market; CorpusIQ keeps your own numbers straight. Ask for a competitor pricing teardown from Rivalize and your revenue, customers and pipeline from Stripe, Shopify or HubSpot in the same conversation - outside intelligence plus your cited business data, one chat, no exports.

Limitations¶

Requires a Rivalize account; the API key starts with rk_live_. The free plan is rate-limited and battlecards need a Pro plan.
Adding a competitor spends credits and queues analysis - it is the only write tool, and it is off by default.
Coverage is limited to companies Rivalize tracks or accepts; very small or private firms may have thin data.
Local stdio server: the client machine needs Node.js 22+ and network access on first run (the npx download).

FAQ¶

Does the agent change anything in my account?¶

No by default. The thirteen read-only tools never modify anything; add_competitor is the single write tool and it does not exist for the client unless you set RIVALIZE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITES.

Where does the competitive data come from?¶

Rivalize's own collection pipeline. Every answer carries dates and sources through get_evidence and get_freshness, and claims that fail the report's fabrication check are explicitly marked [removed - unverified].

Can it be used without CorpusIQ?¶

Yes - Rivalize MCP is an independent server. CorpusIQ is one convenient way to combine market intelligence with your own business numbers in the same chat.