Connect Builderloo to your AI

Builderloo runs a free, open MCP server. Add it to Claude or ChatGPT and ask your assistant about Kitchener-Waterloo startups and tech news directly. No account, no API key.

What is this?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets an AI assistant call live tools. The Builderloo server gives your assistant read access to everything on this site: the startups, their open roles, the events calendar and the news feed. It can search, look up and summarize the local ecosystem for you in any chat.

Add the server

Claude Code (terminal)

Run this once, then start a new session:

claude mcp add --transport http builderloo https://builderloo.ca/api/mcp

Claude Desktop or claude.ai (web)

Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector. Paste the server URL and save. Claude shows a one-click Connect step to authorize it. There's no account to create and no password, just approve and the Waterloo Region tools appear.

https://builderloo.ca/api/mcp

Or edit the config file directly

Add Builderloo to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "builderloo": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://builderloo.ca/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What you can ask

search_startups

“Which Waterloo startups work on robotics?”

get_startup

“Tell me about a Waterloo Region startup by its domain: its team, roles, news and events”

search_jobs

“Who in Waterloo is hiring a data engineer?”

search_events

“What free tech meetups are on in Kitchener this week?”

search_news

“What's the latest Waterloo funding news?”

get_article

“Summarize this Waterloo Region news story for me”

list_news_sources

“Which publications does Builderloo track?”

Browse it on the web too

Prefer to click around? The same data is on the board, the jobs list, the events calendar and the news feed.

Startup directory Waterloo Region tech news