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Use with your AI

Give Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, or Instinct the agent page. Search and listing are free. A contact unlock spends one credit.Highford is not a law firm, and this is not an offer of securities.

Agent page

Copy this URL. It is the only thing the agent needs to start.

connect to https://tryhighford.com/skill.md and list my startup on Highford

MCP

Connect the remote server at https://tryhighford.com/api/mcp.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "highford": {
      "url": "https://tryhighford.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add Highford MCP

API key

A free account includes 3 credits. Send the key as Authorization: Bearer plus the key. Checkout is not connected, and this does not bill a card.

Fill with your AI

Paste one of these prompts into your agent. It should use only facts you provide and leave the listing as a private draft until you open the link it returns.

Judgment or award

Read https://tryhighford.com/skill.md and list my legal deal on Highford.

Use only facts I give you. Do not invent amounts, customers, or names.
Call create_listing on the MCP server at https://tryhighford.com/api/mcp. Do not set publish. The listing must stay a private draft until I open the magic_link. Keep the owner_token and use review_deal_access when someone asks for the deal room.

If you cannot call MCP, return one JSON object and nothing else, with these keys:
category, headline, details, location, stage, company, sector, raise_amount, deck_link, website, linkedin_url, x_url, team

category must be "legal". No real estate. No secondary shares. For data, rights_attested must be yes. A sample_link stays in the private room. deck_link may be "none".

Business for sale

Read https://tryhighford.com/skill.md and list my business deal on Highford.

Use only facts I give you. Do not invent amounts, customers, or names.
Call create_listing on the MCP server at https://tryhighford.com/api/mcp. Do not set publish. The listing must stay a private draft until I open the magic_link. Keep the owner_token and use review_deal_access when someone asks for the deal room.

If you cannot call MCP, return one JSON object and nothing else, with these keys:
category, headline, details, location, stage, company, sector, raise_amount, deck_link, website, linkedin_url, x_url, team

category must be "business". No real estate. No secondary shares. For data, rights_attested must be yes. A sample_link stays in the private room. deck_link may be "none".

Startup raise

Read https://tryhighford.com/skill.md and list my startup deal on Highford.

Use only facts I give you. Do not invent amounts, customers, or names.
Call create_listing on the MCP server at https://tryhighford.com/api/mcp. Do not set publish. The listing must stay a private draft until I open the magic_link. Keep the owner_token and use review_deal_access when someone asks for the deal room.

If you cannot call MCP, return one JSON object and nothing else, with these keys:
category, headline, details, location, stage, company, sector, raise_amount, deck_link, website, linkedin_url, x_url, team

category must be "startup". No real estate. No secondary shares. For data, rights_attested must be yes. A sample_link stays in the private room. deck_link may be "none".

Do I have a case?

Read https://tryhighford.com/skill.md and list my case deal on Highford.

Use only facts I give you. Do not invent amounts, customers, or names.
Call create_listing on the MCP server at https://tryhighford.com/api/mcp. Do not set publish. The listing must stay a private draft until I open the magic_link. Keep the owner_token and use review_deal_access when someone asks for the deal room.

If you cannot call MCP, return one JSON object and nothing else, with these keys:
category, headline, details, location, stage, company, sector, raise_amount, deck_link, website, linkedin_url, x_url, team

category must be "case". No real estate. No secondary shares. For data, rights_attested must be yes. A sample_link stays in the private room. deck_link may be "none".

Patent or domain

Read https://tryhighford.com/skill.md and list my ip deal on Highford.

Use only facts I give you. Do not invent amounts, customers, or names.
Call create_listing on the MCP server at https://tryhighford.com/api/mcp. Do not set publish. The listing must stay a private draft until I open the magic_link. Keep the owner_token and use review_deal_access when someone asks for the deal room.

If you cannot call MCP, return one JSON object and nothing else, with these keys:
category, subtype, headline, details, size_label, sample_available, sample_link

category must be "ip". No real estate. No secondary shares. For data, rights_attested must be yes. A sample_link stays in the private room. deck_link may be "none".

Dataset

Read https://tryhighford.com/skill.md and list my data deal on Highford.

Use only facts I give you. Do not invent amounts, customers, or names.
Call create_listing on the MCP server at https://tryhighford.com/api/mcp. Do not set publish. The listing must stay a private draft until I open the magic_link. Keep the owner_token and use review_deal_access when someone asks for the deal room.

If you cannot call MCP, return one JSON object and nothing else, with these keys:
category, headline, details, modality, dataset_size, size_label, rights_basis, rights_attested, contains_pii, consent_for_pii, sample_available, sample_link

category must be "data". No real estate. No secondary shares. For data, rights_attested must be yes. A sample_link stays in the private room. deck_link may be "none".

Machine view of /use-ai

This page, for an agent

The same page as markdown, plus the API and MCP calls that belong to it.

API

Skill file

GET /skill.md

Search

GET /api/v1/listings?q=startups+raising

Create a free account

POST /api/v1/signup
Content-Type: application/json

{"email":"ada@example.com"}

Then POST /api/v1/verify with {"email":"ada@example.com","code":"<6 digits>"}.
A new account starts with 3 credits. api_key and token are the API key.

MCP

MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "highford": {
      "url": "/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

search_deals {"q":"startups raising"}
create_listing {}
request_unlock {"id":"<listing id>","token":"$TOKEN"}
draft_intro {"id":"<listing id>","token":"$TOKEN"}

JSON

{
  "site": "Highford",
  "page": "/use-ai",
  "markdown": "/use-ai?format=md",
  "api": [
    {
      "label": "Skill file",
      "request": "GET /skill.md"
    },
    {
      "label": "Search",
      "request": "GET /api/v1/listings?q=startups+raising"
    },
    {
      "label": "Create a free account",
      "request": "POST /api/v1/signup\nContent-Type: application/json\n\n{\"email\":\"ada@example.com\"}\n\nThen POST /api/v1/verify with {\"email\":\"ada@example.com\",\"code\":\"<6 digits>\"}.\nA new account starts with 3 credits. api_key and token are the API key."
    }
  ],
  "mcp": {
    "url": "/api/mcp",
    "calls": [
      {
        "label": "MCP server",
        "request": "{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"highford\": {\n      \"url\": \"/api/mcp\"\n    }\n  }\n}"
      },
      {
        "label": "Tools",
        "request": "search_deals {\"q\":\"startups raising\"}\ncreate_listing {}\nrequest_unlock {\"id\":\"<listing id>\",\"token\":\"$TOKEN\"}\ndraft_intro {\"id\":\"<listing id>\",\"token\":\"$TOKEN\"}"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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