Install

Install Novelty Engine.

Start with the Claude Skill. Add the connector when you want Claude to send public evidence to the hosted research engine.

Quick links

Claude Skill

Recommended

Install the Claude Skill.

Download the Skill ZIP and upload it in Customize → Skills. Claude Code users can install the extracted folder locally.

Optional Claude Code install

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R novelty-engine ~/.claude/skills/

WindowsExtract to %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\novelty-engine

Claude Connector

Connect through MCP.

Enable Code execution and file creation, then add a custom connector and paste this endpoint.

Streamable HTTP endpoint

https://novelty-engine.com/api/mcp

Test connectionOpen health check

Optional self-hosting setup

Self-hosting and Brave or Tavily provider adapters are optional. Provider keys are never required for the normal Claude supplied-source flow. See the technical README for runtime, environment, and deployment instructions.

Research with visible limits

Evidence in. Testable answers out.

Claude finds current public sources. Novelty Engine checks what those sources can actually support.

Organized evidence

Keep companies, customer reports, prices, and source roles separate.

Claims checked

Attach the right source to each claim and leave unsupported details unknown.

A practical next test

See the strongest hypothesis, the biggest risk, and what to test next.

Useful commands

Six shortcuts for common research jobs.

These are Skill intents. Type them as normal messages; they may not appear in Claude’s native slash-command autocomplete. The complete command catalog and MCP tool reference remain in the documentation.

/research-market
Start a new complete evidence-first market research and ideation run.
/find-gaps
Start fresh gap-focused research for a query, or only read/rank gaps when given a completed run ID.
/inspect-competitors
Read stored competitors for a run; a new market starts fresh intent research, and fresh expansion occurs only when explicitly requested.
/falsify
Actively search for counterevidence that could kill an opportunity.
/customer-pain
Find and analyze publicly indexed customer discussions and complaints, including workarounds, churn reasons, and requested outcomes.
/rerun
Rerun stored research and report material changes from the prior snapshot.

Read the documentation Optional self-hosting View source on GitHub