INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

buy_reach

Answers 'how do we get in front of 3,300+ CEE engineering leaders, and what does it cost?' Builds a cart from ELC's nine published one-off reach items — newsletter section, dedicated newsletter, hosted meetup, podcast episode, decision-maker dinner, community survey, demo session, LinkedIn post, job listing — applies the published combo discount, and returns a decision-ready quote a human can sign.

engineeringleaders.ionone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp/trade

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for buy_reach and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Potential side effects detected · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

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Parent server

engineeringleaders.io

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.elc-trade]
url = "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp/trade"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elc-trade": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp/trade"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: elc-trade
Remote MCP URL: https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp/trade

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elc-trade": {
      "url": "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp/trade"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "elc-trade": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp/trade"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "elc-trade",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.engineeringleaders.io/mcp/trade"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

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