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HillSignal MCP server

HillSignal is an MCP server with 22 tools an agent can call, among them award_totals, congressional_trades, data_coverage. It answers at https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 11 of 11 times since 4 September 2026; the last check, on 25 October 2026, succeeded.

Status
Answering
Tools
22
Official
yes, served from hillsignal.com
Reliability
11 of 11 checks
Response time
251 ms
Transport
streamable HTTP
Last checked
25 October 2026

Federal contracts, SAM notices, congressional trades, PAC money, insider trades, bills, EOs, themes.

Description as the publisher wrote it.

The 22 tools HillSignal offers

ToolWhat it does
award_totalsAggregate every matching federal award (same filters as search_awards) into totals per recipient, per resolved ticker, or per awarding agency: award count, total dollars, share, first and last award, largest award. Use this for "who won the
Inputs: group_by, recipient, ticker, agency, keyword, since
congressional_tradesStock trades disclosed by members of Congress (House and Senate Periodic Transaction Reports), by member name, ticker, transaction type or date. Returns one row per transaction with the disclosed amount range and the filing PDF.
Inputs: politician, ticker, transaction_type, since, limit
data_coverageRow counts and the latest dated row for every dataset behind these tools, plus entity-resolution coverage. Call it when an answer depends on how complete the data is, or before saying something does not exist.
executive_ordersExecutive orders, proclamations and memoranda with affected sectors and tickers.
Inputs: query, sector, since, limit
form_d_raisesSEC Form D private placements of $5M and up, by issuer name, resolved ticker, date or minimum amount.
Inputs: query, ticker, since, min_amount, limit
get_entityOne company in the federal record: contracts won, PACs, patents, private raises, members of Congress who hold board seats there, insider trades, and its connections graph. Look up by ticker, entity_id, or a name (resolved exactly).
Inputs: ticker, entity_id, name
get_politicianA member of Congress: committees, board seats and other positions from annual Financial Disclosures (with resolved tickers), recent stock trades, and top PAC contributors from FEC data. Look up by name or bioguide_id; ambiguous names return
Inputs: name, bioguide_id
get_themeOne theme in full: the setup, the dated chronology with each beat linked to its source record, why it matters, what to watch, and the evidence.
Inputs: theme_id
insider_tradesSEC Form 4 insider transactions by ticker or insider name; filter to buys or sells, minimum value, date.
Inputs: ticker, insider, type, min_value, since, limit
institutional_holdersLargest institutional holders of a ticker from 13F-HR filings HillSignal has ingested, latest position per institution.
Inputs: ticker, limit
latest_eventsThe newest events across every source (awards, trades, filings, bills, orders, themes), with provenance. Optional filters by category, ticker or source id.
Inputs: categories, tickers, sources, limit
list_themesThe themes the government is currently funding across bills, contracts, solicitations and filings, each with a permanent page and a verdict.
money_trailHow much a person or organization gave, to which committees, and what those committees did with it. Answers "how much did Elon Musk give to Trump", "who did Timothy Mellon fund", "where did Uline's money go". Looks up FEC itemized receipts
Inputs: name, cycle, employer, limit
outside_moneyOutside money on a candidate: every super PAC and other filer spending independently to support or oppose them, with totals, from FEC Schedule E. Answers "who is backing Trump", "which groups are attacking this senator", "how much outside m
Inputs: candidate, cycle, limit
pac_lookupCorporate and trade-association PACs linked to a public company (by ticker) or found by committee name, with the candidates they fund. Answers "does Lockheed have a PAC and who does it give to", "which politicians take money from Pfizer's P
Inputs: ticker, committee_name, limit
pac_totalsWhich PACs give the most: contributors to tracked candidates ranked by total dollars (FEC Schedule A), by election cycle, with donor-processing conduits like ActBlue and WinRed separated out. mode=disbursers ranks committees by their own re
Inputs: mode, cycle, query, limit
resolve_entityMap an organization name (a contract recipient, a subsidiary, a PAC sponsor, a Form D issuer) to its public-company ticker. Exact normalized match against SEC legal names, aliases and the Exhibit 21 subsidiary map; returns the method and a
Inputs: name
search_awardsSearch federal contract awards (USAspending, $10M+) by recipient, ticker, awarding agency, keyword, date range or minimum amount. Returns total_matching and pages with offset (up to 50 per call), sorted by date or amount. For "who won the m
Inputs: recipient, ticker, agency, keyword, since, until
search_billsFull-text search over bills, contract awards and other government events with their analysed sector and ticker exposure. Filter by bill number, ticker, sector, date or event type.
Inputs: query, bill_number, ticker, sector, event_type, since
search_opportunitiesSearch SAM.gov notices: Sources Sought and Pre-solicitations (the earliest public signal of a purchase), solicitations and combined synopses. Filter by keyword, NAICS, agency, notice type, date.
Inputs: keyword, naics, agency, notice_type, since, limit
super_pacsWhich super PACs are pulling the strings: the largest by money raised, spent or on hand for a cycle, from the FEC's own committee totals. With query or committee_id, one committee's profile: its top donors and what it spent for and against
Inputs: query, committee_id, cycle, sort, types, limit
track_recordEvery forward call HillSignal made since May 2025, verified against SPY 30 days later, with the inclusion rules and the miss rate.

Add HillSignal to your AI client

Every block below points at https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp. Pick your client and copy.

Claude Code: one command in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hillsignal https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp
Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"]
    }
  }
}
Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in a project
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "url": "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
VS Code and GitHub Copilot: .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Zed: Zed settings.json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "url": "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Windsurf: ~/.codeium/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
JetBrains AI Assistant: Settings, Tools, AI Assistant, MCP, New MCP Server, as JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "url": "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Continue: .continue/mcpServers/neuronto.yaml
name: HillSignal
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
  - name: HillSignal
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp
Gemini CLI: ~/.gemini/settings.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "httpUrl": "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Codex CLI: MCP server config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Warp: MCP servers, + Add, paste JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hillsignal": {
      "url": "https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Goose: a one-click extension link
goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hillsignal.com%2Fapi%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=hillsignal&name=HillSignal

Is HillSignal up right now?

It answered our last check on 25 October 2026 in 251 ms. Over 11 checks since 4 September 2026 it answered 11. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.

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Questions about HillSignal

Is there an official HillSignal MCP server?

Yes. It is published by hillsignal.com and served from www.hillsignal.com, the vendor's own domain: https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp.

How many tools does HillSignal have?

22, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 4 September 2026: award_totals, congressional_trades, data_coverage, executive_orders, form_d_raises, get_entity, get_politician, get_theme, and 14 more.

Is HillSignal down?

It answered our last check on 25 October 2026 in 251 ms. Over 11 checks since 4 September 2026 it answered 11.

How do I add HillSignal to Cursor?

Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://www.hillsignal.com/api/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.

Does HillSignal need an API key?

It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.

Where this comes from

Publisher: com.hillsignal. Endpoint host: www.hillsignal.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:com.hillsignal:mcp:hillsignalapp. First indexed 4 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.

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