MCP server

AIE Talks has an MCP server. Add it to the assistant you already use and it can search the 1124 talks written up here, pull the full write-up of any one of them, and tell you which curated pack to start with for whatever you are building. It is read only, needs no account and no key, and returns the same Markdown pages the site serves.

https://aietalks.com/mcp

What it can do

Tool	What it does
search_talks	Describe a problem in a sentence and get the talks that answer it, each with its first TL;DR line, speakers, duration, tags and links.
list_talks	Talks in order, no query: newest, most viewed or longest, with tag and event filters.
recommend_pack	Say what you are building and get the one pack to start with, plus three talks outside it. The same answer as the box on the homepage.
get_talk	The full write-up of one talk as Markdown.
list_packs	Every pack, with its intro and how many talks it holds.
get_pack	One pack as Markdown, with the talks in order and why each sits where it does.
search, fetch	The two tools ChatGPT deep research asks for. They do the same as search_talks and get_talk in the shape it expects.

Conference livestreams that run for a whole day or track are left out of search, recommendations and related talks unless you ask for them with include_sessions. They are still on the site and in list_talks.

Adding it

Claude

In claude.ai, open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector. Paste the URL above and click Add. This works on the Free plan, which allows one custom connector. Leave the OAuth fields empty; the server does not use them.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http aietalks https://aietalks.com/mcp

Add --scope user after the name if you want it in every project rather than just this one.

Cursor

Put this in ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json inside one project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aietalks": {
      "url": "https://aietalks.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT

Turn on Developer mode under Settings, then Security and login. Then add a new connector, give it a name, and paste the URL above, including the /mcp on the end. Deep research picks up the search and fetch tools by itself.

What we keep

Each tool call is logged for three months: which tool, what was asked, what came back. We keep which assistant made the call, not who you are. The About page has the rest.