@noticed/cli

CLI, MCP server, and Claude Code plugin for noticed — search your developer network, trace connections, and find the shortest path to anyone through GitHub and LinkedIn collaboration graphs.

npm install -g @noticed/cli
noticed search "AI engineers"
noticed path @sarahml

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Add to your AI coding agent

The MCP server exposes two tools — search_network and get_connection_path — to any client that speaks Model Context Protocol. Pick your client below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --scope project noticed -- npx -y @noticed/cli mcp

--scope project writes to .mcp.json at your repo root so the server is shared with everyone on the team. Drop the flag for a personal-scope install.

Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noticed": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@noticed/cli", "mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NOTICED_API_URL": "https://your-instance.noticed.so",
        "NOTICED_API_KEY": "nk_live_…"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noticed": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@noticed/cli", "mcp"],
      "env": { "NOTICED_API_URL": "https://your-instance.noticed.so", "NOTICED_API_KEY": "nk_live_…" }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot Chat, GitHub Copilot agent mode)

Edit .vscode/mcp.json for workspace, or run MCP: Open User Configuration for global:

{
  "servers": {
    "noticed": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@noticed/cli", "mcp"],
      "env": { "NOTICED_API_URL": "https://your-instance.noticed.so", "NOTICED_API_KEY": "nk_live_…" }
    }
  }
}

Note VS Code uses servers (not mcpServers) and requires type.

Windsurf

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noticed": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@noticed/cli", "mcp"],
      "env": { "NOTICED_API_URL": "https://your-instance.noticed.so", "NOTICED_API_KEY": "nk_live_…" }
    }
  }
}

Cline (VS Code)

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noticed": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@noticed/cli", "mcp"],
      "env": { "NOTICED_API_URL": "https://your-instance.noticed.so", "NOTICED_API_KEY": "nk_live_…" }
    }
  }
}

Continue

MCP works in agent mode only. Add .continue/mcpServers/noticed.yaml:

mcpServers:
  - name: noticed
    command: npx
    args: ["-y", "@noticed/cli", "mcp"]
    env:
      NOTICED_API_URL: https://your-instance.noticed.so
      NOTICED_API_KEY: nk_live_…

Zed

Edit ~/.config/zed/settings.json (note: key is context_servers, not mcpServers):

{
  "context_servers": {
    "noticed": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@noticed/cli", "mcp"],
      "env": { "NOTICED_API_URL": "https://your-instance.noticed.so", "NOTICED_API_KEY": "nk_live_…" }
    }
  }
}

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Claude Code skill

This package ships a Claude Code skill at skills/noticed-search/SKILL.md. Skills don't auto-discover from node_modules — symlink it into your skills directory once:

# Personal scope (all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
ln -s "$(npm root -g)/@noticed/cli/skills/noticed-search" ~/.claude/skills/noticed-search

# Project scope (this repo only)
mkdir -p .claude/skills
ln -s "$(npm root)/@noticed/cli/skills/noticed-search" .claude/skills/noticed-search

Or install the whole thing as a Claude Code plugin (skill + MCP bundled):

git clone https://github.com/noticedso/cli ~/.claude/plugins/noticed
# restart Claude Code

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Quick start (CLI)

# 1. Mint an API key in your noticed dashboard at /dashboard/api-keys
# 2. Configure credentials
noticed config --set-url https://your-instance.noticed.so
noticed config --set-key nk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

# 3. Search your network
noticed search "react developers"

# 4. Find the shortest path to a specific person
noticed path @sarahml
noticed path --li sarah-chen

# 5. JSON output for scripting
noticed search "frontend" --json | jq '.hits[].github_login'

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Authentication

The CLI authenticates with a Bearer API key. Mint one at /dashboard/api-keys — the secret is shown once at create time, so copy it immediately. Tokens look like nk_live_…, are rate-limited to 60 requests per minute per key, and can be revoked from the same page.

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CLI commands

noticed search <query>

Search your developer network for people, companies, skills, or topics.

noticed search "AI engineers"                  # natural language
noticed search "@sarahml"                      # GitHub username
noticed search "CTO at Vercel"                 # job title + company
noticed search "kubernetes" --source github    # filter by source
noticed search "react" --limit 10 --json       # paginated JSON output
noticed search "engineers" --csv > out.csv     # CSV export
noticed search "Sarah Chen" --paths            # also fetch paths to top hits

Flag	Description	Default
-l, --limit <n>	Maximum results	25
-o, --offset <n>	Pagination offset	0
-s, --source <src>	Filter: github or linkedin	all
--sort <col:dir>	Sort: name:asc, company:desc	none
-p, --paths	Fetch shortest paths to the top 5 hits	off
-j, --json	Output raw JSON	off
--csv	Output as CSV	off
--no-color	Disable colors	auto

noticed path [target]

Find the shortest connection path between you and a person.

noticed path @sarahml             # by GitHub login
noticed path 12345                # by github_user_id
noticed path --li sarah-chen      # by LinkedIn username
noticed path @sarahml --json      # machine-readable

Logins are resolved via search before the path lookup. Pass --li to skip the search step and look up by LinkedIn username directly.

noticed config

noticed config                     # show current config
noticed config --set-url <url>     # set API URL
noticed config --set-key <key>     # set API key
noticed config --show              # show current config

Config is stored at ~/.config/noticed/config.json (XDG-compliant).

noticed mcp

noticed mcp                        # start MCP server over stdio
noticed mcp --log-level debug      # with debug logging on stderr

noticed completion <shell>

noticed completion bash >> ~/.bashrc
noticed completion zsh >> ~/.zshrc
noticed completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/noticed.fish

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Environment variables

Variable	Description	Required
NOTICED_API_URL	Base URL of your noticed instance	yes
NOTICED_API_KEY	API key for authentication	yes
NOTICED_BASE_URL	Alias for NOTICED_API_URL	no

Precedence: CLI flags > environment variables > config file.

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MCP tools

Tool	Description
search_network	Search developers by name, company, skill, or topic. Optional source, sort, limit, offset, include_paths.
get_connection_path	Find the shortest path to a target person. Accepts a natural-language query, an explicit github_user_id, or a linkedin_username.

Test with the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx @noticed/cli mcp

Or by hand:

echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"initialize","id":1,"params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1.0"}}}' | noticed mcp
echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/list","id":2}' | noticed mcp

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Programmatic usage

import { NoticedApiClient } from "@noticed/cli";

const client = new NoticedApiClient({
  baseUrl: "https://your-instance.noticed.so",
  apiKey: "nk_live_…",
});

const results = await client.search("AI engineers", { limit: 10 });
const path = await client.path({ to: results.hits[0]?.github_user_id });

console.log(results.hits, path);

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Development

npm install
npm run build
npm test
npm run lint
npm run check-types

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License

MIT © noticed