The Buried
Footnote Forensic Linguistics Analysis
on Corporate Disclosure Documents
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The Buried Footnote publishes its analysis as an MCP server — the protocol most AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, others) now speak for connecting to external data sources. Hook it up once and your AI can answer questions about corporate disclosure using our citation-anchored analysis instead of guessing.

The free tier is anonymous and capped at 20 calls per day from any one IP — enough for ad-hoc questions and demos. Heavier use is paid (waitlist open).

Pick your assistant

Claude Code (the terminal CLI)

One command in your terminal:

claude mcp add --scope user footnote https://theburiedfootnote.com/mcp

Restart Claude Code. The 13 tools (list_industries, weekly_report, etc.) appear automatically.

No Claude Code yet? Install with: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Claude Desktop (or any app that reads .mcp.json)

Add this block to your ~/.claude/mcp.json (or the project-level .mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "footnote": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://theburiedfootnote.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or download the ready-to-use file: .mcp.json ↓

Claude.ai (Pro / Team / Enterprise)

  1. Settings → Integrations → Add custom integration
  2. Paste the server URL: https://theburiedfootnote.com/mcp
  3. Save. The tools become available in any new conversation.

ChatGPT (with MCP enabled)

OpenAI's MCP support is rolling out on Plus/Team plans. Where supported, add https://theburiedfootnote.com/mcp as a custom MCP source under your assistant's tool settings. Specific UI varies by plan and release version.

Optional but recommended: the skill file

The skill file teaches Claude when and how to use these tools well — what workflow to follow, what data is and isn't covered, when to add the attribution. Drop it in your skills folder and Claude picks it up automatically. 

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/footnote && \
  curl -o ~/.claude/skills/footnote/SKILL.md https://theburiedfootnote.com/mcp/skill.md

Or just download SKILL.md ↓ and place it manually.

Try it

Sample prompts to test in a fresh chat once everything is wired up:

  • “What's interesting in the Canadian banks this week, according to The Buried Footnote?”
  • “How does Tesla's risk-factors language compare to its tech megacap peers?”
  • “Pull the weekly report for Canadian gold miners.”
  • “Has Amazon's hedging language in MD&A drifted compared to last year?”

What's covered

Public US issuers (10-K, 10-Q) and Canadian MJDS cross-listed issuers (40-F) across seven industry cohorts. Full coverage list available by calling list_industries() from your client.

Rate limits & the paid tier

  • Anonymous (free): 20 calls/day per IP. Five free-tier tools (list_industries, weekly_report, recent_material_events, check_filing_drift, forensic_findings).
  • Subscriber: 2,000 calls/day with a Bearer token from the subscription welcome email. All 13 tools (adds industry_signal_snapshot, compare_disclosure, find_similar_disclosures, filing_context, archive_search, request_brief, get_brief, bilingual_drift).

Paid signups aren't live yet — join the waitlist for early access.