What is founders-os?
founders-os is a MCP server by OurThinkTank that self-hosted business context: CRM, checkpoints, automation triggers, financial ledger, tasks, playbooks, news feeds, projects and semantic memory. It is listed under Productivity and has 21 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | OurThinkTank |
| Repository | OurThinkTank/founders-os |
| Popularity | 21 GitHub stars |
| Category | Productivity |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #1,300 of 4,418 MCP servers; #45 in Productivity |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-09-02 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | TypeScript |
Is founders-os safe to install?
founders-os scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install founders-os?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/OurThinkTank/founders-os
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add founders-os -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http founders-os <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs founders-os for you:
Add the "founders-os" MCP server from https://github.com/OurThinkTank/founders-os to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.