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The connector requires a Dialectica Origin account. Access is enterprise / institutional only — not yet on Origin? Contact your Dialectica account team.
Add the connector
In Claude: Settings > Connectors. Find Origin by Dialectica in the directory, or add it as a custom connector with mcp.dialecticanet.com/mcp. Any MCP client that supports remote servers can use the same URL.
Sign in with your Origin account
Your AI platform opens the Origin sign-in (hosted on Auth0). The OAuth 2.0 handshake does the rest — nothing to copy, nothing to rotate. Signing in is also what unlocks search across the transcripts from all your past Dialectica projects.
Ask your first questionour question
Origin resolves the company you name, pulls structured intelligence in seconds, and links every fact back to its source in Origin. Start with one of the prompts below.
Team and Enterprise admins: the connector can be enabled for your organisation from the Claude admin settings, so users only need to sign in with their Origin account.
Ask like an analyst
Four prompts that show the range — from one-shot synthesis to launching a full expert-calls project without leaving the thread.
“Give me AppsFlyer’s profile — financials, products, business model and what customers say.”
Resolves to AppsFlyer (appsflyer.com, PE-backed, Business Intelligence Software) and returns the structured profile: introduction, product lines, latest-year financials, pricing and go-to-market, customer insights, and former-executive interviews — plus name lists of customers and competitors with a pointer to the detail tools.
origin_get_companyEvery sourced field carries a link to its Origin source · typically a few seconds“Who competes with AppsFlyer, and what do experts say about the positioning?”
An evidence-ranked competitor table — each row with an Origin profile link, industry, market and headcount or revenue when known — followed by expert quotes that name the competitor and link to the source.
origin_find_competitorsRanked by evidence tier · capped at 50 rows with shown / total“Find VC-backed marketing-software companies in the US with more than 500 employees.”
The criteria echoed back (industry, ownership, location, headcount floor) and a ranked list of matching companies — name, profile link, one-line introduction, revenue, EBITDA and FTEs where known — with total_matched and shown counts.
origin_search_companiesStructured filters, a free-text theme, or both“Which former AppsFlyer executives left in the last three years?”
A roster of experts in Dialectica’s network tied to AppsFlyer — name, role, seniority code, tenure dates, perspective (former / current / competitor) and a LinkedIn link where known — filtered to former employees whose role ended within three years.
origin_find_expertNo source citations — experts are people, not data points · total_eligible and truncated tell you when the list was cut“What’s driving AppsFlyer’s growth — and where is it most vulnerable?”
The criteria echoed back (industry, ownership, location, headcount floor) and a ranked list of matching companies — name, profile link, one-line introduction, revenue, EBITDA and FTEs where known — with total_matched and shown counts.
ask_originMarkdown · one query in flight per user at a time“What did the experts on my project say about switching costs in mobile attribution?”
Cited excerpts drawn from the transcripts of all your past Dialectica projects — plus a shared pool — each with a stable [short_id], the company discussed, and a scope marker: your_project or shared.
query_private_transcriptRequires Origin sign-in with project access · truncated=true means a size-limited subset was returnedWhat the connector can do
Seven read-only tools. Six direct lookups return structured JSON in seconds; one research agent synthesises across the whole corpus. Expand any row for its arguments, response and limits. Nothing here writes to Origin, places an order, or spends credits.
Research & synthesis
1 toolAsk an open-ended company or market question. Runs Origin’s research agent and returns a cited Markdown answer with sources and suggested follow-ups. Best for multi-company, thematic or comparative questions; slow (typically 60–180 s).
Company intelligence — direct lookups
5 toolsProfile of one named company: overview, financials, products, markets, business model, customer insights, interview evidence and recent news. Each sourced field links to Origin.
Evidence-ranked competitors of a named company, with profile links, financials when known, and supporting expert quotes.
Customers of a named company, with profile links, customer insights and supporting quotes.
Experts in Dialectica’s network tied to a named company — former, current or competitor perspectives — filterable by seniority and recency. LinkedIn link where known.
Ranked list of companies matching structured filters (industry, ownership, location, revenue / EBITDA, headcount) and/or a free-text thematic query.
Your Dialectica project transcripts
1 toolAsk a question across the expert-call transcripts from all your past Dialectica projects — plus a shared pool — and get cited excerpts back. Requires Origin sign-in with project access.
Grounded by design
A few behaviours hold across all seventeen tools. Knowing them makes the answers easier to trust, and easier to debug.
Company resolution
Every company tool runs the name through search_companies first, so typos and half-remembered names still land on the right Origin profile. When a name matches more than one company, you get the candidates back and pick, rather than an error.
Citations travel with the answer
ask_origin_ai synthesises across the company, market and expert corpus and cites as it goes. get_company_profile returns the full company page as an interactive card, Sources tab included, so you can follow any claim back to where it came from.
Three levels of permission
Every tool carries a badge. Read retrieves and changes nothing. Write creates or updates something in Origin, such as a project brief or a snapshot request. App-only covers the two purchase tools, which the model can see but can never call.
Nothing is bought without you
purchase_instant_snapshot and purchase_transcript run only when you press the button inside the card, with the cost already on screen. No phrasing of a request gets Claude past that button.
Research keeps its place
Work lives in threads rather than in one disposable answer. create_conversation opens one, list_conversations shows what you have been working on, and get_conversation reopens a thread with its messages, sources and follow-ups intact.
What actually gets sent
Each call sends its own arguments, a question or a company name and filters, along with your sign-in token. The connector does not read your conversation history, your files or your memory. How Dialectica handles what it receives is set out in the Privacy Policy.
When something looks off
Most issues are one of these. Each entry gives the symptom, the cause and the fix.
Several companies come back instead of the one you meant
search_companies matched the name to more than one Origin profile.
Re-ask with something that separates them: the domain, the HQ country, or the sector. Working through every candidate in turn is slower than naming the right one.
A company resolves but a lens comes back empty
Origin holds the company but has nothing on file for that particular view, for example no named customers.
Try a different lens, such as get_company_information or get_competitor_information, or ask ask_origin_ai for a synthesised view across the corpus.
Claude describes a purchase but nothing is bought
Working as intended. Both purchase tools are app-only, so the model can surface the option but cannot act on it.
Press the button inside the card yourself. The cost appears before you commit.
A project brief was written but never launched
start_project_brief and update_project_brief only build the draft. Nothing reaches Dialectica until you confirm.
Finish the follow-up questions, then confirm the submit_project_brief step. Until you do, the brief sits as a draft.
Validation or unexpected-properties errors after an Origin update
MCP clients cache tool definitions when they connect, so an older copy of the schema is still in play.
Fully restart the client. Quit and reopen it, because reconnecting on its own does not refetch the schemas.
A list looks shorter than it should be
Long lists are capped so a response stays readable.
Open the company in Origin for the complete list, or narrow the question so the rows you care about rank higher.
filter_companies returns nothing useful
No criteria were supplied, or the combination of industry, geography, ownership and financial ranges is too tight to match anything.
Give at least one filter, then loosen a single range at a time, usually revenue or headcount, until results appear.
Sign-in loop, or connector unavailable
The session expired, or the account is not provisioned for Origin.
Sign out and back in from the connector settings. If it keeps happening, write to origin_support@dialecticanet.com.
Get help, report an issue
Where to go for product questions and security concerns, and the policies that govern the connector.
Product support
Questions about setup, access or results: origin_support@dialecticanet.com. Include your Origin account email, the tool name and the question you sent.
Security
Report a vulnerability or security concern: security@dialecticanet.com. Please keep client data out of the first message.
Privacy
How Dialectica collects, uses and retains data: Privacy Policy.
Terms
Use of the connector is subject to your Origin agreement and Dialectica’s Terms & Conditions: Terms.
Put a research analyst in every thread
Connect Origin and your next question comes back grounded, cited, and one message away from a full Dialectica project.
