Backread · Connect your AI

Your X archive, as AI context.

Backread speaks MCP (Model Context Protocol) — the open standard Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and a growing list of AI tools use to reach your data. Connect once and your AI can search your entire archive, read any save in full, check your Brief, cite your Verified Snapshots, and even save links for you.

1 · Get your key

In Backread: menu → Connect your AI → Create a key. Copy it immediately — it's shown once and stored only as a hash. Revoke any key, any time, from the same place.

2 · Add Backread to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add backread --transport http https://backread.app/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Claude Desktop / Cursor / other JSON-config clients

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backread": {
      "url": "https://backread.app/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Clients that only speak stdio

npx mcp-remote https://backread.app/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

claude.ai (web & desktop)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste https://backread.app/mcp. You'll be sent to Backread to sign in (if needed) and approve — no key to copy.

ChatGPT

Settings → Connectors → Create (developer mode) → MCP server URL https://backread.app/mcp, authentication OAuth → approve when prompted.

3 · Ask away

"Search my Backread for everything I saved about AI agents last month."
"What's in my Brief today — anything worth acting on?"
"Pull the full thread of that Hinton lecture post I saved."
"Save this link to my Backread."

The tools your AI gets

Tool	What it does
`search_archive`	Semantic + keyword search across every save, with filters.
`get_save`	One save in full: verbatim text, thread, quote context, Community Note, summary, your note, permalink.
`list_saves`	Browse a view: all, a category, starred, likes, actions, vault, archived.
`list_categories`	Your niches with counts — the map of your taste.
`get_brief`	Today's Daily Brief: what's new, what's worth acting on.
`get_insights`	Niche distribution, top voices, momentum.
`list_verified_snapshots`	Your Bitcoin-anchored Verified Snapshots with public proof pages — evidence-grade citations.
`save_url`	Save an x.com post or any link into your archive.

Limits & security

Fair use: up to 500 tool calls a day (2,000 on Operator), plus a per-minute burst limit.
Keys are hashed at rest, shown once at mint, revocable instantly, and each key sees only your own archive.
Read + save only — no tool can delete or alter anything.
Post content is returned as clearly-delimited data. Your AI decides what to do with it; Backread never injects instructions.