Real Alpha
REMOTE · REALALPHA.APP
What AI founders and researchers said in long interviews: quotes, speakers, dates and links to cite.
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Last scanned (1 hour ago)
Scores higher than 62% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category Education and Research
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability60
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1671 tokens (~278/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management43
- Stability observed for 13 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 3 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 1 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 30 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 28 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 27 Oct 26 0
- “what_did_they_say” reworded the description of “topic” cosmetic
1 cosmetic change on this day. Switch on “Show cosmetic changes” to see it.
- 26 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 24 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 23 Oct 26 68
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://realalpha.app/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=realalpha.app | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 27 Oct 2026 | 25 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | d94759b1d51326c137d9f17f8cb3a2c |
| SANs: realalpha.app, *.realalpha.app | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of realalpha.app. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| app. | present | 23684 | 8 | Verified |
| realalpha.app. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://realalpha.app/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://realalpha.app/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://realalpha.app/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
answers_to How AI leaders answer a big question ~602
How the people building AI answer one of the big questions people ask about it, from the moments Real Alpha cut: grouped by which way they answer, the biggest group first, each with what the speaker says, who they are, the show and date. The questions: is-ai-a-bubble (Is AI a bubble?); which-jobs-will-ai-replace (Which jobs will AI replace, and which are safe?); will-ai-replace-software-engineers (Will AI replace software engineers?); will-ai-replace-doctors (Will AI replace doctors?); will-ai-replace-lawyers (Will AI replace lawyers?); is-saas-dead (Is SaaS dead?); when-will-we-get-agi (When will we get AGI?); is-openai-profitable (How does OpenAI make money, and is it profitable?); ai-predictions (What will AI look like in the next few years?); are-ai-agents-ready (Are AI agents ready for real work?); is-ai-paying-off (Is AI paying off for companies?); is-ai-dangerous (Is AI dangerous?); will-ai-make-cyberattacks-worse (Will AI make cyberattacks worse?); can-anyone-compete-with-nvidia (Can anyone compete with Nvidia?); is-there-a-gpu-shortage (Is there still a GPU shortage?); is-there-enough-power-for-ai (Is there enough power for AI?); is-moores-law-dead (Is Moore’s law dead?); is-ai-progress-slowing (Is AI progress slowing down?); is-open-source-ai-catching-up (Is open-source AI catching up?); is-china-catching-up-in-ai (Is China catching up in AI?); is-ai-overhyped (Is AI overhyped?); will-ai-replace-google-search (Will AI replace Google search?); is-vibe-coding-the-future (Is vibe coding the future?); is-a-computer-science-degree-worth-it (Is a computer science degree still worth it?); are-ai-wrappers-a-real-business (Are AI wrappers a real business?); how-do-ai-companies-make-money (How do AI companies make money?); should-ai-be-regulated (Should AI be regulated?); will-ai-cure-diseases (Will AI cure diseases?); when-will-humanoid-robots-be-useful (When will humanoid robots be useful?); are-self-driving-cars-safe (Are self-driving cars safe?); will-ai-boost-…
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| question | string | yes | The question's id, like "is-ai-a-bubble" |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_moment Get one moment ~105
One moment in full, by its slug (from search results) or its realalpha.app/s/ link: the speaker and what they do, the show and date, their quote, the summary and takeaways, its topics, the big questions it answers and how, and the episode's other best minutes.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | yes | The moment's slug, like "ai-is-widening-the-gap-between-startups-and-incumbents", or its page's link |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
latest_moments Latest moments ~71
The newest moments Real Alpha cut, newest episode first: each episode's best minutes, from every show or only one.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| n | integer | – | How many, 10 if not given, 20 at most |
| show | string | – | Only from this show: "Lenny's Podcast" |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_moments Search what AI leaders said ~265
Search the moments Real Alpha cut from long interviews with the people building AI. Matches the words of `query` against what each moment is about, the speaker's quote and its takeaways, best match first. Filter by who is talking (`person`), a company (someone from it talking, or it being discussed), a show, or how recent. Each result has the speaker, what they do, the show, the date, their quote, and the moment's page to cite.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| company | string | – | Only moments from someone at this company, or about it: "Anthropic", "Nvidia" |
| limit | integer | – | How many moments to return, 8 if not given, 20 at most |
| person | string | – | Only moments where this person is talking, by name: "Sam Altman", "Dario Amodei" |
| query | string | yes | What to look for, in a few words: "AI bubble", "coding agents replacing engineers", "scaling laws" |
| show | string | – | Only moments from this show: "Lenny's Podcast", "Dwarkesh Podcast", "No Priors" |
| since | string | – | Only episodes out on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
transcript_excerpt Read a minute of an episode ~142
About a minute of an episode's transcript, from a second into the video, for an episode Real Alpha cut: the lines with their times and, where the transcript says, who is talking, plus the link that plays the episode from there. Use it to check the exact words around a moment's quote (a moment's `episode_url` has the video id and second).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| second | number | yes | Seconds into the video: 1910 for 31:50 |
| video | string | yes | The YouTube video id, like "dQw4w9WgXcQ", or a realalpha.app/v/ or YouTube link |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
what_did_they_say What did they say? ~311
What one person said in the interviews Real Alpha cut, newest first: every moment where they are talking, or only those on a topic, best match first. Also says who they are and links their page on Real Alpha, which lists all of it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | How many moments to return, 10 if not given, 20 at most |
| person | string | yes | Their name: "Jensen Huang", "Demis Hassabis", or a surname when only one person has it |
| topic | string | – | A topic or a few words: one of Real Alpha's topics (Frontier models, Open-weight models, Reasoning & RL, Scaling laws, AGI & superintelligence, Interpretability, Evals & benchmarks, Training data, Wo… |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Real Alpha MCP server?
Real Alpha is a hosted endpoint at https://realalpha.app/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · realalpha.app
claude mcp add --transport http app-realalpha-moments 'https://realalpha.app/mcp'
What is the Real Alpha MCP server?
Real Alpha is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as app.realalpha/moments. What AI founders and researchers said in long interviews: quotes, speakers, dates and links to cite. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://realalpha.app/mcp).
Is the Real Alpha MCP server safe to use?
Real Alpha scores 74 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Real Alpha MCP server expose?
Real Alpha exposes 6 tools: search_moments, get_moment, what_did_they_say, answers_to, transcript_excerpt, latest_moments. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,496 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Real Alpha MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Real Alpha without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Real Alpha MCP server still maintained?
Real Alpha is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.