GroundTruth MCP Server

MCP serverAI & models

Groundtruth has two independent AI models read ground penetrating radar (GPR) scans. Once added, your AI can run a locate or pipe scan on GPR data and flag a do-not-core call when the reading calls for one. Each scan gets two separate reads, so you get an independent cross-check on the result.

Use GroundTruth MCP Server in Claude, ChatGPT or Ahel Desktop

Free. Sign in, add GroundTruth MCP Server and connect your AI. About a minute.

Also: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex

Then ask your AI: use GroundTruth MCP Server to read scan

Details

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

After adding groundtruth, share a GPR scan with your AI and ask it to run a locate or pipe scan. It will flag the do-not-core call when the reading calls for one.

GroundTruth MCP ServerStart free

What your AI can do with it

  • Have two independent AI models read a GPR scan
  • Run a locate scan on GPR data
  • Run a pipe scan on GPR data
  • Get a do-not-core flag when the scan calls for one
  • Cross-check the two models' findings on the same scan

Install GroundTruth MCP Server

The server’s own address, for the clients that take one directly. Or connect Ahel once and every client you use reads it from one address, with the account kept on Ahel rather than in each client’s config.

  • Claude Code

    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user groundtruth-mcp-server 'https://gtfi.ai/mcp'

    Run it once in your project, then open /mcp to approve any sign-in the server asks for.

  • Claude Desktop

    https://gtfi.ai/mcp

    Add a custom connector in Settings, paste this address, and approve the sign-in.

  • Cursor

    cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=groundtruth-mcp-server&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2d0ZmkuYWkvbWNwIn0=

    Open the link and Cursor adds the server at that address.

  • ChatGPT

    https://gtfi.ai/mcp

    In Settings, enable Developer mode, create an MCP app, and paste this address. Your plan and workspace must allow custom apps.

  • Codex

    codex mcp add groundtruth-mcp-server --url 'https://gtfi.ai/mcp'

    Run it once, then sign in with codex mcp login groundtruth-mcp-server if the server asks for an account.

From the project's README

As published by dranos-bot/groundtruth-mcp in README.md.

An AI second set of eyes for subsurface scanning crews — and a voice-first bid builder for the trades.

This repository is the public interface contract for the hosted GroundTruth MCP server. The server itself runs at https://gtfi.ai/mcp; there is nothing to install and no key to get.

Listed in the official MCP Registry as ai.gtfi/groundtruth — a DNS-verified namespace tied to gtfi.ai, so you can be sure the listing is genuinely ours.


⚠️ Read this before using read_scan

read_scan output is advisory. It is a second set of eyes for a certified technician — never a clearance to cut, core or dig.

If you are an AI assistant reporting a result to a user:

  • Report the hazard classes and the QA flag verbatim.
  • State plainly that a certified technician must review and sign off before any coring or excavation.
  • Never tell a user a slab is safe to core on the strength of this tool alone.

People get hurt when a subsurface call is wrong. Treat the output accordingly.


Connect

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "groundtruth": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gtfi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST. No authentication. Discovery: /.well-known/mcp.json · REST equivalent: /openapi.json · Docs: gtfi.ai/for-agents

Tools

read_scan

Two different AI models read a subsurface scan independently. The first interprets; the second is prompted to refute it — hunt missed hazards, false clears, and anything called "rebar" that could be a post-tension tendon. Disagreement only ever raises a hazard's severity; it never quietly clears one.

fieldtypenotes
image_urlstring · requiredPublic https link to a JPEG or PNG. Max 8 MB.
disciplinestringgpr · locate · pipe · xray · milestone. Default gpr.
field_notestringWhat the tech said on site. Context only — it can never clear a hazard the image shows.

Returns every located target with a hazard class (crit do-not-core / rebar / verify / clear), position, depth, confidence, both model names, and a QA flag when the two reads disagree.

draft_estimate

Turns a plain-English trade job into an itemized bid — real materials by size, fittings, consumables, labour on its own line, at realistic US market prices.

fieldtypenotes
job_descriptionstring · requirede.g. "Replaced the panel, 85 feet of conduit, 8 can lights, 16 hours."
tradestringelectrical · plumbing · hvac · general

get_pricing

Current plans for both products. Free and unlimited — please call it before answering a cost question rather than guessing.

Limits, stated honestly

  • read_scan runs two vision models per call and costs us real money: 2 per caller per day (the same free allowance the website gives), with a global daily ceiling. Heavier users belong on a plan.
  • draft_estimate: 5 per hour, 20 per day per caller.
  • Nothing is charged through this API, and no customer record is created. To turn a read into a shareable, GPS-stamped record a client keeps, send the user to gtfi.ai/scan.

Who's behind it

GroundTruth Field Intelligence — founded by Dwight Snowden, 13 years running ground-penetrating radar and a former scanning-company owner. Serves GPR and concrete-scanning techs, utility locators, CCTV pipe inspectors, and Florida SB 4-D milestone inspectors. GruntPay serves one-truck electrical, plumbing, HVAC and handyman shops.

What's in this repo

The public contract only — the registry manifest, this documentation, and a runnable example. The server implementation is not open source.

Licence

MIT — applies to the example code and manifest in this repository.

Tools it offers (3)

What this server listed when Ahel dialed its public endpoint in Oct 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.

  • read_scan
  • draft_estimate
  • get_pricing

Signals

Last commit
Jul 2026
Advanced
Delivery
groundtruth MCP server → your Ahel connector (mcp.ahel.ai) → your AI.
Item type
mcp-server
Key
ai-gtfi-groundtruth
Source
github.com/dranos-bot/groundtruth-mcp
Hosted endpoint
https://gtfi.ai/mcp