product-intelligence
MCP serverDev toolsYour AI can answer smart home product questions using a catalog of 1,080+ devices, each with expert consensus scores and compatibility details. Once this is added, ask about a product you are considering and get a clear read on how experts rate it and whether it works with your other devices.
Use product-intelligence in Claude, ChatGPT or Ahel Desktop
Free. Sign in, add product-intelligence and connect your AI. About a minute.
Also: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex
Then ask your AI: use product-intelligence to search smart home products
No key or account is asked for. Not verified by us yet: Ahel has not run a call through it.
Details
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No key or account is asked for. Not verified by us yet: Ahel has not run a call through it.
After adding it, ask your AI about a smart home product by name, or describe the devices you already own and ask what works with them.
What your AI can do with it
- Look up any of the 1,080+ smart home products
- Show expert consensus scores for a product
- Check whether devices are compatible with each other
- Compare products by expert score and compatibility
- Help you choose between devices before you buy
Install product-intelligence
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 product-intelligence 'https://www.smarthomeexplorer.com/api/mcp'Run it once in your project, then open /mcp to approve any sign-in the server asks for.
Claude Desktop
https://www.smarthomeexplorer.com/api/mcpAdd a custom connector in Settings, paste this address, and approve the sign-in.
Cursor
cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=product-intelligence&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zbWFydGhvbWVleHBsb3Jlci5jb20vYXBpL21jcCJ9Open the link and Cursor adds the server at that address.
ChatGPT
https://www.smarthomeexplorer.com/api/mcpIn Settings, enable Developer mode, create an MCP app, and paste this address. Your plan and workspace must allow custom apps.
Codex
codex mcp add product-intelligence --url 'https://www.smarthomeexplorer.com/api/mcp'Run it once, then sign in with codex mcp login product-intelligence if the server asks for an account.
Tools it offers (5)
What this server listed when Ahel dialed its public endpoint in Sep 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.
search_smart_home_productsget_product_verdictcheck_compatibilitycompare_productsget_buying_guide
Advanced
- Delivery
- product-intelligence MCP server → your Ahel connector (mcp.ahel.ai) → your AI.
- Item type
- mcp-server
- Key
com-smarthomeexplorer-www-product-intelligence- Source
- github.com/nicks-sidehustle/smarthome-explorer-blog
- Hosted endpoint
https://www.smarthomeexplorer.com/api/mcp
github.com/nicks-sidehustle/smarthome-explorer-blog