Solo Founder5 MCP serversMCP 2025-06-18 Stable

Solo Founder Loadout

5 MCP servers for one person running everything

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Code in the morning, billing at lunch, growth analytics in the evening. This loadout covers the four chores every solo founder has to do, plus a Notion brain so context survives between context-switches.

Install Solo Founder Loadout

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": { "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "ghp_..." }
    },
    "stripe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-stripe"],
      "env": { "STRIPE_SECRET_KEY": "sk_live_..." }
    },
    "resend": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "resend-mcp"],
      "env": { "RESEND_API_KEY": "re_..." }
    },
    "posthog": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "posthog-mcp"],
      "env": { "POSTHOG_API_KEY": "phc_...", "POSTHOG_HOST": "https://us.i.posthog.com" }
    },
    "notion": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-notion"],
      "env": { "NOTION_TOKEN": "secret_..." }
    }
  }
}

After pasting, fully restart your MCP client. Replace placeholders (paths, API keys) with your own values.

What's in this loadout

  • GitHub MCP Server
    coremcp

    Ship code, review your own PRs, file issues you noticed during a customer call.

  • Stripe MCP Server
    coremcp

    Look up customer payments, refund a stuck charge, draft a usage-based invoice without leaving the chat.

  • Resend MCP
    coremcp

    Send transactional emails and one-off announcements. Founder-friendly because you don't need a marketing tool yet.

  • PostHog MCP
    coremcp

    Pull yesterday's key metrics, check funnel drop-offs, and let the agent surface anomalies before you ask.

  • Notion MCP Server
    optionalmcp

    Your second brain. Roadmap, customer notes, post drafts — the agent reads and writes here so context never leaves.

What you can do with it

  • Daily founder briefing

    Pull yesterday's revenue from stripe, signups and key funnel rates from posthog, and any PRs merged on github. Summarise into a 5-line briefing and save it to my "Daily" page in notion.

  • Refund + retention email

    Find the latest refund in stripe, draft a 4-line email through resend asking the customer what went wrong, and create a notion page tracking the conversation.

  • Ship a feature, announce it

    Look at the latest merged PR on github, summarise it for non-engineers, and draft a "What's new" email to send through resend.

Client compatibility

  • Claude Desktop 0.7.4
    Tested ✓
  • Cursor 0.42+
    Tested ✓
  • Windsurf 1.4
    Tested ✓
  • Continue 0.9
    Untested

Variants

Heavy version

Adds Linear for proper bug-tracking and Sentry for crash visibility.

Adds: mcp-server-linear, mcp-server-sentry

Lite version

Drops Notion if you already use Linear or another planning tool.

Removes: mcp-server-notion

FAQ — Solo Founder Loadout

  • What is the Solo Founder Loadout?

    Code in the morning, billing at lunch, growth analytics in the evening. This loadout covers the four chores every solo founder has to do, plus a Notion brain so context survives between context-switches. It includes 5 MCP servers: GitHub MCP Server, Stripe MCP Server, Resend MCP, PostHog MCP, Notion MCP Server.

  • Does this loadout work with Cursor and Windsurf?

    Yes. The config block above is one JSON object that drops into Claude Desktop's, Cursor's, or Windsurf's MCP config. Each client uses the same mcpServers schema; only the file path differs.

  • How long does setup take?

    About 3 minutes the first time: copy the config, paste it into your client's MCP configuration file, replace placeholder API keys with your own, and restart the client.

  • Can I customise this loadout?

    Yes. Use the Lite version if you want fewer servers, or the Heavy version to add 2 more for advanced workflows. You can also remove any individual server by deleting its entry from the JSON.

  • How much does it cost?

    Loadout itself is free. Most listed servers are open-source and free to run. Servers that talk to paid SaaS (Stripe, SendGrid, Linear, etc.) follow that vendor's pricing.

  • When was this loadout last verified?

    Last verified on 2026-04-24. We re-test featured loadouts at least monthly and update the config when MCP servers ship breaking changes.