Friction
Sourced pain points and feature requests of B2B software users, read-only, with source links.
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Quality & Safety
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
Context Cost
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"friction": {
"url": "https://friction.grain64.com/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://friction.grain64.com/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (3)
🟢list_products(category, q, limit, offset)
List the software products that have a page on Friction, most-documented first, with counts of reports, themes and sources. Optionally filter by category slug and by a name or domain fragment.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 60,
"description": "Category slug, for example analytics."
},
"q": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"maxLength": 60,
"description": "Part of a product name or domain."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 100,
"description": "How many products to return (default 50)."
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000,
"description": "How many products to skip (default 0)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢get_product_summary(product)
What users of one product struggle with: counts, the main problem areas, and the free-preview items per category (pain points, feature requests, workarounds, switching reasons) with their source links, plus the page and pricing links for the full list.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"product": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 80,
"description": "Product slug, name or domain, for example grafana."
}
},
"required": [
"product"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢search_items(product, category, q)
Search the free-preview feedback items of one product, optionally by category and by words in the title or summary (all words must match). Each item carries the source threads (URL, date, quoted excerpt, state) behind it.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"product": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 80,
"description": "Product slug, name or domain, for example grafana."
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"pain",
"request",
"workaround",
"switching"
],
"description": "pain, request, workaround or switching."
},
"q": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"maxLength": 100,
"description": "Words to find in the title or summary."
}
},
"required": [
"product"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Community
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