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Prepare customer meetings with an internal MCP over company data
A hotel-upsell company built an internal MCP that colleagues use for reporting and meeting prep.
- Difficulty
- IntermediateOur rating
- Time to build
- Not reportedOur estimate
- Monthly cost
- Not reported
- Revenue
- Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
- Engagement
- 0 replies to HN commentComment in “Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?” (198 points, 201 comments) · fetched Oct 15, 2026
What they did
thinkindie started with Linear and Notion MCPs, then launched an internal MCP over company data (they sell upsells for hotels).
How it went
Colleagues use it for reporting and preparing customer meetings, and tech-savvy customers want access too.
Worth knowing
Start internal, then consider exposing it to customers.
Builder recipe
Our own starting point, written from the source. Adapt it to your setup.
Stack
- Internal MCP over your database
- Claude or ChatGPT
Steps
- Connect your lead sources and CRM.
- Have the agent enrich, dedupe and draft, not send.
- Review drafts and push approved items to the CRM or sequencer.
- Track replies and tune the prompts.
Starter prompt
I meet [hotel] tomorrow. Using the company data tool, summarize their last 90 days of upsell revenue, top products, and one opportunity to raise.Tags
Read the original
- Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49562386 ↗ (opens in new tab) Sep 4, 2026 · HN comment, 0 replies, thread: 198 points, 201 comments (fetched 2026-10-15)
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