Getting started with Scout
Evaluate your first founder in 5 minutes. No credit card for the Starter plan.
Three steps
From your demo to your first verdict.
Book a demo
1IdeaPulley is invite-only. Book a demo. After the demo we email your invite.
Run your first evaluation
2In the Deal Desk, add a founder and a short idea. Scout runs 25 adversarial VC personas and returns conviction scores.
Get your API key
3Make a key in Settings → Developer. Keys start with
sk-ip-.
Use it from your tools
The REST API (see /docs/api) or MCP. Send the key as a Bearer token.
Start an evaluation REST
curl -X POST https://www.ideapulley.com/api/v2/evals \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk-ip-..." \
-d '{
"companyName": "Northbeam Logistics",
"applicationText": "Route planning for mid-size freight fleets",
"stage": "series_a"
}'Connect an MCP client MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"ideapulley": {
"url": "https://www.ideapulley.com/api/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk-ip-..." }
}
}
}