Persistent web monitoring
Zipf gives your team a standing layer of external awareness. Define what matters once, then monitors scan on a schedule, track what changed, suppress noise, and deliver the signal to briefings, Slack, email, or webhooks.
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Describe what the org needs watched in plain English. Zipf keeps the monitoring fleet running and routes signals where teams work.
Launch your first monitorCodex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or Cursor. Log in once, no API keys.
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Command
OpenAI Codex CLI
Command
codex mcp add zipf --url https://api.zipf.ai/mcpRuns the hosted MCP server and opens browser login.
OAuth login works in Claude Desktop, Codex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, and all MCP clients.
Search, crawl, ask, and monitor. 100 free credits/month.
Zipf is the execution and consumption layer for recurring questions about the outside world. It lets organizations run persistent monitors, compare what changed, and brief both humans and AI systems at the right level of abstraction.
The amount being read can grow by 100x to 1000x without forcing anyone to read 10x more. Monitors watch the web. Zipf turns that activity into signal the organization can actually use.
How it works
Zipf should read like an operating brief, not a feature catalog. The workflow starts with intent, keeps scanning in the background, and only interrupts your team when there is something worth acting on.
Set the monitor in plain English once.
Keep watch across the sources your team would normally check by hand.
Deliver structured signals only when something material changes.
Describe what matters in plain English — new leases in Dallas, funding rounds over $10M, competitor acquisitions. Your monitors scan on the schedule you set.
Your monitors extract the specific fields you need — company name, deal size, property address, broker. They detect meaningful changes, ignore noise, and deliver actual data — not a list of URLs.
Know when a clinical trial moved to Phase II, not when a footnote changed. Signals arrive in Slack, email, or via webhooks. Your AI systems can pull and push context via MCP.
Real signals
From lease announcements to funding rounds to competitor acquisitions, the output needs to be structured enough to brief humans and action systems without anyone digging through tabs.
These previews are the product, not decoration. The alert itself should carry enough context to move a team from monitoring to action.
Commercial Real Estate
Monitor industrial lease transactions and sublease announcements across target markets. Know before your competitors call.
Amazon signs 2.1M SF lease in Alliance
Routed to the DFW industrial briefing and leasing Slack channel
Source: Dallas Business Journal
Sales Intelligence
Track biotech funding rounds above $10M. Alert when companies announce rounds with lead investors known for portfolio-wide platform purchases.
Recursion closes $150M Series B led by Nvidia
Delivered to the biotech account coverage briefing
Source: BioPharma Dive
M&A Tracking
Monitor acquisitions of HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies by PE-backed platforms across the US.
Sila Heating acquires ComfortPro HVAC in Denver
Forwarded to the home services roll-up watchlist
Source: PE Hub
Deploy persistent monitors, keep your team current, and deliver only the changes that matter before your competitors see them.
Free to start · No credit card required