get_briefing — the drain MCP Tool Read-only
get_briefing
(get briefing) is one of 13 tools on the
the drain
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call get_briefing from your client
- Claude Code the drain get_briefing run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop the drain get_briefing ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor the drain get_briefing ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code the drain get_briefing .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed the drain get_briefing ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf the drain get_briefing ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline the drain get_briefing ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI the drain get_briefing ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok the drain get_briefing .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT the drain get_briefing Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai the drain get_briefing Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain the drain get_briefing pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http board https://thedrain.ai/mcpOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.