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Viral precedents with sourced, dated spread timelines and a Spread Score. Each answer cites a case.
Remote server: your requests and data go to howitspread.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http how-it-spread https://howitspread.com/api/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_cases — Search the How It Spread library of viral cases (films, products, memes, campaigns) by text, kind, mechanic or platform. Returns each case'sget_case — One case: its dated spread timeline (seed, first amplifier, platform jumps, press, peak), Spread Score and citation. Fields that need sign-ilist_mechanics — The closed vocabulary of spread mechanics, each defined, with how many cases use it.Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.