Fan-Out MCP
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In practice.
Query fan-out for AI search analysis. Maps the cluster of related questions an LLM might actually answer with - useful for content briefs that need to rank in both classical SERPs and ChatGPT/Perplexity citations.
Three steps. Five minutes.
Fan-Out MCP runs as an MCP server. You install it once, point Claude at it via a small config file, and it's available in every conversation from that point on. The full primer is at how to add an MCP server to Claude Desktop; what follows is the short version.
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Install the package
Open a terminal and run the command below. It installs Fan-Out MCP globally so Claude can find it from any directory.
npm i -g @houtini/fanout-mcp - 2
Add it to your Claude config
In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Add an entry under
mcpServerspointing at@houtini/fanout-mcp. The full primer (with the JSON snippet you can copy) is at how to add an MCP server to Claude Desktop. - 3
Restart Claude
Close Claude Desktop completely and reopen it. The new MCP shows up in the tool list at the bottom of the message box. If it doesn't, the linked primer above has the troubleshooting checklist.
Source, package, docs.
Want it doing something specific to you?
Fan-Out MCP is free, MIT-licensed, runs as it is. If you want it pointed at your own data, wired to your CRM, or built around a workflow this one doesn't cover, that's a conversation. We build bespoke MCPs for clients. Forty-five minutes, no pitch deck.