TL;DR
The Solopreneur Kit is 5 MCPs (Notion, Stripe, GitHub, Tavily, Perplexity) — the leanest setup that still covers CRM, revenue, code, and research. Everything else (email, social, ads) gets added only when a real pain shows up. Target audience: one-person businesses doing $0–$500K/year.
The Solopreneur Kit
The leanest MCP stack to run a one-person business
Install the whole stack
$ mcpizy install notion stripe github tavily perplexityOne command installs and configures all 5 MCPs for Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-compatible client.
Why this stack?
Solopreneurs are optimization problems: you have 5 hours a day for deep work, and you want to spend them on the one thing only you can do. This stack offloads everything else. Notion is your second brain; Stripe answers 'how much did I make this week?'; GitHub ships code and content; Tavily + Perplexity replace a research VA.
Why only 5 MCPs? Because indie hackers are bottlenecked by decision paralysis, not missing tools. This is the 80/20 stack — once it's running, add more only when a real pain appears.
MCPs in this stack (5)
What this stack lets you do
Monday revenue check-in
- 1Claude queries Stripe for last week's revenue + MRR change
- 2Pulls Notion 'KPIs' database for context
- 3Drafts a 3-bullet summary
- 4Saves to Notion 'Weekly Reviews' database
Newsletter draft from an idea
See recipe- 1You drop a topic in a Notion 'Ideas' page
- 2Claude uses Tavily to find 20 recent headlines
- 3Perplexity deep-dives top 3 with citations
- 4Draft written in your voice (from past Notion posts)
- 5Dropped in Notion 'Drafts' database for your edit
Ship a feature or content piece
- 1Pick a ticket from Notion 'Roadmap' or 'Content' db
- 2Claude reads the brief and the codebase (GitHub)
- 3Implements the feature or writes the article
- 4Opens GitHub PR (code) or commits the markdown (content repo)
- 5Notion page updated to 'Shipped'
Estimated value
Replaces ~$200/mo of one-person-business tooling (Tally Pro, Revenue Cat, Descript starter, research VA for ~5h/wk). Time ROI: 8–10h/week, which is often the difference between 'shipping weekly' and 'shipping monthly'.
Frequently asked questions
Why not include Twitter/X MCP?
Most solopreneurs like keeping their voice human on social — automating it feels off-brand. Add Twitter MCP later for scheduling or analytics, not posting. The 5 here are the 'no cheating' core.
What if I run multiple products?
All 5 MCPs handle multi-product naturally (Stripe for aggregate revenue, Notion for per-product workspaces, GitHub for separate repos). One Claude Code install manages everything.
Is this cheap enough for $0 revenue?
Yes — everything has a free tier generous enough for early-stage. Total cost at $0 revenue: $0. At $5K MRR: ~$50/mo total.
What should I add first when growing?
At 100 paying customers: add Resend MCP for transactional email. At 1K: add a community analytics MCP (PostHog or Amplitude). At 10K: add Linear MCP when informal Notion tasks stop scaling.
Can I use this with Cursor instead of Claude Code?
Yes — all 5 MCPs work in Cursor via `.cursor/mcp.json`. Same JSON shape. Indie hackers often start with Cursor for the visual UI, then switch to Claude Code once they're comfortable with MCPs.