Ashley Payne, technical co-founder and fractional CTO

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http ashley-payne https://www.ashleypayne.co.uk/mcp

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://www.ashleypayne.co.uk/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ashley-payne": {
      "url": "https://www.ashleypayne.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools it offers

12 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

• get_overviewPositioning, background and what makes him different from other fractional CTOs. Start here.
• assess_fitCompares a description of a project, business or problem against a fixed published rule and returns a verdict: good_fit, mixed, poor_fit or insufficient_information. Wording alone never produces poor_fit. Where the text
• get_servicesThe three ways an engagement runs (Build, Partner, Consult), the fixed-price diagnostic most engagements start with, how the process works, and which client surfaces he builds: desktop applications, browser extensions, c
• list_workSummaries of the selected work, with the slug needed for get_case_study.
• get_case_studyFull detail for one engagement: the situation, what was built, the engineering decisions and why they were made, the stack, and where there is one, the commercial outcome in indexed figures.
• get_ai_capabilityWhich AI techniques he has built in production (prompting, retrieval, fine-tuning, MCP servers, local inference) and when each one is the right choice. Use this for questions about AI, automation or data privacy.
• search_insightsSearch his articles on technical leadership, fractional CTO work, AI and building SaaS. Returns titles, summaries and the matching passage. Call get_insight with a slug for the full text of one.
• get_insightThe complete text of one article, by slug. Use after search_insights, and only when the summary is not enough to answer the question.
• get_faqsThe questions buyers ask, with his answers. Pass a query to get the relevant ones; omit it to list every question without the answers.
• get_contactHow to reach Ashley: email, the contact page, and a booking link when one is live. Use when the person wants to make contact.
• get_evidenceWhere the numbers on the site come from, for when someone asks whether they can be trusted. Returns one statement of provenance: the figures are counts from live systems, self-reported with a stated method and not indepe
• get_privacyWhat this connector and the website do with data, and what they do not. Use this if the person asks about privacy, tracking, cookies, GDPR, or what Ashley can see of this conversation.

Questions