AI assistants
Polyfact, inside Claude
Ask Claude, ChatGPT or Mistral: the assistant searches the committee hearings and sittings of the Australian Parliament, links every answer to its hearing and every quote to the second it was said. The scope is that of your subscription.
14-day free trial, then A$330/month. Cancel anytime.
Works with
Two minutes, nothing to install
Pick your assistant: the address to give it sits in its steps, then a sign-in with your Polyfact account.
Pick your assistant
- 1 “Settings”, section “Customize”, at the very bottom: “Connectors”. Your initials, at the bottom left of Claude, open the settings.
- 2 At the top right, “Add”, then “Add custom connector”: name Polyfact, the address below.
https://mcp.polyfact.com/mcpPaste it in the “Remote MCP server URL” field of Claude’s window. Not in your browser’s address bar: this address does not open as a website. The dialog detects everything: keep the options marked “Detected” (“Connect now”, “Register automatically”), nothing in the headers nor in “Advanced”. Then “Add”. - 3 On the Polyfact row, “Connect”, then “Allow” on the Polyfact page that opens. Sign in if needed. Back in Claude, Polyfact shows “Connected”.
- 4 In a conversation: “+”, “Connectors”, enable Polyfact. On the first question, choose “Always allow” so it stops interrupting you.
? Not working?
- “Server not found” or an error right after “Add”: check the address ends with “/mcp”, then try again. The first attempt sometimes fails and the second goes through.
- “Authorization failed”, or Polyfact stays “Not connected” or shows “Reconnect”: click that button, then “Allow”. If Claude says the connector already exists, open the “Not connected” tab and click “Connect”.
- Polyfact connects but every search fails, or the Polyfact page refuses access: the account you signed in with has no subscription. Use the email you subscribed with, or the one your team invited. No subscription yet? Start the free trial, then connect again. Still stuck? Write to [email protected].
- 1 “Settings”, “Plugins”, then “Advanced settings”: turn on developer mode. On Team, Enterprise and Edu, the workspace administrator turns it on.
- 2 In “Plugins”: “+”, “Create plugin”, then “Create MCP App” at the bottom of the window. Ignore the file upload area.
- 3 Name Polyfact, the address below, OAuth authentication, the trust box, then “Create”.
https://mcp.polyfact.com/mcpPaste it in the “MCP Server URL” field of ChatGPT’s window. Not in your browser’s address bar: this address does not open as a website. The Polyfact page opens: sign in if needed, then “Allow”. Polyfact appears in the “Personal” tab. - 4 In a conversation: “+”, “More”, “Developer mode”, tick Polyfact. When ChatGPT proposes a Polyfact call, click “Confirm”.
? Not working?
- “There was a problem connecting”: open the Polyfact plugin in the “Personal” tab and click “Connect”. If the Polyfact page does not open, delete the plugin and start again at step 2.
- No “Create MCP App” button: developer mode is off (step 1), or your administrator has not enabled it.
- ChatGPT answers without using Polyfact: in the conversation, check that “Developer mode” is on and Polyfact is ticked (step 4).
- 1 In Vibe, left menu “Context”, then “Connectors”. At the top right of the Marketplace, click “Add a custom connector”. You need to be an administrator of the workspace.
- 2 Connector name: polyfact. Server: the address below. Description (optional): paste the text below.
https://mcp.polyfact.com/mcpPaste it in the “Server” field of Vibe. Not in your browser’s address bar: this address does not open as a website. Authentication: leave “OAuth2.1” and do not open “Advanced OAuth Settings”. Confirm. - 3 The Polyfact window opens: sign in with your Polyfact account, then “Allow”. Nothing opens? In the connectors list, click “Connect” on the Polyfact row.
- 4 In a conversation: “/” or “+”, then “Tools”, enable Polyfact and ask your question. It is off by default: enable it once per conversation.
? Not working?
- The name is refused: remove spaces and capitals (“polyfact”).
- The connection fails: on the Polyfact row, click “Connect” again; if nothing opens, delete the connector and start again.
- Mistral answers without Polyfact: enable it in the conversation (step 4), it is off by default.
- The answer stops short: Mistral cuts a search that runs too long. Ask one question at a time, over a short period.
- 1 Claude Code: paste this command in the terminal.
claude mcp add --transport http polyfact https://mcp.polyfact.com/mcp - 2 Type “/mcp”, pick “polyfact”, then “Authenticate”: allow on the Polyfact page. If the browser does not open, copy the link printed in the terminal.
- 3 Cursor and VS Code: one click below. Other clients: an MCP server of type HTTP with the address below. Install in Cursor Install in VS Code
https://mcp.polyfact.com/mcpGive it to your client as an MCP server of type HTTP, with the command above for Claude Code. You are asked to sign in on the first call. An agent with no browser? Ask us for a team key.
? Not working?
- “/mcp” shows polyfact “needs authentication”: run “Authenticate” again; if the browser does not open, copy the link printed in the terminal.
- The server does not answer: check the address (“/mcp” at the end); https://mcp.polyfact.com must open in your browser.
Example questions to get started
- Which committee hearings discussed housing supply this month?
- What did the energy regulator tell the Senate committee about gas prices? Quote the passage with its timecode.
- How many hearings and sittings mentioned critical minerals over the last two months, week by week?
For Polyfact subscribers, free trial included: you sign in with your account, within the scope of your subscription.
Invented example of a Senate committee hearing: no real hearing, no real name. Each timecode would open the hearing's video at that second.
Sourced
Every quote, to the second
The assistant links each claim to the hearing it comes from, and each quote to the second the words were said. You check in one click and share the moment, not a summary.
- One link per claim, to the hearing's video
- The exact words, from the word-for-word transcript
- What has no source is not presented as a fact
Complete
Everything, when you ask for everything
An open question gets the best results. When you ask for a list or a number, the assistant counts, narrows the period and fetches what is missing before answering, and a list is only called complete when it is.
- The number of hearings and sittings where a term came up, by week or month
- A whole hearing, chapter by chapter or one speaker at a time
- Every passage of a hearing where a word was said, not just the first ones
Under control
Your account, your scope, read-only
The connection goes through your Polyfact account: the assistant sees what your team sees, changes nothing and keeps no memory from one call to the next. You revoke access from your assistant, at any time.
- Sign in with your Polyfact account, no key to copy
- Read-only: the assistant searches and reads, it writes nothing
- Disconnected in one click, from the assistant's settings
Frequently asked questions
Anyone with a Polyfact subscription, from the first day of the free trial. You sign in with your Polyfact account, and the assistant reads what your subscription covers, nothing more. An account with no subscription cannot connect.
Claude, ChatGPT (in developer mode) and Mistral Vibe, formerly Le Chat, connect in a few clicks. Claude Code, Cursor and any agent that speaks the MCP protocol connect with the same address. More assistants will follow.
Search the committee hearings and sittings your subscription covers, count them over a period, read a hearing chapter by chapter or one speaker at a time, find every passage of a hearing where a word was said, and quote the exact words with a link to the second. It reads; it writes nothing.
Every claim is linked to its source, the hearing's video, and every quote to the second the words were said. When you ask for a complete list or a number, the assistant counts and fetches what is missing instead of passing a part off as the whole.
No. Your conversations stay with your assistant's provider. Polyfact only receives the searches the assistant sends it, answers them read-only and keeps no memory from one call to the next.
From your assistant's settings: remove the Polyfact connector and access stops at once. You can also disable it conversation by conversation.
This product is part of the platform described in our guide to the public affairs monitoring tool: method, sources and selection criteria.
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