Lightbringer developer resources

Lightbringer is a patent service for people and their AI agents. Bring us an invention, work with our registered patent attorneys, and follow progress from your assistant or the Lightbringer application. This page lists every resource an agent or developer can use, and states what does not exist.

What Lightbringer is and who it is for

Good fit: founders, CTOs and R&D leaders at technology companies (software, AI and machine learning, hardware, semiconductors, robotics, climate tech, biotech) filing a first patent application or scaling a portfolio, in any country. Also handled: trademarks and copyright, as a secondary service alongside patents. Not a fit: DIY drafting without attorney review, patent search only, or litigation. Filing coverage: EPO and UKIPO through Lightbringer's own attorneys, USPTO through a USPTO-registered practitioner, PCT, and other national offices through partner attorneys.

The integration surface

Lightbringer has no public REST or GraphQL API, no OpenAPI specification, no SDKs and no sandbox. Agents work with Lightbringer through the Lightbringer MCP server, which uses OAuth 2.1. Details are on the API statement.

• MCP endpoint: mcp.lightbringer.com/mcp over Streamable HTTP. Written as text, not a link: the endpoint answers 401 with a WWW-Authenticate header until the OAuth flow is complete.
• Setup for Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf and any MCP client: Lightbringer MCP guide.
• Authorisation: OAuth 2.1 authorization code with PKCE (S256) and dynamic client registration. Scopes: mcp:read and mcp:write.
• Authorization server metadata (RFC 8414): app.lightbringer.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server.
• Protected resource metadata (RFC 9728): mcp.lightbringer.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
• Prerequisites: a Lightbringer account, an organisation, and MCP access switched on by an organisation moderator under Settings, then Advanced. Access is scoped to one organisation per connection.

What the MCP server offers

20 tools (9 read-only, 11 not read-only) and 4 prompts, verified 15 September 2026. Read: whoami, search, fetch, list_innovations, get_innovation, get_innovation_template, list_reviews, get_review, list_tasks. Write: register_innovation, update_innovation, request_patent_preparation, start_innovation_feedback, get_task_status, respond_to_review, add_comment, reply_to_comment, add_discussion_comment, delete_task, send_developer_feedback. Prompts: draft-invention-disclosure, start-innovation-feedback, request-patent-preparation, summarize-my-reviews. The full catalogue with annotations is in the mcp-connector repository.

Limits: submitting a disclosure sends it for review inside Lightbringer; it does not file anything with a patent office. Engagement, drafting, filing and prosecution are confirmed by an authorised human in the customer's organisation. "Request received", "engagement accepted" and "application filed" are distinct states. Actions that change data are confirmed with the user first. Agents cannot make payments.

Plugins, skills and listings

• Claude Code plugin: /plugin marketplace add lightbringer-patents/claude-plugin, then install lightbringer@lightbringer. Source: claude-plugin repository.
• Portable plugin and skills for other hosts: agent-plugin repository, with the skills innovation-capture, patent-preparation and patent-review.
• Connector metadata and release notes: mcp-connector repository.
• Official MCP registry: com.lightbringer/connector.
• ChatGPT: the Lightbringer app is listed in the ChatGPT app directory. Search for Lightbringer inside ChatGPT.
• Plans data (JSON): app.lightbringer.com/api/public/plans, a published file with plan names, the free tier and MCP scopes.

Machine-readable and reference pages

• llms.txt: the summary agents read first, with fit, limits, prices and links.
• Documentation: how the MCP works, what agents can and cannot do, the three states, security and data.
• API statement: what exists instead of an API.
• Lightbringer for AI agents: when to use Lightbringer.

Pricing

Platform: free, no time limit. Starter: $7,200 USD / €5,999 EUR / 59,995 SEK per patent application per year, plus official fees. Growth: custom pricing for 5+ applications per year, plus official fees. Official patent office fees are not included and vary by country. Prices current as of September 2026. Full detail: pricing. Sign up: app.lightbringer.com/signup.

Security and data

SOC 2 Type 2, encryption at rest and in transit, access controls: Trust Center. Lightbringer does not train AI on customer invention data: data security. Data an assistant reads through MCP sits in the user's session with that assistant's provider; check the provider's data controls before sharing unfiled invention details.

Not offered

No public REST or GraphQL API. No OpenAPI specification. No SDKs on npm or PyPI. No sandbox or test environment. No function-calling schema files. No markdown versions of pages by content negotiation. No agent_auth identity endpoints. If your integration needs one of these, write to hello@lightbringer.com.