Show HN: I built a company formation tool that works inside your IDE via MCP
The author built a company formation tool that integrates directly into an IDE via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing developers to incorporate LLCs, draft legal agreements, and set up bank accounts without leaving their coding environment.
Background
- Lovie is a tool that lets you form a US company (LLC, C-Corp) directly from your code editor (VS Code, Cursor, etc.) using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a standard that allows AI coding assistants like Claude and Copilot to interact with external tools and services.
- MCP, introduced by Anthropic in late 2024, is an open protocol that provides a way for large language models to securely call APIs, read files, and execute actions — turning an AI chat into a programmable assistant that can operate real-world tools.
- Instead of filling out forms on a government website or a legal service like Stripe Atlas or LegalZoom, a developer can ask their AI coding agent "set up a Delaware C-Corp for my startup" and have Lovie handle the filing through the MCP interface.
- The company formation is handled by Lovie's backend via a registered agent service; the innovation is the integration point — making it a command inside the developer's existing AI workflow rather than a separate web app.