AI assistants make claims about trade every day — on data they cannot see or verify. Connecting the ledger gives yours ground truth: every US import origin, commodity, gateway and month, cross-checked against real ship movements, with a citation and a falsification test attached to every number. No key, no account, no charge. Your AI does the reasoning; the ledger supplies the reality.
Works on every ChatGPT plan, including free. Tap Allow the first time it asks to talk to trimtabist.com, then ask away. Prefer the raw connector? Plus/Pro: Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode → Add https://trimtabist.com/mcp, no authentication.
Claude opens with the details filled in. Click Add, then Connect — then ask it: “What is happening to US imports from Vietnam?”
Connected? Ask it something we haven’t — the best engagement each week is printed with your name on it. The bar →