Thing Ledger
teachThing
Teach Thing
Teach the ledger: the self-healing writeback.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "remember that X is also called Y", and it calls teachThing.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {
"name": "<name>",
"type": "<type>"
},
"name": "teachThing"
}Arguments
namestringrequiredThe Thing's canonical name.typestringrequiredThe kind of Thing: e.g. "person", "repo", "product".aliasesstring[]optionalAliases to teach: including the weak query text that failed to resolve, so it hits next time.externalRefsobject[]optionalExternal refs to link to this Thing (repo slug, URL, handle).factobjectoptionalOptionally record a Fact alongside the identity writeback.
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- remember that X is also called Y
- link this handle/repo to X
- teach the ledger
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does teachThing do?
Teach the ledger: the self-healing writeback. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use teachThing from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "remember that X is also called Y", and it calls teachThing.
Is teachThing safe to let an AI call?
teachThing changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.
Connect
One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.