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Plain-AyI is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 3 tools. Last commit 5 Nov 2026.

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Uptime history 4 days of history · worst day 0%
4 days agonow
1.1%
Uptime 24h
1 of 91 checks
3
Tools
read from the server
2195 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 5 Nov 2026

Plain-AyI does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 23.9% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add plain-ayi --transport http https://plain-ayi.com/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://plain-ayi.com/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.plain-ayi]
url = "https://plain-ayi.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plain-ayi": {
      "url": "https://plain-ayi.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "plain-ayi": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://plain-ayi.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

categories
list_categories
All categories on both shelves ('ai' and 'ai-integrated') with a short description, how many projects each has, and the slugs of its projects.
project
get_project
Full details of one project: what it does, who it's for, whether it needs coding, rating, numbers, license and source links.
projects
search_projects
Find open-source AI projects by what they do, e.g. 'run chat models offline' or 'transcribe audio'. Searches both shelves unless 'shelf' is given: 'ai' (AI tools) or 'ai-integrated' (everyday software that AI assistants can use, e.g. a notes app with an MCP server). Optionally narrow by category or by whether it can be used without writing code. Returns short summaries, best matches first.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://plain-ayi.com/mcp streamable-http answering 87 ms 5 min ago

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Plain-AyI — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Plain-AyI do?
It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_project, list_categories, search_projects. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Plain-AyI working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 1 of 91 checks got a reply (1.1%), average response time 2195 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Plain-AyI as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Plain-AyI?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Plain-AyI need an API key?
No. Plain-AyI completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
Is Plain-AyI open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at plain-ayi.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.