The Curator MCP Server

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answering

The Curator is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.

Search and explore taste-led finds in clothing, audio, designed objects and music.

Uptime history 16 days of history

16 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

1117 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check The Curator every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add the-curator --transport http https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.the-curator]
url = "https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-curator": {
      "url": "https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "the-curator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://curatorapproved.com/api/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.

curator

get_curator_item

Retrieve one published Curator item by a stable ID returned from search_curator. Includes source links, dated prices, variants, media and referral disclosures. Does not verify live availability or render UI.

search_curator

Find published Curator selections, newest first. Search literal words across public item facts; combine category and an optional USD price ceiling. Empty query browses the catalog. Returns complete public facts and stable IDs with pagination. Prices are recorded observations; unknown prices do not match maxPrice. To display chosen results as cards, next call render_curator_items.

render

render_curator_items

Display up to 12 Curator finds as interactive cards in chat. First call search_curator or get_curator_item and choose matching IDs. Pass only those IDs; the server supplies authoritative public facts. Preserves the requested order. Users can filter, inspect, select and discuss items; selections are temporary and are not a saved wishlist.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://curatorapproved.com/api/mcp	streamable-http	answering	1764 ms	8 min ago

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The Curator — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can The Curator do?

It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_curator_item, render_curator_items, search_curator. 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 The Curator working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 1117 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect The Curator?

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 The Curator need an API key?

No. The Curator 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.

How fast is The Curator?

It answers our handshake in 1117 ms on average, which is faster than 4% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.