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mcpindex MCP Server

io.github.gautamgb/mcp-server-mcpindex
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mcpindex is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. 396 installs a week from npm. It exposes 6 tools. Last commit 4 Aug 2026.

The MCP server index that vets servers, not just lists them. Advisory screen before you install.

Installs per day peak 401 · avg 55 · +254% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 39 hours of history · worst hour 0%
39 hours agonow
27.5%
Uptime 24h
25 of 91 checks
6
Tools
read from the server
495 ms
Response time
average over 24h
396
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-server-mcpindex --transport http https://mcpindex.ai/api/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-mcpindex": {
      "url": "https://mcpindex.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-server-mcpindex]
url = "https://mcpindex.ai/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-mcpindex": {
      "url": "https://mcpindex.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-mcpindex": {
      "url": "https://mcpindex.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 6

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

assess
assess_server
Aggregated pre-flight trust assessment across all tools on an MCP server. Same verdict shape as check_tool_trust. Use for "is THIS server worth integrating?" decisions. v1 advisory; conformance monitored not enforced; verdicts may be UNVERIFIED if not yet probed.
compare
compare_servers
Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 MCP servers - quality scores, install paths, env vars.
install
get_install_command
Get the exact install command for a given MCP server and client. Returns a JSON block ready to paste into the client config.
mcp
search_mcp_servers
Keyword + semantic search across every MCP server mcpindex indexes. Use when the user knows what tool category they want but not which server.
recommend
recommend_mcp_for_task
Recommend the best MCP servers for a natural-language task. Returns top 3 ranked picks with reasoning, install commands, and quality scores. Use this when the user asks for the right MCP server for a task they want to do.
tool
check_tool_trust
Pre-invocation advisory screen for a specific tool on an MCP server. Returns an advisory verdict object (directive ALLOW | DENY | REVIEW | UNVERIFIED, dimensions, freshness). At v1 the public screen produces REVIEW or UNVERIFIED only - ALLOW/DENY are reserved. Not the in-path gate (mcpindex-gate). Agents SHOULD treat UNVERIFIED as "human review required", never as ALLOW.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcpindex.ai/api/mcp streamable-http answering 82 ms 8 min ago

mcpindex — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can mcpindex do?
It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: assess_server, check_tool_trust, compare_servers, get_install_command, recommend_mcp_for_task, search_mcp_servers. 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 mcpindex working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 25 of 91 checks got a reply (27.5%), average response time 495 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists mcpindex 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 mcpindex?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does mcpindex need an API key?
No. mcpindex completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is mcpindex?
It answers our handshake in 495 ms on average, which is faster than 22% 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.
How many people use mcpindex?
The npm package mcp-server-mcpindex was installed 396 times in the last week. Week over week that is +254%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is mcpindex open source?
Yes — it is published under the NOASSERTION licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.