MakerRadar is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. 686 installs a week from npm. It exposes 29 tools. Last commit 4 Nov 2026.
Search MakerRadar's launched products: details, alternatives, comparisons, weeks.
Installs per day
peak 443 · avg 14
a month agotoday
Uptime history
66 hours of history
66 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
182 of 182 checks
29
Tools
read from the server
228 ms
Response time
average over 24h
686
Installs / week
npm and PyPI
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Today is the operative word: we check MakerRadar 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 12 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://api.makerradar.io/mcpSettings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://api.makerradar.io/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://api.makerradar.io/mcp".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"url": "https://api.makerradar.io/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.makerradar.io/mcp"
}
}
}This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.
This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.
Available tools 29
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
listing
add_listing_image
Add a listing's logo (kind logo, replaces the old one) or a photo (kind photo) from a public https image URL. We fetch and check it like an upload; on a live listing it waits for review. Needs listings:write.
get_listing_options
Everything update_listing accepts: the categories, technologies, platforms, audiences and tags to pick from (by slug), the pricing models, currencies and price periods, the demo video hosts, the link kinds with an example of each, and each field's limits. Call it before editing so you never guess a value. Needs listings:read.
get_my_listing
One listing of the person you act for, by id: everything you can edit (copy, category, pricing, price from, where it's based, best for, demo video, technologies, platforms, audiences, tags, links elsewhere, quick answers, logo and photos with their ids), its status, what's left to make it complete, and whether it can be sent for review. Needs listings:read.
remove_listing_photo
Remove one photo from a listing's gallery, by its id from get_my_listing. It's gone at once. Needs listings:write.
set_listing_cover
Make one of a listing's photos (by its id from get_my_listing) the cover its page leads with. Needs listings:write.
update_listing
Change any of a listing's details: name, tagline, description, category, pricingModel, priceFrom, basedIn, bestFor, demoVideo, technologies, platforms, audiences, tags, links. Send only what changes; null or an empty list clears a field. Categories, technologies, platforms, audiences and tags are slugs from get_listing_options. A demo video must be a YouTube, Vimeo, Loom or Arcade link to a real, public video. Links are the listing's pages elsewhere (X, GitHub, LinkedIn, App Store, Google Play, Product Hunt, YouTube channel, Discord, Instagram), one per kind. A draft changes at once; on a live listing a new name, category, video or link, or a rewrite, waits for review. Needs listings:write.
connect
connect_account
Ask the person you're helping to let you act for their MakerRadar account. Returns a short code and a link: show them both, they sign in and approve you on MakerRadar. Then call connect_account_finish with deviceCode until it returns your token. No sign-in needed to start.
connect_account_finish
After connect_account: trade deviceCode for your agent token once the person has approved. Returns status pending (ask again after `interval` seconds), denied, expired, or approved with the token — shown once; send it as Authorization: Bearer <token> on every call.
launch
get_launch_options
The launch weeks open to a listing: Free (with spots left per week) and Premium. Use before choose_launch. Needs launches:write.
get_launch_week
Get one launch week's full results (by its week, e.g. week-41-2026), ranked by upvotes — any week since MakerRadar began, not only the live one.
start
start_checkout
Start a checkout for the person you act for: an item from get_pricing for one of their listings (a placement needs the listing approved first). Returns checkoutUrl, the payment page: give it to the person to pay — you never pay, and nothing is charged until they do. We also email them the link. Holds a week's spot while they pay. Needs billing:checkout.
start_ownership_check
Start proving the person controls a listing's website: method dns_txt, html_file or meta_tag returns a token and exactly where to put it. If you can deploy the site or edit its DNS, place it, then call verify_ownership. A proven owner can't have the listing taken over. Needs listings:write.
account
get_my_account
Who you're acting for on MakerRadar: the account an agent token belongs to, whether it's ready to list products, and what the token may do. Needs an agent token (Authorization: Bearer mr_…).
alternatives
get_alternatives
List the alternatives to one product (by its slug) in the order its alternatives page ranks them: editor's picks first, then makers' own declarations, then by relevance and upvotes.
badge
get_badge_snippet
The HTML badge for the listing's own website: put it on the homepage and, while it's there, the listing earns what MakerRadar's badge earns (the answer says what). Needs listings:read.
categories
list_categories
List MakerRadar's categories, each with how many listed products it has and its page, most products first.
choose
choose_launch
Choose Free or Premium (and optionally a week, as get_launch_options names it) and send the listing for review. MakerRadar reviews every listing before it goes live. Needs launches:write.
compare
compare_products
Compare two products (by their slugs): each one's public details side by side, which has more community upvotes, and the comparison page.
current
list_current_launches
List the products on MakerRadar's live launch board (this ISO week's, or the last week until the new one opens), ranked by upvotes.
draft
draft_listing
Draft a listing on MakerRadar for the person you're helping: give their product's website and, optionally, a name, tagline and description. Returns reviewUrl, a link the person opens to sign in, check the listing and submit it; nothing is published until they do (and MakerRadar reviews it). If the site is already listed, returns its page instead. No sign-in needed.
listings
list_my_listings
The listings of the account you act for on MakerRadar, newest first: each one's status (draft, in review, live…), its page once public, and where its maker manages it. Needs an agent token with listings:read.
orders
list_my_orders
The orders of the person you act for, newest first: what each bought, for which listing and week, and whether it's paid. Use after start_checkout to see when they've paid. Needs billing:checkout.
pricing
get_pricing
What a listing can buy on MakerRadar — Premium launch, featured and boosted weeks, ads, newsletter sponsorship, done-for-you submissions — each with its id, today's price and what it gets. Use before start_checkout. No sign-in needed.
product
get_product
Get the full public details of one product by its slug.
products
search_products
Search MakerRadar's directory of launched products by keyword (matches name and tagline), ranked by all-time upvotes. Narrow it by platform, audience, use case or the country it's based in (combined, a product matches them all); an unknown value is an error naming the valid ones. Omit everything to list the most-upvoted products.
quick
set_quick_answers
Replace a listing's quick answers (the questions buyers ask, answered by the maker): up to 6, each a question of 8–140 characters and an answer of 2–600. An empty list removes them. On a live listing, answers that add a link or are mostly rewritten wait for review. Needs listings:write.
submit
submit_listing
Submit a product as a draft listing on MakerRadar, owned by the person you act for: its website and, optionally, a name, tagline and description (we fill in the rest from the site). Already listed sites come back as listed instead. Then get_my_listing, and choose_launch to send it for review. Needs listings:write.
top
top_products
List the most-upvoted products on MakerRadar of all time (the Top 100 board).
verify
verify_ownership
Check the token from start_ownership_check is in place; if it is, the person becomes the listing's verified owner. DNS can take a few minutes to show. Needs listings:write.
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://api.makerradar.io/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 288 ms | 12 min ago |
| https://api.makerradar.io/mcp/account | streamable-http | sign-in | 256 ms | 13 min ago |
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MakerRadar — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can MakerRadar do?
It exposes 29 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: add_listing_image, choose_launch, compare_products, connect_account, connect_account_finish, draft_listing and 23 more. 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 →
What is MakerRadar mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around listing, connect and launch. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is MakerRadar working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 182 of 182 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 228 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect MakerRadar?
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. You sign in through your browser once and the client keeps the session: no key to copy, and it refuses anonymous clients.
How do you sign in to MakerRadar?
No API key is involved. MakerRadar answers our knock with an OAuth challenge, so you authorise it once in your browser and the client keeps the session. That is also why we see no tool list: it will not describe itself to an anonymous client, and that is the server working as intended, not a fault.
How fast is MakerRadar?
It answers our handshake in 228 ms on average, which is faster than 64% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
How many people use MakerRadar?
The npm package makerradar was installed 686 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MakerRadar open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at api.makerradar.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.