mcpnav directory MCP Server

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answering

mcpnav directory is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. It exposes 4 tools.

Search a directory of MCP servers and get connect configs. Data is CC0/MIT-licensed.

Uptime history 39 days of history

39 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

203 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check mcpnav directory 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 1 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add directory --transport http https://mcp.mcpnav.dev/mcp

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

https://mcp.mcpnav.dev/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.directory]
url = "https://mcp.mcpnav.dev/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directory": {
      "url": "https://mcp.mcpnav.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.mcpnav.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

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

connect

get_connect_config

Generate a ready-to-paste install snippet for one server's first safe remote endpoint or installable package, in the requested client's format. Mirrors mcpnav.dev's own server detail page Connect block exactly (same safety rules, same command/JSON shapes).

groups

list_groups

List the category groups servers are organized into, each with its indexable server count.

server

get_server

Fetch the full mcpnav record for one server by its slug (from search_servers' results, e.g. "owner/repo"). Call get_connect_config next for a ready-to-paste install snippet.

servers

search_servers

Search the mcpnav directory of MCP servers by name/description keywords, optionally filtered to one category group. Matches are whole-word, case-insensitive, and require every query word to appear (AND); a match in the server's name ranks above a match only in its description. Call list_groups first if you want a valid `group` value.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.mcpnav.dev/mcp	streamable-http	answering	81 ms	1 min ago

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mcpnav directory — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can mcpnav directory do?

It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_connect_config, get_server, list_groups, search_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 mcpnav directory working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 203 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect mcpnav directory?

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 mcpnav directory need an API key?

No. mcpnav directory completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is mcpnav directory?

It answers our handshake in 203 ms on average, which is faster than 70% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.