Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap? MCP Server

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Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap? is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.

The best open model trails the best closed model by 42 Arena points. In a blind vote it would.

Uptime history 7 days of history

7 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

335 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 7

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 21 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

21 Oct 3 tool descriptions were rewritten get_chart_data, get_venture_chart_of_the_day, search_charts

21 Oct 3 tools changed the parameters they ask for get_chart_data, get_venture_chart_of_the_day, search_charts

21 Oct a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap? 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 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap --transport http https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap

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

https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap]
url = "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap": {
      "url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap"
    }
  }
}

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.

chart

get_chart_data

Returns one chart from the Chart of the Day archive: the data table behind it (rows as published), claim, takeaway, note and the sources it cites. Look up by slug or title. Data is as published on the chart page; follow source_urls for the original data.

charts

search_charts

Searches every chart in the Mode VC Chart of the Day archive by keyword over title, claim, takeaway and keywords. Returns claims, takeaways, canonical URLs, markdown endpoints and cited sources. The archive grows by one chart a day; the response states its current size.

venture

get_venture_chart_of_the_day

Returns the most recent charts from Mode VC's Chart of the Day archive (one new chart per day, mostly AI model, adoption, developer-package and pricing data), newest first, each with its claim, takeaway, URL and cited sources.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-source-vs-closed-ai-models-gap	streamable-http	answering	238 ms	9 min ago

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Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap? — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap? do?

It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_chart_data, get_venture_chart_of_the_day, search_charts. 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 Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap? 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 335 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap??

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 Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap? need an API key?

No. Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap? 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 Mode VC Chart: Open-Source vs. Closed AI Models: How Big Is the Gap??

It answers our handshake in 335 ms on average, which is faster than 48% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.