AISOTools MCP Server

by shibley

answering

AISOTools is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 3 Aug 2026.

Search, compare, and find alternatives across a curated catalog of 1,100+ AI tools.

Uptime history 30 hours of history · worst hour 0%

30 hours agonow

52.7%

Uptime 24h

48 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

415 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 3 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add aisotools --transport http https://aisotools.com/api/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aisotools": {
      "url": "https://aisotools.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.aisotools]
url = "https://aisotools.com/api/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aisotools": {
      "url": "https://aisotools.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aisotools": {
      "url": "https://aisotools.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

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

tool

find_ai_tool_alternatives

Alternatives to a given AI tool, drawn from the catalog's curated alternative lists and falling back to same-category tools. Use when the user wants to replace or switch off a product.

get_ai_tool

Full catalog record for one AI tool: description, features, pros, cons, who it is best for, pricing tiers, and alternatives. Accepts a slug or a display name.

list_ai_tool_categories

Every category in the AISOTools catalog with its slug, subcategories, and how many tools it contains. Use the slugs to filter search_ai_tools.

compare

compare_ai_tools

Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 AI tools: pricing, rating, features, pros and cons. Use when the user is choosing between named products.

tools

search_ai_tools

Search the AISOTools catalog of AI tools by keyword, category, and pricing model. Returns ranked summaries with the canonical aisotools.com page for each result. Use this first when the user asks which AI tool does something.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://aisotools.com/api/mcp	streamable-http	answering	517 ms	11 min ago

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AISOTools — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can AISOTools do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: compare_ai_tools, find_ai_tool_alternatives, get_ai_tool, list_ai_tool_categories, search_ai_tools. 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 AISOTools working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 48 of 91 checks got a reply (52.7%), average response time 415 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect AISOTools?

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 AISOTools need an API key?

No. AISOTools completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is AISOTools?

It answers our handshake in 415 ms on average, which is faster than 33% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is AISOTools open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence 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.