The AI Tools Index MCP Server

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answering

The AI Tools Index is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 6 tools.

AI tools filed by category, with real launch dates and revenue verified through Stripe.

Uptime history 58 days of history · worst day 0%

58 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

216 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 23 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

23 Aug a tool changed the parameters it asks for create_checkout

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check The AI Tools Index 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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aitoolsindex": {
      "url": "https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/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.

alternatives

list_alternatives

List live, same-category alternatives to a well-known AI tool (e.g. 'chatgpt', 'notion-ai', 'figma'). Call this when a user asks 'what are the alternatives to X' or wants competitors/substitutes for a named product. `target` is the well-known tool's slug, not a listing slug from this catalog.

checkout

create_checkout

Create a Stripe checkout URL for one paid add-on on one listing, and return it for a HUMAN to open. Never present this as a completed purchase: nothing is charged until a person completes checkout in a browser. Returns an error when the listing doesn't exist, the add-on isn't purchasable yet (free early access), or payments aren't configured in this environment.

offers

list_offers

List the optional paid add-ons a maker can buy to promote their listing (name, one-sentence effect, price in USD). Listing is always free; these only ADD reach and are always labeled 'Sponsored'. Call this to see what's purchasable before create_checkout. During free early access (early-bird), offers are not yet purchasable and this says so (purchasable=false).

submit

submit_tool

Submit a new AI tool to The AI Tools Index on behalf of its maker. Creates a draft listing (not yet public) and returns a claimUrl the maker must visit to sign up and claim/publish it. Call this only when a user explicitly wants to list their own tool — never to submit a tool on someone else's behalf without their email. Rate-limited globally to 5 submissions per hour. Supply tagline, problemSolved, logoUrl and imageUrls whenever you can: they are what make the published listing look like a real product page rather than a stub.

tool

get_tool

Fetch the full public detail for one AI tool by its listing slug (as returned by search_tools' toolUrl, e.g. '/tools/acme-writer' -> slug 'acme-writer'). Call this after search_tools to get a tool's full description, launch date, revenue signals (verified or self-reported), and for-sale status. Returns null if the slug doesn't resolve to a live The AI Tools Index listing.

tools

search_tools

Search the The AI Tools Index catalog of live, published AI tools by a free-text query. Matches on tool name, tagline, or category name (case-insensitive substring). Call this first when a user asks to find, discover, or compare AI tools by keyword, use-case, or category (e.g. 'agents', 'writing assistants'). Returns up to 20 results.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/mcp	streamable-http	answering	220 ms	12 min ago

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The AI Tools Index — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can The AI Tools Index do?

It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: create_checkout, get_tool, list_alternatives, list_offers, search_tools, submit_tool. 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 The AI Tools Index 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 216 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect The AI Tools Index?

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 The AI Tools Index need an API key?

No. The AI Tools Index 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 The AI Tools Index?

It answers our handshake in 216 ms on average, which is faster than 58% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.