AI Tool Directory MCP Server

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AI Tool Directory is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago. It exposes 6 tools. Last commit 4 Jul 2026.

Search 2,000+ AI tools: pricing, alternatives, comparisons, and live, dead or acquired status.

Uptime history 90 days of history · worst day 96%

90 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

396 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 4 Jul 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check AI Tool 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 10 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add catalog --transport http https://tooldirectory.ai/api/mcp

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

https://tooldirectory.ai/api/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.catalog]
url = "https://tooldirectory.ai/api/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "url": "https://tooldirectory.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tooldirectory.ai/api/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.

tool

check_tool_status

Check whether an AI tool is still alive. Returns active, deceased, or acquired — with the date and cause if it shut down, and live alternatives if it did. Use this before recommending a tool to avoid suggesting one that no longer exists.

get_tool

Get the full profile of one AI tool by its directory slug: description, pricing, key features, editorial verdict and rating, the date it was last human-verified, lifecycle status, and the official site URL.

tools

list_tools

List the top-rated active AI tools in a category or for a job role, optionally filtered by pricing. Good for "what are the best AI tools for sales" or "free tools in <category>".

search_tools

Search the AI Tool Directory catalog (2,000+ AI tools) by keyword, use case, or category using hybrid semantic search. Returns ranked tools with slug, one-line description, pricing model, and rating. Use this to discover tools, then get_tool for full detail.

alternatives

find_alternatives

Find curated alternatives to a given AI tool by its directory slug. If the tool has shut down, returns live replacements. Good for "what should I use instead of X" questions.

compare

compare_tools

Compare two AI tools side by side by their directory slugs. Returns each tool’s profile (pricing, rating, editorial verdict, lifecycle) plus the editor’s head-to-head verdict and bottom line when one exists for the pair.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://tooldirectory.ai/api/mcp	streamable-http	answering	277 ms	10 min ago

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AI Tool Directory — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can AI Tool Directory do?

It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_tool_status, compare_tools, find_alternatives, get_tool, list_tools, search_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 →

What is AI Tool Directory mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around tools and tool. 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 AI Tool Directory 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 396 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect AI Tool 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 AI Tool Directory need an API key?

No. AI Tool Directory 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 AI Tool Directory?

It answers our handshake in 396 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 AI Tool Directory open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at tooldirectory.ai, which runs on its operator's own terms.