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ToolNav AI MCP Server

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ToolNav AI is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.

Search AI tools, browse categories and read tool details with source links. Free, read-only access.

Uptime history 12 hours of history
12 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
42 of 42 checks
3
Tools
read from the server
429 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check ToolNav AI every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Three servers free · no card

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add directory --transport http https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directory": {
      "url": "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.directory]
url = "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directory": {
      "url": "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directory": {
      "url": "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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.

categories
list_categories
List category values present in published tool listings. Pass a returned slug to search_tools.category.
tool
get_tool
Get a published tool by its exact slug, including available FAQs and source URLs. Returns found=false if unavailable.
tools
search_tools
Search published AI tools by keyword and optional category. Matches name, description or tags. Use list_categories for valid category values. Returns source and official website URLs.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp streamable-http answering 436 ms 9 min ago

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ToolNav AI — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ToolNav AI do?
It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_tool, list_categories, 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 →
Is ToolNav AI working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 42 of 42 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 429 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect ToolNav AI?
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 ToolNav AI need an API key?
No. ToolNav AI 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 ToolNav AI?
It answers our handshake in 429 ms on average, which is faster than 28% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.