What's That Model? MCP Server

by whatsthatmodel Your server? Claim it

answering

What's That Model? is answering right now. Last checked 16 min ago. It exposes 8 tools.

Sourced AI video/image capabilities, explained task recommendations and verified access context.

Uptime history 5 days of history

5 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

118 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check What's That Model? 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 16 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add whats-that-model --transport http https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whats-that-model": {
      "url": "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.whats-that-model]
url = "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whats-that-model": {
      "url": "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whats-that-model": {
      "url": "https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

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

model

find_model

Find an AI model by creation task and verified constraints. Editorial recommendation; not a benchmark score.

get_model

Get model capabilities, dated citations, editorial limitations and labeled optional access link.

best

best_model_for

Get an editorial shortlist for a known use case with verified constraints.

compare

compare_models

Compare documented capabilities and task fit. Unknowns stay explicit.

models

list_models

List curated AI models including independent non-affiliate alternatives.

prompt

get_prompt_tips

Get untested prompting guidance, clearly distinguished from measured outputs.

trending

get_trending_workflows

Get curated workflow spotlights; no unmeasured growth or income claims.

where

where_to_use

Return official and optional commercial access destinations, without guaranteeing plan entitlements.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://whatsthatmodel.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	110 ms	16 min ago

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What's That Model? — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can What's That Model? do?

It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: best_model_for, compare_models, find_model, get_model, get_prompt_tips, get_trending_workflows and 2 more. 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 What's That Model? 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 118 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect What's That Model??

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 What's That Model? need an API key?

No. What's That Model? completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is What's That Model??

It answers our handshake in 118 ms on average, which is faster than 80% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.