# AI Tool Directory MCP Server

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

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 6 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to AI Tool Directory on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 9785ms.

It identifies itself as `tooldirectory-ai` version 1.0.0, speaking streamable-http. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 6 tools when it connected:

- `search_tools`
- `get_tool`
- `check_tool_status`
- `find_alternatives`
- `compare_tools`
- `list_tools`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://tooldirectory.ai/api/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-tool-directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tooldirectory.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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