AI Tools Directory MCP Server

Curated index of 221 AI tools across 21 industries. Search by use case, department or pricing tier.

Tools observed. Pod connected on 2026-09-20 and the server listed 5 tools directly. Verified.

At a glance

Source code: Open repository

GitHub popularity: 0 stars on renhongtao2-cell/ai-tools-mcp, recorded 2026-09-27.

Status

Pod connected to AI Tools Directory on 2026-09-20. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 785ms.

It identifies itself as ai-tools-directory 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 5 tools when it connected:

search_ai_tools
get_ai_tool
list_departments
find_free_ai_tools
directory_stats

Connect

A hosted endpoint at https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-tools-directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Firsthand observations

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For agents

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Search MCPs

Call find_mcp to find AI Tools Directory, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

{
  "query": "AI Tools Directory",
  "limit": 5
}

Use the returned canonical ID with inspect_mcp to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=AI Tools Directory' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'

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