ai-tool-radar-mcp

A local MCP server for the Rise of Machine AI tools directory. It turns the site's read-only API into MCP tools, so clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, and any MCP client) answer from the live catalog instead of model memory.

No API key. The directory API is public and read-only.

How it works

Each API endpoint maps to one MCP tool, discovered at startup from tools/rom/. To add an endpoint, add a file. The server runs over stdio.

Prerequisites

Requires Bun ≥ 1.2. The server is Bun-native, so launch it with bunx, not npx. Node is not supported.

Configure your client

Every client uses the same server. Point command at bunx, or its absolute path (which bunx) if the client cannot find it on PATH.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-tool-radar": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["ai-tool-radar-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Config file locations:

• Claude Desktop: Settings > Developer > Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json)
• Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json per project
• Gemini CLI: ~/.gemini/settings.json

Restart the client after editing its config.

VS Code

Use .vscode/mcp.json (workspace) or your user mcp.json, with a servers key:

{
  "servers": {
    "ai-tool-radar": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["ai-tool-radar-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

| Tool | Description | | --- | --- | | list_tools | Tool summaries, newest first, paginated (24 per page). | | get_all_tools | Every tool with full records in one call. Large response. | | get_tool | A single tool by slug, with its full description and related tools. | | list_categories | All categories with tool counts. | | list_tools_by_category | Tools in a category, paginated. | | search_tools | Search by name or feature. |

To print the live catalog, run bun run list-tools.

MIT License · By @planetabhi