mcp-server-mcpindex

An MCP server for finding MCP servers, plus advisory trust verdicts agent frameworks can call before invoking a tool - from mcpindex.ai.

A drop-in MCP server that lets your agent discover, compare, install, and pre-flight other MCP servers from inside the agent loop. Backed by mcpindex.ai - the agent-native MCP server index of the official registry (live count at mcpindex.ai/stats), screened and drift-monitored daily.

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Install

npm install -g mcp-server-mcpindex

This is the directory / advisory client (recommend, search, trust). It does not install the in-path drift gate — that is curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | sh.

Requires Node 20+. Speaks both protocol eras on stdio: the 2026-07-28 revision (server/discover, per-request _meta envelope) and the initialize handshake every current client uses (2025-11-25 down to 2024-10-07), selected per connection.

Or connect remotely (no install)

Prefer not to install anything? mcpindex is also a hosted remote MCP server. Point any client that supports remote MCP (Claude connectors, Cursor, etc.) at:

https://mcpindex.ai/api/mcp

Streamable HTTP, no credentials. Same six tools as the npm package.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --scope user mcpindex -- npx -y mcp-server-mcpindex@latest

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add -s user mcpindex npx -y mcp-server-mcpindex@latest

Use it from Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpindex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-mcpindex@latest"]
    }
  }
}

@latest keeps you current: this is the advisory discovery server (not the in-path drift gate), so it carries no version pin — npx fetches the newest on your next host restart, no manual upgrade step.

Restart Claude Desktop. Then ask:

"Find me an MCP server that can read PDFs and write the contents to S3."

Claude calls recommend_mcp_for_task and returns the top 3 ranked servers with install commands.

Use it from Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpindex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-mcpindex@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Use it from Cline

Add to your Cline settings:

npx -y mcp-server-mcpindex@latest

Tools exposed

... View full README on GitHub