AI Tools Directory

Name: AI Tools Directory
Author: renhongtao2-cell

by renhongtao2-cellversion 1.0.0i★ 0iRuns in the cloud

Registry nametop.toolboxes/ai-tools-directory

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

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

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

These three are never merged into one score: opinions, measurements and popularity are different things.

User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
Our basic checksi3 of 4 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiVery new★ 0

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Search & AI memory

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 3 of 4 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
Can do 5 things (tools) search_ai_tools, get_ai_tool, list_departments, find_free_ai_tools …
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http ai-tools-directory https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

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

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

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

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

Connect over the internet in

Claude ChatGPT Goose LM Studio Msty Studio Cherry Studio Cursor VS Code + GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Windsurf (Devin Desktop)Zed Kiro Cline Continue JetBrains AI Assistant Claude Code Codex CLI Gemini CLI OpenCode nodecode Warp LibreChat Open WebUI Raycast

All apps, with pros and cons →

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 9, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

search_ai_tools
Search the AI tools directory by free-text query, industry department, and/or pricing tier. Returns matching tools with name, URL, department, pricing tier and description.
get_ai_tool
Get the full record for one AI tool by name (exact match first, then fuzzy).
list_departments
List all industry departments in the directory with the number of tools in each.
find_free_ai_tools
Find AI tools with a free tier, optionally filtered by auto-extracted facts (no credit card required, has a free plan, API available on the free tier). Free-tier facts are auto-extracted and unverified.
directory_stats
Get summary statistics for the directory: tool count, department count, pricing distribution, and how many tools have auto-extracted free-tier facts.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 11, 2026

! Caution
Maker matches the repo
The publisher (toolboxes.top) is not the repo owner (renhongtao2-cell); someone else may have listed it
✓ Pass
Still maintained
Code last changed 2 months ago
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
✓ Pass
Endpoint responds
Responded in 120 ms (HTTP 200)
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
No sign-in needed
✓ Pass
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Read 5 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 5861 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 42% of the other 5861 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 46% of the other 5861 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is AI Tools Directory safe?

It passed 3 of 4 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed 2 months ago, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 2 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Ruflo, Context7, Metabase

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README from the maker

Open the README

Copied from the maker’s repo as written. PopNx MCP has not reviewed or endorsed it. HTML, images and scripts are removed. Links lead off this site.

AI Tools Directory — MCP server

A remote MCP server exposing a curated index of 221 AI tools across 21 industry departments, so AI assistants can look up, filter and shortlist tools instead of guessing.

Endpoint: https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC 2.0)
Auth: none
Source data: ai.toolboxes.top

Quick connect

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

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

Cursor — `.cursor/mcp.json`

Same structure as above.

Any client

POST https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp

Content-Type: application/json

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"my-client","version":"1.0"}}}

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_ai_tools`	Free-text search across names, descriptions and tags; filter by `department` and/or `pricing` (`free` / `freemium` / `paid`)
`get_ai_tool`	Full record for one tool by name. Exact match first, then fuzzy; returns suggestions when there's no match
`list_departments`	All 21 departments with their tool counts
`find_free_ai_tools`	Tools with a free tier, filterable by `requires_no_credit_card`, `has_free_plan`, `has_api_on_free`
`directory_stats`	Counts, pricing distribution, free-tier coverage

Resources

URI	Contents
`aitools://directory`	Full dataset as JSON (221 tools)
`aitools://free-tier`	Subset with free-tier facts
`aitools://departments`	Department list

Example

"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "search_ai_tools", "arguments": { "department": "legal", "pricing": "freemium", "limit": 3 } } }

Harvey — Legal · paid ...

Data quality — please read

The directory is reliable. Name, URL, department, pricing tier, description and tags are human-maintained and reviewed.
`freeTier` is NOT verified. It is regex-extracted from vendor pages and has known failure modes: some tools return a login wall instead of a pricing page, and the extractor can't always tell "free tier needs no card" from "paid plans need a card".
The server drops contradictory signals rather than guessing.
The server's instructions require any assistant using freeTier to tell the user it is auto-detected and may be outdated.
Coverage is ~87% of tools reachable; of those, about half yielded a usable signal.
A missing `freeTier` field means "no data", not "no free tier."

If you find wrong free-tier data, please open an issue — that's exactly the feedback needed to improve the extractor.

Self-host

The server is a single Cloudflare Worker with no dependencies.

npm install

node build-dataset.mjs # regenerate dataset.json (edit it, or point it at your own data) npx wrangler deploy

Requires CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID and CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN in the environment — do not commit them.

node test.mjs https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top   # 36 end-to-end assertions

To run locally:

npx wrangler dev --port 8791

node test.mjs http://127.0.0.1:8791

Notes on the deployment

workers.dev hostnames are blocked by the GFW, so the canonical hostname is ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top (a Cloudflare custom domain on the Worker).
The endpoint is served directly from a Worker; there is no origin server.

License

Code: MIT. Dataset: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution to ai.toolboxes.top.

AI Tools Directory

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Which apps can use it

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Ruflo

Context7

Metabase

README from the maker

AI Tools Directory — MCP server

Quick connect

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

Cursor — .cursor/mcp.json

Any client

Tools

Resources

Example

Data quality — please read

Self-host

Notes on the deployment

License

Cursor — `.cursor/mcp.json`