NeedAnAI — AI tool catalogue

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Computer or cloud
• Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
• Category: Search & AI memory
• You need to fill in: NEEDANAI_API_KEY

Install

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

You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

https://mcp.needanai.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@needanai/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEEDANAI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http catalog https://mcp.needanai.com/mcp

claude mcp add catalog --env NEEDANAI_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y @needanai/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "url": "https://mcp.needanai.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@needanai/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEEDANAI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.needanai.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "catalog": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@needanai/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEEDANAI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

https://mcp.needanai.com/mcp

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Values you fill in

• NEEDANAI_API_KEY secret env
  Optional Bearer key for watch/submit/export tools

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

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• search_tools

  Search the NeedAnAI catalogue of 15,000+ AI tools by free text, pricing model, category or task. Returns ranked hits with pricing, status, freshness (when the site was last confirmed alive) and canonical URLs, plus facet counts and a separate, labelled sponsored block. Use list_t

• get_tool

  Full profile of one tool by slug: description, pricing model and details (with when pricing was last checked), pricing history, pros, cons, FAQs, categories, tasks, media, site status, freshness and up to five alternatives. Ends with a provenance line.

• find_alternatives

  Alternatives to a tool, ranked by freshness, profile completeness, curation and how many other tools list them as an alternative. Each entry carries a rationale. Optionally restrict to the same pricing model.

• compare_tools

  Side-by-side comparison of 2–5 tools: pricing, summary, categories, tasks, pros, cons, site status, freshness, flags and launch date.

• recommend_for_task

  Given a job to be done ("create a logo", "transcribe meetings") and an optional budget, returns the best-fitting tools with an explicit rationale per recommendation. Resolves known task slugs first, then falls back to free-text search.

• list_taxonomy

  All category or task slugs with names and live tool counts. Use the slugs as filters for search_tools and recommend_for_task.

• search_articles

  Search 660+ editorial articles (reviews, comparisons, alternatives round-ups, guides) by keywords and optional category.

• get_article

  The full markdown body of one article by slug.

• check_status

  Is the tool’s site alive? Returns the scanner verdict, when it was last checked and verified, when pricing was last checked, and a freshness label.

• watch_tool

  Subscribe to status and pricing changes for a tool (checked every 30 minutes). Delivered to an https webhook or email. Requires an API key (free, from https://needanai.com/profile?tab=api-keys).

• list_watches

  Active watches on this API key.

• unwatch_tool

  Stop a watch by id.

• submit_tool

  Suggest a tool for the catalogue. If its website is already listed the existing listing is returned instead. Requires an API key.

• export_tools

  Bulk export of a filtered slice of the catalogue (up to 2,000 rows) as JSON or CSV. Returns a signed download URL valid for 24 hours. Requires an API key.

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 7, 2026

• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The publisher (needanai.com) is not the repo owner (vmatresu); someone else may have listed it

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 185 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 14 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

• More stars than 0% of the other 7251 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 89% of the other 7251 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 40% of the other 7251 servers in this category

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

Alternatives

Servers in the same category from other makers, sorted by stars.

Reading a card:★ GitHub starsiThree pillars: reviews · checks · usageiUpdated = latest version published to the registryi

README from the maker

No README found in the repo