# ToolNav AI (remote · toolnav.ai)

Search AI tools, browse categories and read tool details with source links. Free, read-only access.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `toolnav.ai`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-toolnav-directory/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-toolnav-directory/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-18.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 57/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 218 tokens (~72/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the ToolNav AI MCP server?

ToolNav AI is a hosted endpoint at https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-toolnav-directory 'https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-toolnav-directory": {
      "url": "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-toolnav-directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-toolnav-directory]
url = "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-toolnav-directory": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-toolnav-directory --url 'https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-toolnav-directory:
    url: "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-toolnav-directory": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-toolnav-directory -t streamable-http -u 'https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-toolnav-directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-17 (score 66, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-16 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_tools` (~69 tokens)

Search AI tools

Search published AI tools by keyword and optional category. Matches name, description or tags. Use list_categories for valid category values. Returns source and official website URLs.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `page` (integer)
- `page_size` (integer)
- `query` (string)

### `get_tool` (~44 tokens)

Get AI tool details

Get a published tool by its exact slug, including available FAQs and source URLs. Returns found=false if unavailable.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)
- `slug` (string, required)

### `list_categories` (~41 tokens)

List tool categories

List category values present in published tool listings. Pass a returned slug to search_tools.category.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer)
- `page_size` (integer)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-toolnav-directory/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 66
- 2026-10-17: 66
- 2026-10-16: 65

## Common questions

### What is the ToolNav AI MCP server?

ToolNav AI is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.toolnav/directory. Search AI tools, browse categories and read tool details with source links. Free, read-only access. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp).

### Is the ToolNav AI MCP server safe to use?

ToolNav AI scores 66 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the ToolNav AI MCP server expose?

ToolNav AI exposes 3 tools: search_tools, get_tool, list_categories. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 154 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ToolNav AI MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to ToolNav AI without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the ToolNav AI MCP server still maintained?

ToolNav AI is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://toolnav.ai/api/mcp
- Website: https://toolnav.ai/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-toolnav-directory/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-toolnav-directory/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-toolnav-directory/api-mcp