# StackPick (remote · stackpick.app)

Free read-only StackPick rankings of AI dev tools. Scores are never paid.

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `stackpick.app`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-stackpick-directory/stackpick.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-stackpick-directory/stackpick)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://stackpick.app/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 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - 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**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 385 tokens (~64/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% 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 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the StackPick MCP server?

StackPick is a hosted endpoint at https://stackpick.app/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 app-stackpick-directory 'https://stackpick.app/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-stackpick-directory": {
      "url": "https://stackpick.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "app-stackpick-directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://stackpick.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.app-stackpick-directory]
url = "https://stackpick.app/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add app-stackpick-directory --url 'https://stackpick.app/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  app-stackpick-directory:
    url: "https://stackpick.app/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "app-stackpick-directory": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://stackpick.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add app-stackpick-directory -t streamable-http -u 'https://stackpick.app/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-stackpick-directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://stackpick.app/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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 74, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-01 (score 73)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `list_categories` (~33 tokens)

List categories

List StackPick jobs and the tool slugs ranked in each one. Order matches the category pages. Rankings are never paid.

### `get_best_tools` (~52 tokens)

Best tools for a job

Ranked tools for one category slug, highest score first. Scores and order match the category page. Rankings are never paid.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required): Category slug from list_categories, such as ai-code-editors.

### `get_tool` (~47 tokens)

Get a tool

One StackPick tool by slug, including its category rank, score, website, and last reviewed date. Rankings are never paid.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Tool slug, such as cursor.

### `compare_tools` (~56 tokens)

Compare tools

Side-by-side scores and ranks for two or more tool slugs. Each rank is within that tool's category. Rankings are never paid.

Input parameters:

- `slugs` (array, required): Two or more tool slugs to compare. Order is preserved.

### `search_tools` (~79 tokens)

Search tools

Search StackPick tools by name, former name, tagline, description, category, or tag. Results use the same score order as the site search.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum matches to return. Defaults to 10.
- `query` (string, required): Matches name, former names, tagline, description, best-for line, category, and tags.

### `latest_releases` (~47 tokens)

Latest releases

Newest StackPick release notes, the same records as the changelog, newest first.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many releases to return, newest first. Defaults to 10.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 75
- 2026-11-04: 75
- 2026-11-03: 74
- 2026-11-02: 74
- 2026-11-01: 73

## Common questions

### What is the StackPick MCP server?

StackPick is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as app.stackpick/directory. Free read-only StackPick rankings of AI dev tools. Scores are never paid. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://stackpick.app/mcp).

### Is the StackPick MCP server safe to use?

StackPick scores 75 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 StackPick MCP server expose?

StackPick exposes 6 tools: list_categories, get_best_tools, get_tool, compare_tools, search_tools, latest_releases. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 314 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the StackPick MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the StackPick MCP server still maintained?

StackPick is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 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://stackpick.app/mcp
- Website: https://stackpick.app/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-stackpick-directory/stackpick.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-stackpick-directory/stackpick.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-stackpick-directory/stackpick