# HList AI Tools (remote · hlist.cc)

Search 386+ AI tools with China-access data, live GitHub stats, 4-language metadata. No key needed

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `hlist.cc`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://hlist.cc/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 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 3 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - 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**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 228 tokens (~76/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 60/100
  - Stability observed for 18 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 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 HList AI Tools MCP server?

HList AI Tools is a hosted endpoint at https://hlist.cc/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 cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools 'https://hlist.cc/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools": {
      "url": "https://hlist.cc/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hlist.cc/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools]
url = "https://hlist.cc/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools --url 'https://hlist.cc/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools:
    url: "https://hlist.cc/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://hlist.cc/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools -t streamable-http -u 'https://hlist.cc/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hlist.cc/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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 71, +1)

- [security] Tool “search_ai_tools” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-11-03 (score 70, 0)

- [security] Tool “search_ai_tools” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-11-02 (score 70, +1)

- [security] Tool “search_ai_tools” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-11-01 (score 69, 0)

- [security] Tool “search_ai_tools” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-31 (score 69, +1)

- [security] Tool “search_ai_tools” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-30 (score 68, 0)

- [security] Tool “search_ai_tools” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-29 (score 68, +1)

- [security] Tool “search_ai_tools” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-28 (score 67, 0)

- [security] Tool “search_ai_tools” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_ai_tools` (~92 tokens)

Search the hlist.cc AI tools directory (441 tools, updated daily) by keyword and/or category. Returns top 10 matches with name, description, pricing, China accessibility, and GitHub stats.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Optional category filter
- `lang` (string): Optional: return descriptions in this language (default en)
- `query` (string, required): Keyword to search in tool names and descriptions

### `get_tool` (~60 tokens)

Get full details for a single AI tool by slug (e.g. "cursor", "stable-diffusion").

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Optional: return description in this language (default en)
- `slug` (string, required): Tool slug from the directory

### `list_categories` (~17 tokens)

List all AI tool categories with tool counts.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 71
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 70
- 2026-11-02: 70
- 2026-11-01: 69
- 2026-10-31: 69
- 2026-10-30: 68
- 2026-10-29: 68
- 2026-10-28: 67
- 2026-10-27: 67
- 2026-10-26: 67
- 2026-10-25: 66
- 2026-10-24: 66
- 2026-10-23: 65
- 2026-10-22: 65
- 2026-10-21: 64
- 2026-10-20: 64
- 2026-10-19: 64
- 2026-10-18: 64

## Common questions

### What is the HList AI Tools MCP server?

HList AI Tools is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as cc.hlist/hlist-ai-tools. Search 386+ AI tools with China-access data, live GitHub stats, 4-language metadata. No key needed. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://hlist.cc/api/mcp).

### Is the HList AI Tools MCP server safe to use?

HList AI Tools scores 71 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 HList AI Tools MCP server expose?

HList AI Tools exposes 3 tools: search_ai_tools, get_tool, list_categories. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 169 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the HList AI Tools MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the HList AI Tools MCP server still maintained?

HList AI Tools 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://hlist.cc/api/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/hlist0001/hlist
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/cc-hlist-hlist-ai-tools/api-mcp