# The AI Tools Index (remote · theaitoolsindex.com)

AI tools filed by category, with real launch dates and revenue verified through Stripe.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-20

## Components

- remote · `theaitoolsindex.com`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-theaitoolsindex-aitoolsindex/api-mcp-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-theaitoolsindex-aitoolsindex/api-mcp-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/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 2026-08-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - 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 4 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.
  - 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 (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1148 tokens (~191/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-theaitoolsindex-aitoolsindex https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-theaitoolsindex-aitoolsindex]
url = "https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-theaitoolsindex-aitoolsindex --url https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-theaitoolsindex-aitoolsindex:
    url: "https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-theaitoolsindex-aitoolsindex": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/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.

### 2026-08-20 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `search_tools` (~109 tokens)

Search AI tools

Search the The AI Tools Index catalog of live, published AI tools by a free-text query. Matches on tool name, tagline, or category name (case-insensitive substring). Call this first when a user asks to find, discover, or compare AI tools by keyword, use-case, or category (e.g. 'agents', 'writing assistants'). Returns up to 20 results.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Free-text search term, e.g. a tool name, use-case, or category.

### `get_tool` (~107 tokens)

Get AI tool detail

Fetch the full public detail for one AI tool by its listing slug (as returned by search_tools' toolUrl, e.g. '/tools/acme-writer' -> slug 'acme-writer'). Call this after search_tools to get a tool's full description, launch date, revenue signals (verified or self-reported), and for-sale status. Returns null if the slug doesn't resolve to a live The AI Tools Index listing.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): The tool's listing slug.

### `list_alternatives` (~107 tokens)

List alternatives to a tool

List live, same-category alternatives to a well-known AI tool (e.g. 'chatgpt', 'notion-ai', 'figma'). Call this when a user asks 'what are the alternatives to X' or wants competitors/substitutes for a named product. `target` is the well-known tool's slug, not a listing slug from this catalog.

Input parameters:

- `target` (string, required): Slug of the well-known target tool, e.g. 'chatgpt'.

### `submit_tool` (~400 tokens)

Submit a new AI tool

Submit a new AI tool to The AI Tools Index on behalf of its maker. Creates a draft listing (not yet public) and returns a claimUrl the maker must visit to sign up and claim/publish it. Call this only when a user explicitly wants to list their own tool — never to submit a tool on someone else's behalf without their email. Rate-limited globally to 5 submissions per hour. Supply tagline, problemSolved, logoUrl and imageUrls whenever you can: they are what make the published listing look like a real product page rather than a stub.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required): Category slug, e.g. 'agents', 'writing', 'coding', 'design', 'marketing', 'productivity', 'video', 'analytics'.
- `description` (string, required): A description of the tool (40-1000 chars).
- `email` (string, required): The maker's email — used to claim the listing on signup.
- `imageUrls` (array): Up to 5 https screenshot URLs, best first. Copied to our own storage. Without any, the listing shows a generated placeholder card instead of a real screenshot.
- `logoUrl` (string): https URL of the tool's logo. We copy it to our own storage — we never hotlink the maker's host.
- `name` (string, required): The tool's name.
- `problemSolved` (string): What problem the tool solves, in the maker's words (max 160 chars). Rendered as its own block on the listing page.
- `tagline` (string): One line shown on every card (max 60 chars). Supply it — without one we fall back to a truncated description.
- `url` (string, required): The tool's https homepage URL.
- `xHandle` (string): X/Twitter handle, without the @.
- `xHandleIsFounder` (boolean): True when the handle is the founder's personal account rather than the product's.

### `list_offers` (~90 tokens)

List paid add-ons (offers)

List the optional paid add-ons a maker can buy to promote their listing (name, one-sentence effect, price in USD). Listing is always free; these only ADD reach and are always labeled 'Sponsored'. Call this to see what's purchasable before create_checkout. During free early access (early-bird), offers are not yet purchasable and this says so (purchasable=false).

### `create_checkout` (~147 tokens)

Create a checkout link for a paid add-on

Create a Stripe checkout URL for one paid add-on on one listing, and return it for a HUMAN to open. Never present this as a completed purchase: nothing is charged until a person completes checkout in a browser. Returns an error when the listing doesn't exist, the add-on isn't purchasable yet (free early access), or payments aren't configured in this environment.

Input parameters:

- `product` (string, required): Add-on key: premium_launch, review_one, review_monthly. See list_offers for names, effects, and prices.
- `slug` (string, required): The listing's slug (as in a toolUrl, e.g. '/tools/acme-writer' -> 'acme-writer').

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-20: 65

## Links

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