# AppBoard.pro product discovery (remote · api.appboard.pro)

Search community-ranked software products: trending launches, details, and alternatives to a tool.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `api.appboard.pro`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pro-appboard-appboard/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pro-appboard-appboard/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.appboard.pro/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 2026-09-28.

- **Endpoint Security**: 46/100
  - 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 7 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - 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**: 79/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 916 tokens (~130/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 70/100
  - Stability observed for 21 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 7 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 AppBoard.pro product discovery MCP server?

AppBoard.pro product discovery is a hosted endpoint at https://api.appboard.pro/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 pro-appboard-appboard 'https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pro-appboard-appboard": {
      "url": "https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pro-appboard-appboard": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.pro-appboard-appboard]
url = "https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pro-appboard-appboard --url 'https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pro-appboard-appboard:
    url: "https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pro-appboard-appboard": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pro-appboard-appboard -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pro-appboard-appboard": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.appboard.pro/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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 70, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-27 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-25 (score 69, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-22 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-20 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (7)

### `appboard_alternatives_to` (~140 tokens)

Find products offered as alternatives to a tool the user ALREADY USES — "what can I use instead of Notion / Product Hunt / Zapier". Pass the tool's target slug. This differs from appboard_find_alternatives, which starts from a product listed on AppBoard; use this one when the user names the tool they want to replace. Call appboard_list_alternative_targets when unsure which slug a tool has.

Input parameters:

- `tool` (string, required): the tool the user wants to replace, as an AppBoard target slug from appboard_list_alternative_targets, e.g. 'product-hunt' or 'notion'

### `appboard_browse_taxonomy` (~88 tokens)

List the controlled vocabulary for a dimension — categories, use cases, platforms, audiences or pricing models. Call this to discover the exact filter values appboard_find_products accepts, and to answer "what categories exist". Each term carries the appboardUrl of its browse page.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string, required): which vocabulary to list: category, use_case, platform, audience or pricing

### `appboard_find_alternatives` (~118 tokens)

Find alternatives and competitors to a specific product. Use this for "what's a good alternative to X" or "what else is like X". Alternatives that are themselves on AppBoard include a slug you can pass to appboard_product_details and an appboardUrl. When the tool being replaced has an AppBoard collection, alternativesPage is the URL of that "alternatives to X" page — share it with the user.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): the product's AppBoard slug, as returned by appboard_find_products

### `appboard_find_products` (~275 tokens)

Search AppBoard for software products by need, category, use case, platform, audience or pricing model. Use this whenever the user asks what tool to use for a job ("a free email API", "note-taking apps for teams"). Results are ranked by real community engagement, not by advertising. Filter values are the names returned by appboard_browse_taxonomy — an unknown name is an error, so list the vocabulary first if you are unsure. Each product carries an appboardUrl, and each of its categories, use cases and platforms carries the appboardUrl of its browse page.

Input parameters:

- `audience` (string): comma-separated target-audience names, e.g. 'developers'
- `category` (string): comma-separated category names from appboard_browse_taxonomy, e.g. 'ai,developer-tools'
- `limit` (integer): how many products to return (1-50, default 10)
- `platform` (string): comma-separated platform names, e.g. 'web,ios,api'
- `pricing` (string): comma-separated pricing-model names, e.g. 'free,freemium'
- `query` (string): free-text terms to match against product names and taglines
- `use_case` (string): comma-separated use-case names from appboard_browse_taxonomy

### `appboard_list_alternative_targets` (~81 tokens)

List the tools AppBoard has alternatives for, most-covered first, with the slug to pass to appboard_alternatives_to. Use it to resolve a tool name to a slug, or to answer "what tools do you cover alternatives for".

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): how many targets to return (1-50, default 10)

### `appboard_product_details` (~111 tokens)

Get everything AppBoard knows about one product: what it does, its pricing model, platforms, use cases, target audiences, community metrics, any discount code, and its alternatives. Use after appboard_find_products when the user asks about a specific product. Taxonomy terms link to their browse pages; an alternative that has its own AppBoard collection carries alternativesPage — the URL to open for it.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): the product's AppBoard slug, as returned by appboard_find_products

### `appboard_trending` (~103 tokens)

List the products gaining the most community momentum in a time window. Use this for "what's new/hot/trending" questions. Ranked by AppBoard's Points-Based Score, which weights recent upvotes, comments, follows and saves by recency.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): how many products to return (1-50, default 10)
- `period` (string): time window: today, yesterday, week, month or all (default week)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 70
- 2026-09-27: 70
- 2026-09-26: 69
- 2026-09-25: 69
- 2026-09-24: 69
- 2026-09-23: 68
- 2026-09-22: 68
- 2026-09-21: 67
- 2026-09-20: 67
- 2026-09-19: 66
- 2026-09-18: 66
- 2026-09-17: 65
- 2026-09-16: 65
- 2026-09-15: 64
- 2026-09-14: 64
- 2026-09-13: 63
- 2026-09-12: 63
- 2026-09-11: 62
- 2026-09-10: 62
- 2026-09-09: 62
- 2026-09-08: 65
- 2026-09-07: 65

## Common questions

### What is the AppBoard.pro product discovery MCP server?

AppBoard.pro product discovery is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as pro.appboard/appboard. Search community-ranked software products: trending launches, details, and alternatives to a tool. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp).

### Is the AppBoard.pro product discovery MCP server safe to use?

AppBoard.pro product discovery scores 70 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 AppBoard.pro product discovery MCP server expose?

AppBoard.pro product discovery exposes 7 tools: appboard_alternatives_to, appboard_browse_taxonomy, appboard_find_alternatives, appboard_find_products, appboard_list_alternative_targets, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 916 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the AppBoard.pro product discovery MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the AppBoard.pro product discovery MCP server still maintained?

AppBoard.pro product discovery is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 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://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp
- Website: https://appboard.pro/mcp-server
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pro-appboard-appboard/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pro-appboard-appboard/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pro-appboard-appboard/api-mcp