MCP server for AiList — search and discover Ai projects from Claude Code
Connect Ailist MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for AiList — search and discover Ai projects from Claude Code. The ailist mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.
AiList MCP connects Claude Code to a curated directory of Ai projects. Search MCP servers, CLI tools, libraries, and APIs — or submit your own project without leaving your terminal.
AiList is a curated directory of Ai projects. Every listing gets its own SEO-indexed page, and the REST API is 100% public — making your project discoverable by both humans and AI agents.
The server ships on npm as ailist-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
search_projects — Search and browse Ai projects. Supports filtering by category and sortingget_project — The get_project tool exposed by this serverlist_categories — The list_categories tool exposed by this serverget_trending — Discover trending Ai projects this week, sorted by star velocityget_stats — No parameters. Returns total projects, added this week, category breakdownssubmit_project — Submit your project to the directory. Requires AILIST_API_KEYConfiguration is passed through the environment: AILIST_API_KEY, AILIST_API_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Plenty of file and storage access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Ailist MCP's toolset — search_projects, get_project, list_categories and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by hifriendbot; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search_projects | Search and browse Ai projects. Supports filtering by category and sorting. |
| get_project | The get_project tool exposed by this server. |
| list_categories | The list_categories tool exposed by this server. |
| get_trending | Discover trending Ai projects this week, sorted by star velocity. |
| get_stats | No parameters. Returns total projects, added this week, category breakdowns. |
| submit_project | Submit your project to the directory. Requires AILIST_API_KEY. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"ailist": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "ailist-mcp"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| AILIST_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| AILIST_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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