Deterministic tech stack recommendations, audits, and project estimates. No hallucinations.
Stacksfinder MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Stacksfinder directly instead of describing what you should do. Deterministic tech stack recommendations, audits, and project estimates. No hallucinations.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that brings deterministic tech stack recommendations to LLM clients like Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP-compatible tools.
Once Stacksfinder is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
list_technologies — List all 80+ tech IDs by categoryanalyze_tech — 6-dimension scores, strengths, weaknesses, compatible techscompare_techs — Side-by-side comparison of 2-4 technologiesrecommend_stack — FREE 1x/day — Full stack recommendation for any project typeestimate_project — Estimate scope, pricing, and market analysis for a projectget_estimate_quota — Check your remaining estimate quota (weekly/monthly)get_blueprint — Fetch existing blueprint by IDcreate_blueprint — Generate new blueprint with AI narrativesetup_api_key — Authenticate and create API key from MCPlist_api_keys — List your API keysrevoke_api_key — Revoke an API keycreate_audit — Run technical debt audit on your stackBeing a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.
You will need 2 environment variables: STACKSFINDER_API_KEY, STACKSFINDER_API_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Stacksfinder's toolset — list_technologies, analyze_tech, compare_techs and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by hoklims; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Stacksfinder's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_technologies | List all 80+ tech IDs by category |
| analyze_tech | 6-dimension scores, strengths, weaknesses, compatible techs |
| compare_techs | Side-by-side comparison of 2-4 technologies |
| recommend_stack | **FREE 1x/day** — Full stack recommendation for any project type |
| estimate_project | Estimate scope, pricing, and market analysis for a project |
| get_estimate_quota | Check your remaining estimate quota (weekly/monthly) |
| get_blueprint | Fetch existing blueprint by ID |
| create_blueprint | Generate new blueprint with AI narrative |
| setup_api_key | Authenticate and create API key from MCP |
| list_api_keys | List your API keys |
| revoke_api_key | Revoke an API key |
| create_audit | Run technical debt audit on your stack |
| get_audit | Fetch audit report by ID |
| list_audits | List your audit reports |
**Windows:**
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"stacksfinder": {
"command": "cmd",
"args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@stacksfinder/mcp-server"],
"env": {
"STACKSFINDER_API_KEY": "sk_live_xxx"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| STACKSFINDER_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| STACKSFINDER_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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