# NeedAnAI — AI tool catalogue

> Search, compare and watch 15,000+ AI tools: pricing, alternatives, liveness. Free, no auth.

- name: com.needanai/catalog
- version: 1.0.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 95/100
- quality: 85/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.needanai%2Fcatalog
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.needanai%2Fcatalog/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.needanai.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 98
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 85
- drivers: +repository +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-95% +updated-5d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 85/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 93 (weight 30)

- warn `tools.descriptions`: 1 of 14 tools have a description under 20 characters
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 14 of 14 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,253 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 5 of the 7 days needed

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: deps.dev does not know @needanai/mcp@0.1.3

- tools: 14, about 2,253 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 9f90b241c7f316b3ad8723c3f81c2bf4
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.needanai/catalog.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.needanai/catalog)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Dependencies

- npm @needanai/mcp@0.1.3: unknown

Dependency graphs from deps.dev; advisories from OSV.dev, including the GitHub Advisory Database and the PyPI Advisory Database; all CC BY 4.0.

## Remotes

- https://mcp.needanai.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.95238096)

## Packages

- npm @needanai/mcp@0.1.3 secrets: NEEDANAI_API_KEY

## Tools (14)

- `check_status`: Is the tool’s site alive? Returns the scanner verdict, when it was last checked and verified, when pricing was last checked, and a freshness label.
- `compare_tools`: Side-by-side comparison of 2–5 tools: pricing, summary, categories, tasks, pros, cons, site status, freshness, flags and launch date.
- `export_tools`: Bulk export of a filtered slice of the catalogue (up to 2,000 rows) as JSON or CSV. Returns a signed download URL valid for 24 hours. Requires an API key.
- `find_alternatives`: Alternatives to a tool, ranked by freshness, profile completeness, curation and how many other tools list them as an alternative. Each entry carries a rationale. Optionally restrict to the same pricing model.
- `get_article`: The full markdown body of one article by slug.
- `get_tool`: Full profile of one tool by slug: description, pricing model and details (with when pricing was last checked), pricing history, pros, cons, FAQs, categories, tasks, media, site status, freshness and up to five alternatives. Ends with a provenance line.
- `list_taxonomy`: All category or task slugs with names and live tool counts. Use the slugs as filters for search_tools and recommend_for_task.
- `list_watches`: Active watches on this API key.
- `recommend_for_task`: Given a job to be done ("create a logo", "transcribe meetings") and an optional budget, returns the best-fitting tools with an explicit rationale per recommendation. Resolves known task slugs first, then falls back to free-text search.
- `search_articles`: Search 660+ editorial articles (reviews, comparisons, alternatives round-ups, guides) by keywords and optional category.
- `search_tools`: Search the NeedAnAI catalogue of 15,000+ AI tools by free text, pricing model, category or task. Returns ranked hits with pricing, status, freshness (when the site was last confirmed alive) and canonical URLs, plus facet counts and a separate, labelled sponsored block. Use list_taxonomy for valid category and task slugs.
- `submit_tool`: Suggest a tool for the catalogue. If its website is already listed the existing listing is returned instead. Requires an API key.
- `unwatch_tool`: Stop a watch by id.
- `watch_tool`: Subscribe to status and pricing changes for a tool (checked every 30 minutes). Delivered to an https webhook or email. Requires an API key (free, from https://needanai.com/profile?tab=api-keys).