# The AI Tools Index

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

- name: com.theaitoolsindex/aitoolsindex
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 79/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 88/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.theaitoolsindex%2Faitoolsindex
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.theaitoolsindex%2Faitoolsindex/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

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


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 98
- freshness: 85
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-96% ~updated-61d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 88/100 (good)

### 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)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 6 of 6 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- warn `tools.directory_hints`: 2 of 6 tools declare all four hints; missing: search_tools (destructiveHint); get_tool (destructiveHint); list_alternatives (destructiveHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,455 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

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

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 6, about 1,455 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 5769640975b2a0bf7c0f6b3ad118ded6
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.theaitoolsindex/aitoolsindex.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.theaitoolsindex/aitoolsindex)
- 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._

## Remotes

- https://theaitoolsindex.com/api/mcp/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9550562)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (6)

- `create_checkout`: 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.
- `get_tool`: 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.
- `list_alternatives`: 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.
- `list_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).
- `search_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.
- `submit_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.