# VaneTools AI Directory

> Search curated AI resources: AI tools, MCP servers, prompts, skills, plugins, learning.

- name: com.vanetools/vanetools-directory
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 96/100
- quality: 73/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.vanetools%2Fvanetools-directory
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.vanetools%2Fvanetools-directory/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vanetools-directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://vanetools.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

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

## Quality 73/100 (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: 71 (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
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: get_resource (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); search_mcp_servers (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); search_plugins (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,145 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`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 8, about 1,145 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: b4e50a39b894c60de0cadc43f816f9fa
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.vanetools/vanetools-directory.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.vanetools/vanetools-directory)
- 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://vanetools.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (8)

- `get_resource`: Get full structured details for one resource by type + slug. Works for all resource types: app, mcp, skill, prompt, plugin, learning, workflow. Use the search_* tools first to find the slug.
- `get_tool`: Get full structured details for one tool by slug: description sections, features, categories, website, pricing model and last-verified date. Use search_tools first to find the slug.
- `search_mcp_servers`: Search VaneTools' curated MCP (Model Context Protocol) server directory. Returns slug, name, one-line tagline, category, website and detail page URL.
- `search_plugins`: Search the VaneTools plugin directory (editor and agent plugins). Returns slug, name, tagline, category, website and detail page URL.
- `search_prompts`: Search the VaneTools curated prompt library (prompts for writing, coding, marketing and more). Returns slug, name, tagline, category and detail page URL.
- `search_resources`: Search VaneTools' AI learning resources (tutorials, guides, handbooks and courses). Returns slug, name, tagline, category and detail page URL.
- `search_skills`: Search the VaneTools Agent Skills directory (reusable skill packages for AI coding agents). Returns slug, name, tagline, category and detail page URL.
- `search_tools`: Search the VaneTools bilingual AI tools directory (~34k tools). Returns slug, name, one-line tagline, category, website and detail page URL.