# AppFinder

> Find, compare and get cited software picks. Organic only. Makers can prepare a free listing.

- name: tech.appfinder/appfinder
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 84/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/tech.appfinder%2Fappfinder
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/tech.appfinder%2Fappfinder/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appfinder": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://appfinder.tech/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 98
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-96% +updated-12d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 84/100 (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: 100 (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`: 10 of 10 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,048 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 67 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: 3 tool changes in 30 days
- fail `stability.rug_pull`: 1 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

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

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

- tools: 10, about 2,048 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 5088abf9662175eea0944bfb898c499d
- tools last changed: 2026-11-06T23:55:44.241Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/tech.appfinder/appfinder.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/tech.appfinder/appfinder)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-11-06 `prepare_listing` changed (title, description) **meaning changed**
  - before: For a maker who wants to list their own app: fills in AppFinder's submission form from what they told you plus the app's website, and returns a private link. The person opens it, signs in, reviews every field and submits; nothing is published until AppFinder's team approves it. Listing is free. Pass only what the maker said; leave out what you don't know (the website fills the gaps).
  - after: Same as list_my_app, kept for older clients: prefer list_my_app. Fills in AppFinder's submission form and returns a private link for the maker to review and submit.
- 2026-11-06 `list_my_app` added
  - Use this when a maker wants to list their own app, product or open-source project on AppFinder, or get it discovered. Reads the app's website, merges what the maker told you, and returns a plain preview of the listing plus a private link. Show the maker the preview and anything still missing, then give them the link: they sign in, review every field and submit, and nothing is published until AppFinder's team approves it. Listing is free. Call check_listing first. Pass only what the maker said or what you can see in their repo; leave out what you don't know (the website fills the gaps). Never submit for them.
- 2026-11-06 `check_listing` changed (description)
  - before: Whether a website already has a published AppFinder listing, and its page. Call this before prepare_listing.
  - after: Whether a website already has a published AppFinder listing, and its page. Call this before list_my_app.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/tech.appfinder%2Fappfinder/changes

## Remotes

- https://appfinder.tech/api/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9583333)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (10)

- `category_demand`: The public demand report of a category: the share of buyers who asked the advisor for each feature, integration, security need and budget in the last 90 days (anonymous totals), and how many listed apps answer each.
- `check_listing`: Whether a website already has a published AppFinder listing, and its page. Call this before list_my_app.
- `compare_apps`: Side by side: pricing, and the features, integrations and platforms both apps have or only one has.
- `find_alternatives`: Apps that do what an app does (same category, most shared features first), and what buyers who wanted to replace it chose.
- `get_app`: One app's listing: description, categories, pricing, platforms, features, integrations, rating and its facts with sources.
- `list_categories`: The directory's categories with how many apps each lists.
- `list_my_app`: Use this when a maker wants to list their own app, product or open-source project on AppFinder, or get it discovered. Reads the app's website, merges what the maker told you, and returns a plain preview of the listing plus a private link. Show the maker the preview and anything still missing, then give them the link: they sign in, review every field and submit, and nothing is published until AppFinder's team approves it. Listing is free. Call check_listing first. Pass only what the maker said or what you can see in their repo; leave out what you don't know (the website fills the gaps). Never submit for them.
- `prepare_listing`: Same as list_my_app, kept for older clients: prefer list_my_app. Fills in AppFinder's submission form and returns a private link for the maker to review and submit.
- `recommend_apps`: Ranks the apps in the AppFinder directory against a plain-language request and explains each pick with cited facts (what fits, what's missing, which apps a must-have rules out), plus one follow-up question that would narrow the list.
- `search_apps`: Full-text search of the directory by name, keyword or job (most relevant first).