{"id":"mcp-discovery","slug":"mcp-discovery","name":"MCP server discovery & registries","shortName":"MCP server discovery & registries","problemStatement":"Find, verify, and optionally host MCP tool servers for agents.","whenNotTopPick":"Want a directory/inspector on top of registry metadata — Glama or PulseMCP; a public directory without connect/API (after 2026-10-31) — Smithery; need broad SaaS tool router not MCP-native — Composio.","categoryIds":["cat-search-scrape","cat-sandboxes-browsers"],"depotPickProviderId":"mcp-registry","depotPickRationale":"Editorial replacement 2026-10-24: Smithery's own page (https://smithery.ai/future, fetched 2026-10-24) says 'On October 31, 2026, we're shutting down Smithery's connection management services.' and that the Smithery API, Connect, accounts and API keys, CLI and SDKs stop working, while smithery.ai stays a public (non-proxied) directory. So the former pick smithery (7.7 for this job) was replaced by the highest-scoring live runner-up, the Official MCP Registry (8.19 for this job). Smithery stays the last runner-up as a directory only. No score changed. Official registry as source of truth.","runnersUpIds":["glama","composio","pulse-mcp","aws-agent-registry","google-agent-registry","smithery"],"weights":{"capabilityFit":0.25,"pricePerformance":0.18,"latencyReliability":0.15,"developerDx":0.15,"privacyPosture":0.1,"lockInRisk":0.07,"maturity":0.1},"methodologyNotes":"dx + capability. Official registry as source of truth (Depot pick since 2026-10-24; Smithery's connect/run services end 2026-10-31).","tags":["mcp"],"depth":{"whenNotToUse":{"text":"Want a directory/inspector on top of registry metadata — Glama or PulseMCP; a public directory without connect/API (after 2026-10-31) — Smithery; need broad SaaS tool router not MCP-native — Composio.","source":"editorial `whenNotTopPick` (data/jtbds.json)"},"whenNotToUseReason":null,"runnerUp":{"providerId":"glama","name":"Glama","overallForJob":7.56,"pickOverallForJob":8.19,"beatsPickOn":["capabilityFit","developerDx"],"source":"first resolvable entry of the job's editorially ranked `runnersUpIds`; scores are stored job-weighted scores"},"runnerUpReason":null,"lockIn":{"pickLockInRisk":1,"runnerUpLockInRisk":4,"scale":"0–10 stored curated estimate; higher = more lock-in (worse)","pickExitSignals":[],"runnerUpExitSignals":[],"pickNotes":[{"text":"Vendor-neutral","field":"strengths"}],"selfHostFallback":[{"id":"mcp-servers","name":"MCP reference servers","license":"MIT to Apache-2.0 transition","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/main/LICENSE"},{"id":"mcp-registry","name":"Official MCP Registry","license":"MIT to Apache-2.0 transition","sourceUrl":"https://modelcontextprotocol.io/registry/registry-aggregators"}],"migration":"The pick has lower stored lock-in risk than runner-up Glama (1 vs 4). Self-host fallback listed for this job: MCP reference servers, Official MCP Registry.","migrationReason":null,"derivedFrom":"stored lockInRisk scores, provider tags (oss, self-host, openai-compat, open-models), free rows that list this job, and verbatim provider notes. No migration guide was invented."}},"freshness":{"pick":{"score":{"asOf":"2026-09-14","ageDays":43,"stale":true,"staleAfterDays":30,"reason":null},"lastReviewed":{"asOf":"2026-09-14","ageDays":43,"stale":true,"staleAfterDays":30,"reason":null},"sourceCheck":{"checkedAt":"2026-10-27","sourceUrls":3,"sourcesReachable":3,"pricingRows":0,"pricingRowsReconfirmed":0,"note":"A source re-check confirms the page is reachable and, for pricing rows, that the stored amount and SKU name appear on it. It does not re-derive or change the score.","reason":null}}}}