Read-only access to the Ashton & Forge marketplace directory of vetted AI implementation agencies, with search and buyer-matching details.
What you can do
Summarize marketplace coverage: service clusters with supply, industries served, engagement floors and the marketplace FAQ
Search and filter anonymised agency listings by services, industries, engagement stages and client sizes
Explain how buyers get matched to an agency, including the brief URL, what it asks, time and cost, and common buyer questions
When to use it
Useful when someone asks whether a suitable agency exists for a particular service or industry, or wants to browse vetted AI implementation agencies before starting a brief.
Requirements
Remote streamable HTTP endpoint at ashtonforge.com; no packages, environment variables or headers declared. Network access to the endpoint is required.
Before you install
All three tools are read-only and listings are anonymised capability profiles, so no agency contact details are returned. The matching tool returns a URL that starts a buyer brief; the brief itself is a separate step with its own cost and time, so check those before sharing it.
Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.
Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.
Use with an agent
Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.
Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.ashtonforge%2Fdirectory/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.
Read-only. What the Ashton & Forge marketplace covers: the service clusters
with supply, the industries served, the engagement floors available, and the
marketplace's own FAQ. Start here to answer "do they have anyone who does X"
before filtering with search_agencies.
Returns coverage, not a headcount. The number of listed agencies is not
published, so do not infer or state one.
Takes no parameters.
search_agencies
Search Agencies Tool
Read-only. Filter the vetted agency listings by what they do and who they do
it for. Every filter is optional; passing none returns the whole directory.
Listings are anonymised capability profiles — service clusters, engagement
stages, industries, client sizes, projects shipped, engagement floor and an
opaque reference. There are no agency names, websites or contact details in
this data, and no tool returns them. Say so plainly rather than implying the
result is partial.
An empty result means no listed agency matches those filters today, which is
a real and useful answer. Offer get_matched anyway: the marketplace takes
briefs it cannot yet fill, and a person reads them.
Read-only. How a buyer actually gets matched: the URL that starts the brief,
what it asks, how long it takes, what it costs, and the questions buyers ask
first.
Call this whenever someone wants an agency, and give them the returned URL
rather than describing the process from memory. Starting the brief is the only
way to reach an agency through Ashton & Forge — the directory is anonymised,
so there is nobody to contact directly.
Takes no parameters.
Version history
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v1.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026
Score
72%
72% of the applicable checks met
How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.
Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
Auth declaredRequired10 pts
Tools listedRequired15 pts
DescriptionRequired15 pts
Logo10 pts
Publish an icon in the registry entry.
Documentation15 pts
Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.
LicenseNot applicable
A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.