Plainly Guide

guide.plainlyPublished by plainly.guideOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Nov 7, 2026

Find and compare creative AI tools: what they do, cost, open or closed, licences, with sources.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

A source-linked catalogue of creative AI tools, models and hosts that lets an assistant shortlist, inspect and compare options by price, licence and openness.

What you can do
  • Shortlist creative AI tools, models and hosts for a task such as pictures, video, voice, music, talking presenters or 3D, optionally filtered by monthly budget or open source only
  • Read the full entry for one tool, model or host: purpose, open or closed, licence, commercial-use rights, plans and prices, access, skill needed, maker, rights and safety notes, related entries
  • Compare 2 to 5 entries side by side on purpose, licence, commercial use, free option, cheapest paid plan, skill needed and how you use it
  • Report when facts were last checked and link the entry page
When to use it
Useful when someone is choosing among creative AI tools or hosting options and wants plain-English, dated facts about cost, licensing and whether outputs can be sold, rather than marketing pages.
Requirements
Remote MCP endpoint; no account, API key or environment variable is declared. Network access to the endpoint is required.
Before you install
Prices and licence facts are as published by the makers and carry last-checked dates, so they can go stale; verify before relying on them for a purchase or commercial decision. The server only reads catalogue data and does not appear to change anything.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Plainly Guide in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. 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/guide.plainly%2Fmcp/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 the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plainly-guide": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.plainly.guide/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

3

find_tool

Find creative AI tools for a task

Shortlist creative AI tools, models and hosts for something the user wants to make (pictures, video, voice, music, talking presenters, 3D). Returns the best matches with a plain-English summary, whether it is open or closed, whether there is a free option, the cheapest paid plan, and links. Ordered by how well each matches the task; nobody pays for placement.

Parametersareataskrequiredtypelimitbudgetopen_sourcecommercial_use

get_entry

Get everything about one tool or model

Full Plainly entry for one tool, model or host: summary, what it is for, open or closed, licence, whether you can sell what you make (and conditions), every plan and price, access, skill needed, maker, rights and safety (training on your work, watermarks, face/voice cloning), related entries, alternatives, and a source URL with check date for every fact. Accepts the slug (e.g. "midjourney") or a name.

Parametersslugrequired

compare_tools

Compare tools side by side

Compare 2 to 5 entries side by side on the questions people ask: what each is for, open or closed, licence, commercial use, free option, cheapest paid plan, skill needed, how you use it, and when the facts were last checked.

Parametersslugsrequired

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestNov 7, 2026

Score

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.