StackMap

Lets an assistant search a curated, human-reviewed catalog of open-source AI and agent repositories and the typed connections between them.

What you can do

StackMap exposes a curated map of the open-source AI stack: 344 repositories across 21 topics and 817 typed connections, each labeled complements, alternative, or built_with and reviewed by a human. Tools include search_catalog for topic queries, get_repo for a single repository including when not to use it, get_alternatives for replacements, continue_stack for what pairs well with a given set of tools, and build_stack for a starter stack from a described goal. Answers carry the curator's written reasoning rather than a list of links.

When to use it

Useful when choosing between AI or agent frameworks, libraries, and tools, or when assembling a stack for a described goal such as a local-first RAG pipeline. Also helpful for finding alternatives to a tool already in use and for seeing which components are commonly combined.

Requirements

Runs locally as a stdio process, installed via npx from the npm package @ship-with-ai/stackmap-mcp, so Node.js and network access are needed. No authentication, no environment variables, and no headers are declared. It reads the site's static JSON API, and the catalog is date-versioned.