AI Tools Directory

top.toolboxesPublished by toolboxes.topOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Oct 28, 2026

Curated index of 221 AI tools across 21 industries. Search by use case, department or pricing tier.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & Scraping AI & ML

Server details

Identifier: top.toolboxes/ai-tools-directory
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Runtime: Web executable
Trust: Verified
Published: Sep 17, 2026

Security note

MCP servers receive tool arguments from a conversation and may perform external actions. Review what a server can do before you enable it, and give it only the access it needs.

The registry verified that this server's namespace belongs to toolboxes.top, which also runs its endpoint. That identifies the publisher; it does not make the server's tools safe.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Remote MCP server exposing a curated directory of 221 AI tools across 21 industry departments, so an assistant can search, filter and shortlist tools.

What you can do: Search AI tools by free-text query, department and pricing tier, with name, URL, department, pricing and description
Fetch the full record for one tool by name, with fuzzy matching and suggestions when nothing matches
List all industry departments with tool counts
Find tools with a free tier, optionally filtered by no-credit-card, free-plan and free-tier API facts
Get directory statistics: tool count, department count, pricing distribution and free-tier coverage
When to use it: Useful when a user asks for AI tool recommendations, wants options for a specific industry or budget, or needs to compare free tiers instead of relying on the model's memory.
Requirements: Remote Streamable HTTP endpoint; no authentication, API key or environment variables are needed. Only network access to the endpoint is required.

Before you install

Free-tier facts are auto-extracted from vendor pages and unverified; a missing free-tier field means no data, not that no free tier exists. Directory content is third-party and should be checked before relying on it. Self-hosting needs Cloudflare credentials, which should not be committed.

Installation

In SourceWeft

Open AI Tools Directory in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
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/top.toolboxes%2Fai-tools-directory/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": {
    "ai-tools-directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

AI Tools Directory — MCP server

A remote MCP server exposing a curated index of 221 AI tools across 21 industry departments, so AI assistants can look up, filter and shortlist tools instead of guessing.

Endpoint: https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC 2.0)
Auth: none
Source data: ai.toolboxes.top

Quick connect

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

json

{  "mcpServers": {    "ai-tools-directory": {      "type": "http",      "url": "https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp"    }  }}

{  "mcpServers": {    "ai-tools-directory": {      "type": "http",      "url": "https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcp"    }  }}

Cursor — `.cursor/mcp.json`

Same structure as above.

Any client

POST https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcpContent-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"my-client","version":"1.0"}}}

POST https://ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top/mcpContent-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"my-client","version":"1.0"}}}

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_ai_tools`	Free-text search across names, descriptions and tags; filter by `department` and/or `pricing` (`free` / `freemium` / `paid`)
`get_ai_tool`	Full record for one tool by name. Exact match first, then fuzzy; returns suggestions when there's no match
`list_departments`	All 21 departments with their tool counts
`find_free_ai_tools`	Tools with a free tier, filterable by `requires_no_credit_card`, `has_free_plan`, `has_api_on_free`
`directory_stats`	Counts, pricing distribution, free-tier coverage

Resources

Example

json

{  "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call",  "params": { "name": "search_ai_tools", "arguments": { "department": "legal", "pricing": "freemium", "limit": 3 } }}

{  "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call",  "params": { "name": "search_ai_tools", "arguments": { "department": "legal", "pricing": "freemium", "limit": 3 } }}

Data quality — please read

The directory is reliable. Name, URL, department, pricing tier, description and tags are human-maintained and reviewed.
freeTier is NOT verified. It is regex-extracted from vendor pages and has known failure modes: some tools return a login wall instead of a pricing page, and the extractor can't always tell "free tier needs no card" from "paid plans need a card".
- The server drops contradictory signals rather than guessing.
- The server's instructions require any assistant using freeTier to tell the user it is auto-detected and may be outdated.
- Coverage is ~87% of tools reachable; of those, about half yielded a usable signal.
A missing freeTier field means "no data", not "no free tier."

If you find wrong free-tier data, please open an issue — that's exactly the feedback needed to improve the extractor.

Self-host

The server is a single Cloudflare Worker with no dependencies.

bash

npm installnode build-dataset.mjs          # regenerate dataset.json (edit it, or point it at your own data)npx wrangler deploy

npm installnode build-dataset.mjs          # regenerate dataset.json (edit it, or point it at your own data)npx wrangler deploy

Requires CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID and CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN in the environment — do not commit them.

To run locally:

Notes on the deployment

workers.dev hostnames are blocked by the GFW, so the canonical hostname is ai-tools-mcp.toolboxes.top (a Cloudflare custom domain on the Worker).
The endpoint is served directly from a Worker; there is no origin server.

License

Code: MIT. Dataset: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution to ai.toolboxes.top.

Source: README.md at commit 134f1fe

Tools

search_ai_tools

Search the AI tools directory by free-text query, industry department, and/or pricing tier. Returns matching tools with name, URL, department, pricing tier and description.

Parameterslimitquerypricingdepartment

get_ai_tool

Get the full record for one AI tool by name (exact match first, then fuzzy).

Parametersnamerequired

list_departments

List all industry departments in the directory with the number of tools in each.

Takes no parameters.

find_free_ai_tools

Find AI tools with a free tier, optionally filtered by auto-extracted facts (no credit card required, has a free plan, API available on the free tier). Free-tier facts are auto-extracted and unverified.

Parameterslimitdepartmenthas_free_planhas_api_on_freerequires_no_credit_card

directory_stats

Get summary statistics for the directory: tool count, department count, pricing distribution, and how many tools have auto-extracted free-tier facts.

Takes no parameters.

Version history

v1.0.0LatestSep 17, 2026

Score

90% 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
Documentation15 pts
License10 pts
Declare a license in the repository or the registry entry.

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URI	Contents
`aitools://directory`	Full dataset as JSON (221 tools)
`aitools://free-tier`	Subset with free-tier facts
`aitools://departments`	Department list

AI Tools Directory

Overview

Installation

In SourceWeft

Use with an agent

Other MCP clients

README

AI Tools Directory — MCP server

Quick connect

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

Cursor — .cursor/mcp.json

Any client

Tools

Resources

Example

Data quality — please read

Self-host

Notes on the deployment

License

Tools

search_ai_tools

get_ai_tool

list_departments

find_free_ai_tools

directory_stats

Version history

Score

Other Toolboxes integrations

Subtitle Toolkit

Cursor — `.cursor/mcp.json`