The landscape of Model Context Protocol (MCP) registries is evolving, with different platforms serving distinct purposes for developers seeking MCP servers and agent skills. The official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io) acts as a canonical, machine-first namespace for install metadata. mcpmarket.com focuses on volume and provides rankings based on GitHub stars, though it intentionally blocks AI crawlers. Other directories like mcp.so offer broad collections, while Glama integrates a directory within its AI workspace. Skillselion aims to rank by actual adoption data, prioritizing install counts over proxies like stars, and deliberately allows AI crawlers. AI
IMPACT Developers will need to consider how AI crawlers interact with registries when choosing tools, impacting AI's ability to discover and utilize new MCP servers.
RANK_REASON The item discusses the landscape and purpose of various MCP registries, offering analysis and comparison rather than announcing a new product or event.
- Anthropic
- CCBot
- ClaudeBot
- GitHub
- Glama
- Google-Extended
- GPTBot
- MCP
- mcpmarket.com
- Notion
- Postgres
- Skillselion
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