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MCP Server Listing Issues: 8 Common Pitfalls for Developers

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This article details eight common issues that prevent MCP servers from being listed in directories, focusing on technical requirements and best practices. It highlights problems such as exceeding the 100-character description limit, incorrect handling of empty resource and prompt lists, and the necessity of complete tool annotations. The author also emphasizes returning tool failures as errors within results rather than protocol errors, ensuring correct installation instructions, providing a functional privacy policy, and pointing Gemini extensions to the correct MCP endpoint. AI

IMPACT Provides practical guidance for developers integrating AI tools and services into directories.

RANK_REASON Article provides technical guidance on using a specific tool/protocol (MCP) for server listing.

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MCP Server Listing Issues: 8 Common Pitfalls for Developers

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · iamthat ·

    Nine reasons your MCP server never shows up in the directories

    <h1> Nine reasons your MCP server never shows up in the directories </h1> <p>I spent one night making three MCP servers visible to the directories, and<br /> almost every hour of it went into things that have nothing to do with how good<br /> your server is. This is the list I wi…

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