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Founder tests pricing for mcp-doctor supply-chain scanner

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A solo founder tested the pricing for their new open-source supply-chain trust scanner, mcp-doctor, using 12 LLM-simulated personas. The evaluation found that 33% of the personas indicated they would pay the $19/month subscription fee, with the strongest signal coming from an OSS maintainer. However, the tool is still in the pre-product-market fit stage, as evidenced by diffuse complaints and a mismatch with the OKRs of some potential users. AI

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Founder tests pricing for mcp-doctor supply-chain scanner

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

    I tested mcp-doctor pricing with 12 LLM-simulated personas. 4 said they would pay.

    <p>Earlier today I shipped <a href="https://github.com/weiseer/mcp-doctor" rel="noopener noreferrer"><code>@weiseer/mcp-doctor</code></a> — an open-source supply-chain trust scanner for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. CLI + GitHub Action + Trust Badge + free public API at <…

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