Search MCP Servers From Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

You can search for MCP servers without leaving your AI app: add AgenticMart's free MCP server at https://agenticmart.org/api/mcp, then ask Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code something like "find me a Postgres MCP server". The app calls our search tool, gets back real listings with stars, licence and scan status, and can pull the install command for the one you pick.

No account, no API key, read-only. This post shows how to connect it, what it returns, and the open-source command line tools that install a server for you and warn you when its tools change.

Why search from inside your AI app

Finding an MCP server usually means leaving your editor, opening three directories in a browser, comparing READMEs and copying a config block back by hand. That is slow, and it is where mistakes happen: a look-alike package name, an old version, a server with far more access than the job needs.

Searching from inside the app fixes the slow part. You ask in plain words, the model searches, and the answer arrives where you will use it. It also fixes part of the risky part, because every result carries facts you should check anyway: the repository, the licence, the star count and whether the listing has a scan report.

What the AgenticMart MCP server does

It is a remote MCP server with two read-only tools. We called it on 12 November 2026 to confirm what it returns.

Tool	What you ask	What comes back
search_listings	Keywords, such as "postgres" or "browser automation", optionally limited to agents, MCP servers or skills, up to 25 results	Name, repository, description, GitHub stars, licence, listing URL and scan status with its date
get_listing	One listing by type and slug	The install command from the project's README, the tools and network hosts seen in its latest scan, and published security advisories

Both tools are marked readOnlyHint: true. The server never installs or runs anything on your machine; it only returns data. It answers both current stateless MCP requests (revision 2026-07-28) and older clients.

Here is a real search_listings result for "postgres", limited to MCP servers and two results, run on 12 November 2026 and trimmed:

[
  {
    "name": "Prest",
    "repo": "prest/prest",
    "stars": 4630,
    "license": "MIT",
    "url": "https://agenticmart.org/mcp-servers/prest",
    "scan": { "status": "scanned", "checkedAt": "2026-11-05T18:22:38Z" }
  },
  {
    "name": "Dbhub",
    "repo": "bytebase/dbhub",
    "stars": 3763,
    "license": "MIT",
    "url": "https://agenticmart.org/mcp-servers/dbhub",
    "scan": { "status": "scanned", "checkedAt": "2026-11-05T18:32:37Z" }
  }
]

How to add the AgenticMart MCP server

The server URL is https://agenticmart.org/api/mcp. It uses Streamable HTTP, so you add it as a remote (HTTP) server. The commands below follow each client's documented format; they are quoted from the docs pattern, not run for this post.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http agenticmart https://agenticmart.org/api/mcp

Run /mcp inside Claude Code to check that it connected and lists two tools.

Cursor

Add this to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agenticmart": { "url": "https://agenticmart.org/api/mcp" }
  }
}

VS Code

code --add-mcp "{\"name\":\"agenticmart\",\"type\":\"http\",\"url\":\"https://agenticmart.org/api/mcp\"}"

Claude Desktop and claude.ai

Add it as a custom connector in Settings, using the same URL.

Try these prompts

• "Search AgenticMart for an MCP server that reads Postgres, and show me the install command for the top result."
• "Find three browser automation MCP servers and compare their licences and scan status."
• "Get the AgenticMart listing for playwright-mcp and tell me which tools and hosts its scan saw."
• "Find an agent skill for SEO audits that works in Claude Code."

Install a server from the command line

If you would rather search from a terminal, agenticmart-cli does the same search and can write the config entry for you. It is open source (MIT), has no dependencies and needs Node 20 or newer.

npx github:EshaRana17/agenticmart-cli search postgres
npx github:EshaRana17/agenticmart-cli info mcp/dbhub
npx github:EshaRana17/agenticmart-cli install mcp/dbhub --client cursor --dry-run

install shows the install command, the scan status and any advisories, then asks before it writes anything. --dry-run shows the exact entry without writing it. It supports Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf, and it only writes entries for plain npx or uvx commands. Commands are quoted from the agenticmart-cli README, not run for this post.

Watch a server for tool changes

An MCP server can change its tool descriptions in a later version, after you approved it. Because the model reads those descriptions, a changed description can change what the model does. Two open-source tools help you catch that:

• agenticmart-baseline records a server's tools as names and description hashes, then diff tells you what was added, removed or changed. It can fetch a baseline from our API or probe a local server you run.
• agenticmart-guard sits between your client and a local server, allows only the tools you approved, blocks calls whose description changed, caps calls per minute, and logs every decision.

npx github:EshaRana17/agenticmart-baseline fetch mcp/dbhub --out approved.json
npx github:EshaRana17/agenticmart-baseline diff approved.json today.json
npx github:EshaRana17/agenticmart-baseline to-policy approved.json --out policy.json

Quoted from the tools' READMEs, not run for this post. A baseline records what was seen at one moment; it is not a judgment that a server behaves well.

AgenticMart MCP server vs other ways to search

Option	How you search	What each result includes	Best for
AgenticMart MCP server	From inside your AI app, in plain words	Stars, licence, scan status and date; on request the install command, scanned tools and hosts, and advisories	Picking a server and checking it in one place
Official MCP Registry	Its REST API or sites built on it	Publisher metadata such as package name and version	Finding a server's official package entry
Web directories	A browser	Varies by site	Browsing and reading reviews

They work well together. The official registry is the source for publisher metadata; AgenticMart adds the facts you need to decide whether to install: what the server can touch, its scan report and known advisories.

What this MCP server is not

• It does not install or run servers. Your client, or agenticmart-cli after you confirm, writes the config; your client runs the server.
• A scan status is not a safety guarantee. A scan covers one commit and records what was observed; tools are not executed during scans.
• It covers AgenticMart's catalogue, not every MCP server in existence.

FAQ

How do I search for MCP servers from Claude Code?

Add a search server such as AgenticMart's with claude mcp add --transport http agenticmart https://agenticmart.org/api/mcp, then ask Claude Code in plain words, for example "find a Postgres MCP server". It calls the search tool and returns matching servers with stars, licence and scan status.

Is there an MCP server for finding other MCP servers?

Yes. AgenticMart's free MCP server at https://agenticmart.org/api/mcp searches more than 5,000 AI agents, MCP servers and agent skills, and can return any listing's install command, scanned tools and advisories. It is read-only and needs no key.

Is the AgenticMart MCP server free?

Yes. It is free, needs no account or API key, and is rate limited per IP address to keep it fair for everyone.

Can my AI app install an MCP server automatically?

The AgenticMart server only returns data, including the install command. Your app or you add the server to your config. If you want a command line installer that asks first, use agenticmart-cli install with --dry-run to preview the change.

How do I know if an MCP server changed after I installed it?

Record its tools with agenticmart-baseline, then compare later runs with diff, which reports added, removed and changed tool descriptions. For enforcement, agenticmart-guard blocks tools whose description no longer matches what you approved.

What is the difference between this and the official MCP Registry?

The official MCP Registry holds publisher metadata for servers, such as package names and versions. AgenticMart adds decision facts on top: stars, licence, what the server can touch, scan reports and published advisories, and lets you search all of it from your AI app.

Start searching

Add https://agenticmart.org/api/mcp to your AI app, or browse the MCP server directory in your browser. The developer page has the HTTP API and every tool in one place. New to MCP? Start with what is an MCP server. Built a server yourself? List it free now; paid selling opens soon.