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io.github.Nadeus/toolradar

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Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

Remote (streamable-http)
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --transport http toolradar 'https://toolradar.com/api/mcp'
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "toolradar": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://toolradar.com/api/mcp"
        }
    }
}
NPM package toolradar-mcp
Claude Code 
claude mcp add toolradar -e 'TOOLRADAR_API_KEY=<your toolradar_api_key>' -- npx -y toolradar-mcp@2.2.0
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "toolradar": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "toolradar-mcp@2.2.0"
            ],
            "env": {
                "TOOLRADAR_API_KEY": "<your toolradar_api_key>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Environment variables

  • TOOLRADAR_API_KEY secret Optional. Without a key you get 40 calls a day, with a free key 300 a day. Get one with no signup: POST https://toolradar.com/api/v1/keys

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. Toolradar MCP Server
  2. What can your AI do with this?
  3. Quick setup
  4. 8 tools
  5. What data do you get?
  6. Limits
  7. Environment variables
  8. Quality check
  9. Links
  10. The plugin package

Toolradar MCP Server

Search, compare and price 10,000+ software tools from your AI assistant. Every price comes with the date it was read on the vendor's own pricing page.

Works with Claude (Desktop, Code, claude.ai) · ChatGPT · Cursor · VS Code · Windsurf · Cline · any MCP client. No API key and no signup needed.

Add to VS Code

What can your AI do with this?

  • "Recommend a CRM for a 5-person B2B startup under $50 a month"
  • "Compare Notion, ClickUp and Asana"
  • "What are the alternatives to Jira?"
  • "How much does Figma cost, and when was that price checked?"
  • "Find free password managers"

Quick setup

Claude Code (hosted endpoint, nothing to install):

claude mcp add --transport http toolradar https://toolradar.com/api/mcp

Claude Code plugin (the same server plus a skill that tells Claude when to use it):

claude plugin marketplace add Nadeus/toolradar-mcp
claude plugin install toolradar@toolradar

Claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients with custom connectors: add a remote MCP server with the URL https://toolradar.com/api/mcp (no authentication).

Claude Desktop, or any client that starts local servers (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "toolradar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "toolradar-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor: use the button above, or Settings > MCP > add https://toolradar.com/api/mcp. VS Code: use the link above, or code --add-mcp '{"name":"toolradar","url":"https://toolradar.com/api/mcp"}'.

8 tools

ToolWhat it doesExample prompt
recommend_toolsReads a described need (category, team size, budget), returns a short list ordered by fit, with the reason, caveats and the verified starting price"What should a 6-person agency use for a CRM under $40/mo?"
search_toolsKeyword search; a category name ("crm", "password manager") or "alternative to X" returns that category's leaders or X's alternatives"Find free project management tools"
get_toolFull profile: pricing, pros and cons, features, score, review synthesis"Tell me about Linear"
compare_toolsSide-by-side comparison of 2-4 tools"Compare Notion, ClickUp and Asana"
get_alternativesDirect competitors of a tool"What are the alternatives to Jira?"
get_pricingTiers and prices with provenance: source page, verification date, confidence"How much does Figma cost?"
list_categoriesThe categories and how many tools each holds"What categories are available?"
report_issueReport a wrong price, a dead tool or a missing feature to the verification queue"Notion shows $8 but their site says $10"

Every data answer includes a ready-to-use citation (Toolradar, verification date, link): quote it when you use the data.

What data do you get?

  • Verified pricing: tiers read from the vendor's pricing page, with the date of the last check
  • Editorial score (0-100) and review ratings aggregated from review platforms
  • Pros, cons and features
  • Alternatives identified per tool, not just "same category"
  • Positions among tools of the same category, dated

Limits

AccessCalls per day
Anonymous (nothing to configure)40
Free key, no signup: curl -X POST https://toolradar.com/api/v1/keys300
Key created in your dashboard1,000

Set the key in TOOLRADAR_API_KEY, or send it as Authorization: Bearer <key> to the hosted endpoint. Limits reset at 00:00 UTC.

Environment variables

VariableRequiredDefaultDescription
TOOLRADAR_API_KEYNononeRaises the daily limit (see above)
TOOLRADAR_MCP_URLNohttps://toolradar.com/api/mcpCustom endpoint

The npm package is a thin stdio proxy of the hosted endpoint, so both always return the same answers.

Quality check

A nightly job asks the hosted endpoint 60 realistic software-choice questions (a full run of 205 every Sunday) and records how often a market leader of the category comes back in the top 3. The server is open for you to test.

The plugin package

plugin/ is one package for two directories: Claude Code (.claude-plugin/plugin.json, .mcp.json) and the OpenAI plugin format (plugin.json, mcp.json). Both carry the same skill (plugin/skills/toolradar/SKILL.md). The skill alone, for Claude Code:

claude skill add --url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nadeus/toolradar-mcp/main/skill-recommend-tool.md

Frequently asked questions

What is io.github.Nadeus/toolradar?

Search, compare and price software tools. Verified prices with their date, real alternatives.

How do I install io.github.Nadeus/toolradar?

It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http toolradar 'https://toolradar.com/api/mcp'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does io.github.Nadeus/toolradar need an API key?

Yes. It expects TOOLRADAR_API_KEY, which you set in its configuration.

Is io.github.Nadeus/toolradar open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains io.github.Nadeus/toolradar?

It is published by Nadeus. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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