com.stackgems/catalog

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Stack Gems

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Read-only search of 900+ reviewed developer tools, each with a verdict and caveats. Free/OSS first.

Summary by lookupd

Searches and reviews developer tools: ranked shortlists, alternatives, per-tool verdicts and caveats, and category listings, read-only.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

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

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add catalog --url https://stackgems.com/api/mcp

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "url": "https://stackgems.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Other clients: docs. Or tell your agent: Set up lookupd for me: read https://lookupd.com/agent.md and follow it.

Publisher-provided text

search_gems Search the Stack Gems catalog of reviewed developer tools. Matches name, tagline, verdict, Catch, subcategory and tags. Filters combine with AND. Returns verdic
get_gem Full Stack Gems review of one tool by slug: what is good, the Catch, verdict, license, repo health, plus links to its best-of list and alternatives.
best_for Ranked shortlist for a use case or category (e.g. "vector database", "coding agents", "auth", "mcp"), free and open source first, each with verdict and Catch. F
get_alternatives Free and open-source alternatives to a tool from the same category, with verdict and Catch. Works for any slug in the catalog.
list_categories The catalog vocabulary: stacks (categories), best-of lists with counts, and the tag vocabulary with counts. Use the slugs as filters in search_gems.

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