Agent skill · marketing growth · jeremylongshore
find-mcp-directories
Use whenever the user wants to find, rank, or shortlist directories and registries where they can submit or list an MCP server (Model Context Protocol server) — to get backlinks, referral traffic, and discovery by agent builders. Triggers on "where do I list my MCP server", "best MCP directories", "MCP registries to submit to", "get my MCP server discovered", or "pull submission details for these MCP-directory domains", even when described indirectly (we built an MCP server, where do we publish it). Drives the ServiceGraph API (api.servicegraph.co) — a catalog of 1,000+ product directories enriched with Domain Rating, backlinks, and organic traffic. Defer to find-ai-directories for general AI-tool / AI-agent / agent-skill listings, and to find-product-directories for general SaaS/software launches. Skip building an MCP server or asking how MCP works (DIY), finding a firm to build one (use find-ai-consultancy / find-software-developer), and MCP link-building *services*.
Why this skill is useful
Provides access to a specialized API for discovering MCP directories and registries, which the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires curl installed locally. Requires servicegraph account access. About 8k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
find-mcp-directories Overview Drive the ServiceGraph API (https://api.servicegraph.co) to find and rank directories and registries where a builder can list an MCP server (Model Context Protocol) via the productdirectory dataset. The catalog has 1,000+ directories; ~20 are dedicated MCP registries (e.g. registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, smithery.ai, mcp.so, glama.ai, pulsemcp.com), each enriched with Domain Rating (dr), backlinks, and organic traffic. This is a "where to publish / where to get backlinks" skill, not a "who to hire" skill. Each row is a registry you submit to, not a firm and not a server. The payoff is a backlink from a high-authority domain (SEO) plus discovery by agent builders browsing for servers. Any HTTP client works (curl, fetch, requests). Examples below use curl. Sibling skills — defer when the niche is broader General AI tools / AI agents / agent skills ("where to list my AI tool", "agent-skills directories") → find-ai-directories. (Several registries list MCP servers and skills/tools — if the artifact is specifically an MCP server, this skill is the right pick.) General SaaS / software / app launch ("Product Hunt alternatives") → find-product-directories. Prerequisites ServiceGraph access, either: the ServiceGraph MCP server (https://mcp.servicegraph.co) loaded in your harness — this plugin's .mcp.json wires it up; OAuth 2.1 + PKCE keeps credentials in the harness sandbox — or a ServiceGraph API key (vk…, minted at <https://servicegraph.co/profile/api-keys>) available as SERVICEGRAPHAPIKEY in the environment or .env.local for the REST path (setup steps under Auth below). An HTTP client for the REST path — the examples use curl. Instructions The loop is free-first: discovery, validation, search, and brief reads cost nothing; only unlock after the user confirms the spend. 1. Pick the call path — the ServiceGraph MCP tools if loaded, otherwise the REST flow (MCP server and Auth sections below). 2. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jeremylongshore/find-mcp-directories