mcp-registry

This MCP server provides programmatic access to the official MCP Registry, enabling discovery, search, and retrieval of information about published MCP servers. It exposes tools through a standard MCP client interface so AI assistants and applications can list registered servers, filter by name or characteristics, inspect versions, and fetch detailed server metadata. Typical workflows include asking an assistant to list servers with pagination, to search for specific capabilities, or to retrieve version histories for a given MCP server.

Available tools include list_servers (to browse and filter registered MCP servers), list_server_versions (to view all available versions for a server), get_server (to obtain detailed information about a specific server version), and health_check (to verify the registry’s operational status). When integrated with an MCP client, these tools enable natural language prompts like: “Show me recent websocket MCP servers,” or “What versions exist for the filesystem MCP server?” The MCP registry backend handles pagination, filtering, and version history, returning structured data for downstream processing by your AI assistant or application.

Prerequisites:

• Node.js 18.0.0 or higher
• npm (comes with Node.js) or yarn

Installation steps:

1. Ensure Node.js is installed:
   • macOS/Linux: node -v && npm -v
   • Windows: node -v && npm -v
2. Install or run the MCP registry server via npx (no local install required): npm i -g npm@latest # optional: update npm to latest npx -y mcp-registry-mcp-server
3. Verify installation by running the server configuration example from the README or by launching the CLI/client that targets the registry.
4. If you manage dependencies locally, you can clone the repository and install: git clone https://github.com/wei/mcp-registry-mcp-server.git cd mcp-registry-mcp-server npm install npm run start # or the standard start script defined by the project

Tips:

• The MCP registry server relies on the MCP client ecosystem; ensure your client supports standard MCP commands invoked by the provided tools.
• If you encounter network or registry availability issues, check the MCP Registry API docs linked in the repository for status endpoints and rate limits.
• The npm package page contains the latest version and usage examples: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-registry-mcp-server
• You can configure the MCP client to target this server by using the standard mcpServers.mcp-registry-mcp-server entry in your client configuration, as shown in the README example.