# Official MCP Registry

by [Model Context Protocol](/organizations/model-context-protocol/)

- **ID:** `a0272fda-c0ad-4a2b-b7d6-0dc3dce32a3b`
- **JSON API:** /api/v1/catalog/products/a0272fda-c0ad-4a2b-b7d6-0dc3dce32a3b/
- **Slug:** official-mcp-registry
- **Product website:** https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io
- **Documentation:** https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/docs
- **Organization website:** https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol
- **Categories:** [Developer Infrastructure](/categories/developer-infrastructure/), [MCP Registry](/categories/mcp-registry/)

## Description

The canonical centralized metadata repository for publicly accessible MCP servers, providing a REST API, an OpenAPI spec, the mcp-publisher CLI, and reverse-DNS namespaces tied to verified accounts or domains.

## AI-native score: Unrated

Research coverage is 19/100. An AI-native grade requires 40/100. The provisional breakdown below shows the AI-native signals recorded so far. The AI-native score measures agent-readiness and is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. See [methodology](/methodology/) for how coverage and the grade are computed.

| Component | Applies | Raw | Effective weight | Nominal weight | Contribution |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration | Yes | 2/10 | 35% | 35% | 7.0 |
| Trust | Yes | 0/6 | 30% | 30% | 0.0 |
| Portability | Yes | 2/4 | 20% | 20% | 10.0 |
| Security | Yes | 0/4 | 15% | 15% | 0.0 |

- **Integration signals:** API spec, OpenAPI / gRPC / GraphQL (+1); Command-line interface (+1)
- **Portability signals:** Self-hostable (+1); Open source (+1)

## Trust & Data Policy

- **Self-hostable:** ✓ Yes
- **Open source:** ✓ Yes
- **Not yet researched:** llms.txt, WebMCP, Headless signup, Multi-factor authentication, Zero data retention, No generative AI training, Hard budget caps, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Open standards, Standard protocol access, No proprietary-SDK lock-in, Documented provider swap
- **Source code:** https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry

## Confirmed absences

These decision fields were researched and confirmed absent — not available based on current evidence, until contrary information supersedes the finding. Each carries the check performed, the page checked, and the date, so you can act on the negative without repeating the research. A label-scoped absence applies only to its label (e.g. no SOC 2 does not mean no certifications).

- **Trust center URL** — confirmed absent (whole field), checked 2026-10-17. Checked the MCP registry homepage and GitHub repository; no trust center or security compliance page found Source: https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io

## Security & Compliance

**Compliance certifications:** Not yet researched.
**Access controls:** Not yet researched.

## Capabilities

- **MCP Server Discovery Registry** — Centralized, queryable metadata repository of publicly accessible MCP servers.

## Jobs To Be Done

- **Discover and publish MCP servers** — Find publicly available MCP servers and publish new ones to a canonical registry.

## Offers

No offers listed.

## Reviews

No approved reviews yet.

## Benchmarks

No benchmarks listed.

## Documentation

The primary documentation link is at the top of this page. No other documentation links listed.

## API Specs

- [MCP Server Registry API](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/main/docs/reference/api/openapi.yaml) (OpenAPI)

## MCP Servers

Not yet researched.

## A2A Servers

Not yet researched.

## Native Connectors

Not yet researched.

## Command-Line Interfaces

- [mcp-publisher](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry) (`mcp-publisher`)

## Developer Kits

Not yet researched.

## Agent Skills

Not yet researched.
## Other products from Model Context Protocol

- [MCP Inspector](/organizations/model-context-protocol/products/mcp-inspector/) — Unrated. Shared category: Developer Infrastructure.


## Related products

- [FastMCP Gateway](/organizations/prefect/products/fastmcp-gateway/) by Prefect — Unrated. Same job: Discover and publish MCP servers (not assessed).
- [Smithery](/organizations/smithery/products/smithery/) by Smithery — Unrated. Same job: Discover and publish MCP servers (not assessed).
- [Pulumi](/organizations/pulumi/products/pulumi/) by Pulumi — Tier C. Shared category: Developer Infrastructure.
- [Tinybird](/organizations/tinybird/products/tinybird/) by Tinybird — Unrated. Shared category: Developer Infrastructure.
- [ClickHouse](/organizations/clickhouse/products/clickhouse/) by ClickHouse — Unrated. Shared category: Developer Infrastructure.
- [Dagger Cloud](/organizations/dagger/products/dagger-cloud/) by Dagger — Unrated. Shared category: Developer Infrastructure.


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