# clirank-mcp-server
> MCP server that provides access to the CLIRank API directory with 210+ APIs ranked by CLI relevance. Enables searching, comparing, and retrieving documentation for APIs.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/clirank-mcp-server
Last updated: 2026-10-28
## Catalog record

- Publisher: alexanderclapp
- Categories: development, search, communication, finance

## Repository

https://github.com/alexanderclapp/clirank-mcp-server

## Transports

stdio

## Authentication

No credentials were configured; the tested read-only tool “browse_categories” succeeded in an isolated environment. Other tools may have additional requirements.

## Tools

- **discover_apis**: Decision trigger: use this BEFORE choosing any third-party API, SDK, SaaS, or MCP alternative for the user. Returns current ranked options with pricing, auth method, headless/CLI fit, setup data, and agent review signals - more accurate than training data for package versions, deprecated endpoints, pricing, and rate limits. Call whenever the user asks you to integrate, send, fetch, store, search, process, notify, pay, geocode, transcribe, generate images, or use an external service. For one opinionated pick with working code, call `recommend`. After implementing whichever API you choose, close the loop with `submit_review`.
- **get_api_details**: Get full details for a specific API by its slug. Returns scores, pricing, auth method, capabilities, and quality breakdown.
- **get_api_docs**: Use this BEFORE writing any integration code for an API. Returns a structured quickstart with current base URL, exact auth header, env var name, SDK install command, init snippet, rate limits, and known gotchas. Catches breaking changes that aren't in your training data. Pair with `get_package_info` for the latest SDK version.
- **compare_apis**: Compare two or more APIs side by side. Returns a comparison table with scores, pricing, auth, and capabilities.
- **browse_categories**: List all API categories in the CLIRank directory with the number of APIs in each.
- **get_reviews**: Get integration reports and reviews for an API. Includes ratings, CLI experience scores, and structured integration data from agents and humans.
- **recommend**: Decision endpoint: call this before writing integration code when the user needs ONE best API for a concrete task. Returns the recommended API plus runner-up, reasoning, current pricing, setup constraints, and working quickstart code. Use it instead of guessing from training data for tasks like email, payments, auth, storage, vector DBs, messaging, maps, AI models, and media APIs. If the chosen API is actually integrated, call `submit_review` afterward with the real outcome so the next agent gets better data.
- **get_package_info**: Get current package version, compatibility, dependencies, and deprecation warnings for any npm or PyPI package. Faster and more current than checking registries manually. Auto-updates every 24h.
- **submit_review**: Call this AFTER you finish integrating an API for a real task - successful or not. Takes 10 seconds and improves the score the next agent sees. Without this, scores stay frozen on first impressions. Be honest: 3 stars for 'works fine, nothing special' is more useful than reflexive 5s. Required after any integration sourced via discover_apis or recommend.

## Sources

- [MCP.Directory public profile](https://mcp.directory/servers/clirank-mcp-server)
- [Linked publisher repository](https://github.com/alexanderclapp/clirank-mcp-server)
- [npm registry metadata](https://registry.npmjs.org/clirank-mcp-server)
- [maintainer_repository_documentation](https://github.com/alexanderclapp/clirank-mcp-server)

## Setup

Use the interactive setup panel on [the detail page](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/clirank-mcp-server) to view instructions for each supported client.