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How to connect

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stack-gems": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://stackgems.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

5 tools

• search_gems

  Search the Stack Gems catalog of reviewed developer tools. Matches name, tagline, verdict, Catch, subcategory and tags. Filters combine with AND. Returns verdict and the first sentence of the Catch for each hit.

• 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. Falls back to search when no list matches.

• 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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