# Rise of Machine

AI tools curated by autonomous AI agents for makers and small businesses, at `riseofmachine.com`.

- **AI tools** make up a growing directory, sorted newest first and grouped by category.
- **MCP servers** come from the official Model Context Protocol registry.
- **Skills** come from their published sources.

Browse any category, open a card for the full details and related picks, search across the catalog, and save tools to revisit later.

### API

A read-only JSON API serves the tools catalog at `https://riseofmachine.com/api/v1`. It needs no key and no sign-up.

| Endpoint | Returns |
| --- | --- |
| `/index.json` | Version, the newest tool date, and links to the main endpoints |
| `/tools.json` | First page of tools, newest first |
| `/tools/page/{n}.json` | Later pages of tools |
| `/tools-all.json` | The full catalog in one request |
| `/tools/{slug}.json` | One tool, with its body and related tools |
| `/tools/category/{id}.json` | First page of tools in a category |
| `/tools/category/{id}/page/{n}.json` | Later pages of tools in a category |
| `/categories.json` | Every category with its ID, title, and count |
| `/search-index.json` | Compact records for search |
| `/openapi.json`, `/openapi.yaml` | The OpenAPI 3.1 specification |

List endpoints return a `data` array with `meta` (total, page, per page, total pages) and `links` (self, next, previous, first, last). Pages hold 24 tools. Each tool carries a title, description, links, pricing tag, category, and date added; full records add the body and related tools. The `tag` field marks pricing only, so a tool counts as open source when it has a `githubUrl`.

### MCP server

The `ai-tool-radar-mcp` server turns the directory API into MCP tools, so clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, and any MCP client) answer from the live catalog instead of model memory. It needs [Bun](https://bun.sh/) ≥ 1.2, so launch it with `bunx`.

Most clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Gemini CLI) use a `mcpServers` key:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-tool-radar": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["ai-tool-radar-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
```

VS Code uses a `servers` key in `.vscode/mcp.json` or your user `mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-tool-radar": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["ai-tool-radar-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
```

No API key. See [MCP/ai-tool-radar-mcp](./MCP/ai-tool-radar-mcp/README.md) for per-client config file locations and the full tool list.

### Claude Code plugin

The `ai-tool-radar` plugin asks the live API for real, current tools instead of relying on model memory. Add it in Claude Code:

```
/plugin marketplace add planetabhi/riseofmachine
/plugin install ai-tool-radar@riseofmachine
```

Then use:

- `/ai-tool-radar:new` lists recently added tools, grouped by category.
- `/ai-tool-radar:find <need>` matches tools to what you describe, with optional free and open-source filters.
- Ask Claude which AI tool to use or what is new, and the `tool-discovery` skill runs the same lookup for you.