PulseMCP

PulseMCP is a community platform and directory dedicated to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — the open protocol for connecting AI assistants and agents to external tools, data, and systems. Founded by Tadas Antanavicius (MCP Steering Committee) and Mike Coughlin in early 2025, PulseMCP curates searchable directories of MCP servers and clients, publishes use cases, runs the "Agentic Loop" newsletter, and operates a Discord community for builders. It also exposes a public PulseMCP Registry API (api.pulsemcp.com, v0.1) implementing the Generic MCP Registry API specification with PulseMCP-specific enriched metadata such as popularity, security analyses, and compatibility data. The PulseMCP GitHub organization additionally maintains MCP servers, the AIR collaboration framework, and shared agentic-engineering templates and artifacts. Access to the API requires contacting PulseMCP for a key and tenant ID; the directory and content are free to browse.

PulseMCP is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include MCP, AI Agents, Agentic Engineering, Directory, and Registry.

PulseMCP’s developer surface includes CLI, changelog, engineering blog, documentation, support, GitHub presence, and 31 more developer resources.

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35.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 15/100 agent aware Front door AI 6/6 dominant Heartbeat 44/100 going silent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 API 1 MCP Servers

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Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 35.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 17

Access Clarity 6.9 / 17

Operational Transparency 5.3 / 11

Contract Governance 0.5 / 10

Discoverability 6.1 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.8 / 15

Agent readiness — 15/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document Ask about this →
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 Ask about this →
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link Ask about this →
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 0.0 — up to +25.0 composite points Ask about this →
Access Clarity scores 40.4 — up to +11.9 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Governance scores 4.5 — up to +11.5 composite points Ask about this →

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Agent Skills (SKILL.md packages)	covered	19.2 (thin)	-	1
Raycast Store Extensions (first-party publishers + community-wrapped products)	covered	19.2 (thin)	-	1

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

Agent Skills

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

PulseMCP Registry API

Public v0.1 API for browsing MCP servers, server versions, and ecosystem metadata in the PulseMCP Registry. Implements the Generic MCP Registry API specification with PulseMCP e...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

PulseMCP MCP Server

PulseMCP authors and maintains 32 MCP servers — 4 "productionized" under the @pulsemcp/ npm scope and 28 "experimental" under unscoped npm names. EVERY ONE OF THEM IS A LOCAL ST...

MCP SERVER

PulseMCP API pricing

Rate limits

Per-minute request budget: 200 minute
Per-hour request budget: 5000 hour
Per-day request budget: 10000 day

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

PulseMCP Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

PulseMCP Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Terms of Service 1

What its API terms permit and prohibit, quoted from its own page.

PulseMCP

6 quoted statements, read from PulseMCP's own page on 2026-11-10.

TERMS

Privacy & Data 1

Its role, the data it processes, retention and transfers, quoted from its own privacy page.

PulseMCP

7 quoted statements, read from PulseMCP's own page on 2026-11-10.

PRIVACY

Eligibility 1

Who may sign up and where, quoted from its own terms.

PulseMCP

1 quoted statement, read from PulseMCP's own page on 2026-11-10.

ELIGIBILITY

AI Preferences 1

Its stance on AI training, inference and agents, quoted from its own pages.

PulseMCP

1 quoted statement, read from PulseMCP's own page on 2026-11-10.

AI PREFS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

PulseMCP Authentication

2 schemes

SECURITY

PulseMCP Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

MCPRegistry

MCPRegistry

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

AIPreferences

AIPreferences

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conformance

Build 7

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

SDKs

ToolCrosswalk

CLI

Clients

GitHub

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

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Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

EditorialDisclosure

EditorialDisclosure

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

ChangeLog

Contact

Support

Discord

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

UsageTerms

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website

Blog

Newsletter

Twitter

LinkedIn

Other 7

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Servers

Submit

SubmitUseCase

Statistics

WorkWithUs

DataProcessing

Eligibility

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: pulsemcp
name: PulseMCP
description: PulseMCP is a community platform and directory dedicated to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — the open protocol
  for connecting AI assistants and agents to external tools, data, and systems. Founded by Tadas Antanavicius (MCP Steering
  Committee) and Mike Coughlin in early 2025, PulseMCP curates searchable directories of MCP servers and clients, publishes
  use cases, runs the "Agentic Loop" newsletter, and operates a Discord community for builders. It also exposes a public PulseMCP
  Registry API (api.pulsemcp.com, v0.1) implementing the Generic MCP Registry API specification with PulseMCP-specific enriched
  metadata such as popularity, security analyses, and compatibility data. The PulseMCP GitHub organization additionally maintains
  MCP servers, the AIR collaboration framework, and shared agentic-engineering templates and artifacts. Access to the API
  requires contacting PulseMCP for a key and tenant ID; the directory and content are free to browse.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pulsemcp.png
tags:
- MCP
- AI Agents
- Agentic Engineering
- Directory
- Registry
- Community
- Developer Tools
- LLM Tooling
- Newsletters
tags_raw:
- MCP
- Model Context Protocol
- AI Agents
- Agentic Engineering
- Directory
- Registry
- Community
- Developer Tools
- LLM Tooling
- Newsletter
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pulsemcp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-08-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-13'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 18
  pass: local-v1
apis:
- aid: pulsemcp:registry
  name: PulseMCP Registry API
  description: Public v0.1 API for browsing MCP servers, server versions, and ecosystem metadata in the PulseMCP Registry.
    Implements the Generic MCP Registry API specification with PulseMCP enrichments (popularity, security analyses, compatibility).
    Requires X-API-Key and X-Tenant-ID headers; rate limited to 200 req/min, 5,000 req/hr, 10,000 req/day.
  humanURL: https://www.pulsemcp.com/api/docs/v0.1
  baseURL: https://api.pulsemcp.com
  tags:
  - MCP Registry
  - Servers
  - Versions
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/api/docs/v0.1
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/api/docs/v0.1
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/api
  - type: Signup
    url: mailto:hello@pulsemcp.com
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/pulsemcp-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/pulsemcp-rate-limits.yml
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/pulsemcp-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/pulsemcp-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/pulsemcp-problem-types.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/pulsemcp-lifecycle.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/pulsemcp-data-model.yml
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/pulsemcp-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/pulsemcp-rate-limits.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pulsemcp-domain-security.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/pulsemcp-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/pulsemcp-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/pulsemcp-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/pulsemcp-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/pulsemcp-llms.txt
- type: CLI
  url: cli/pulsemcp-cli.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/pulsemcp-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/pulsemcp-conformance.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com
- type: Servers
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers
- type: Clients
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/clients
- type: UseCases
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/use-cases
- type: Submit
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/submit
- type: SubmitUseCase
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/use-cases/submit
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/posts
- type: Newsletter
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/newsletter
- type: Statistics
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/stats
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/api/docs/v0.1
- type: WorkWithUs
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/work-with-us
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/privacy-policy
- type: EditorialDisclosure
  url: https://www.pulsemcp.com/editorial-disclosure
- type: Contact
  url: mailto:hello@pulsemcp.com
- type: Support
  url: https://discord.gg/dP2evEyTjS
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/pulsemcp
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/pulsemcp
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/dP2evEyTjS
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/pulsemcp
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pulsemcp
- type: MCPRegistry
  url: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry
- type: UsageTerms
  url: terms/pulsemcp-terms-of-service.yml
- type: DataProcessing
  url: privacy/pulsemcp-privacy-policy.yml
- type: Eligibility
  url: eligibility/pulsemcp-eligibility.yml
- type: AIPreferences
  url: ai-preferences/pulsemcp-ai-preferences.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

PulseMCP API — frequently asked questions

Does PulseMCP have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 API from PulseMCP, including PulseMCP Registry API.

How do I authenticate with the PulseMCP API?

PulseMCP uses bearer-token authentication (2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as PulseMCP Authentication.

Does PulseMCP have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for PulseMCP: PulseMCP authors and maintains 32 MCP servers — 4 "productionized" under the @pulsemcp/ npm scope and 28 "experimental" under unscoped npm names. EVERY ONE OF THEM IS A LOCAL STDIO SERVER distributed

Is the PulseMCP API ready for AI agents?

PulseMCP has a Kin Score of 35.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 15.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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