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Awesome Indie

By awesomeindie.com Verified namespace

Search indie product launches, rankings and makers, and submit your own, on Awesome Indie.

WebsiteSearch & web data
Connect to Awesome Indie
Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
189 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
9

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 189 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name awesomeindie.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 9 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 189 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 189 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    9 of 9 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-08-31T20:36:17.703391Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using Awesome Indie

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http awesome-indie https://awesomeindie.com/api/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 9

get_article

Read one community article (markdown body) by its author username and article slug.

Discovered
get_community_posts

The most recent posts from the Awesome Indie community feed.

Discovered
get_launch_availability

When a product submitted today would launch: the free-queue window, the day a Fast-track launch bought today would get, and the paid "Skip the Line" window that lets a launch be booked for a specific day.

Discovered
get_maker

A maker profile by username: bio, links, streak, followers and their launched products.

Discovered
get_product

Fetch one product listing by its slug: tagline, description, maker, categories, upvotes and launch date.

Discovered
get_todays_launches

The products launching on Awesome Indie today (UTC), in ranking order.

Discovered
get_top_products

The ranked products for a period. Without a slug, the current period is a rolling window (last 1/7/30/365 days), exactly like the site. With a slug, an archived calendar period: daily "2026-08-06", weekly "2026-08-03" (a Monday), monthly "2026-08", yearly "2026".

Discovered
list_categories

Every product category in the directory, most-populated first. Product counts are a periodic snapshot, not live.

Discovered
search_products

Search the Awesome Indie directory of launched indie/micro-startup products by keywords. Returns matches ranked by relevance and upvote score.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

View status
Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected189 ms9

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