Find and compare verified AI tools: search, details, alternatives, and categories.
Scored across 4 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct role: search_tools finds tools by task/filter, get_tool retrieves one full listing, list_categories exposes the taxonomy, and find_alternatives finds substitutes for a known tool. The descriptions explicitly clarify the boundary between search_tools and find_alternatives.
All tool names follow a consistent snake_case verb_noun pattern: search_tools, get_tool, list_categories, find_alternatives. The naming is predictable and readable.
Four tools are well-scoped for a read-only AI tool directory: search, detail lookup, category taxonomy, and alternatives. Each tool earns its place without redundancy.
The surface covers the core discovery workflow: browse categories, search/filter, inspect a tool, and find alternatives. Minor gaps may exist around bulk listing or richer comparison, but agents can work around them.
Find tools that do the same job as a given tool, closest first: tools sharing its main category, then its other categories, ranked by shared categories and tags, then notability. Results have the same fields as search_tools.
Inputs: slug (required), locale.
Get the full Toolocate listing of one AI tool: description, features, who it is for, FAQs, pricing plans, platforms, agent access, the official url and pageUrl, the Toolocate page to cite. checkedAt is when we last verified the official site.
Inputs: slug (required), locale.
List the category groups and categories that have tools, with tool counts and page URLs. Pass a category slug or group id as the category of search_tools.
Inputs: locale.
Search the Toolocate directory for AI tools that fit a task, optionally filtered by category, price, platform or agent access. Results come best name match first, then most notable, each with a one-line summary, pricing, platforms, agent access (API, MCP, CLI), the official url and pageUrl, the Toolocate page to cite. Leave query empty to browse a category or filter. For the full listing of one tool call get_tool.
Inputs: agent, limit, price, query, +4 more.
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