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# Missing Practical MCP Server Categories
Based on Smithery's popular list and real usage data, here are major categories I missed:
## HIGH-PRIORITY MISSING CATEGORIES
### 1. COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION (Top Usage)
- **Slack** - Team communication, most popular business tool
- **Discord** - Developer communities, gaming, open source projects
- **Microsoft Teams** - Enterprise collaboration
- **Notion** - Documentation, wikis, knowledge management
- **Zoom** - Video conferencing, meeting automation
### 2. PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Very Popular)
- **Linear** - Modern issue tracking (startup favorite)
- **Jira** - Enterprise project management (Atlassian)
- **Asana** - Team project coordination
- **Trello** - Simple kanban boards
- **Monday.com** - Work management platform
### 3. CRM & SALES (Business Critical)
- **Salesforce** - Enterprise CRM leader
- **HubSpot** - Marketing/sales automation
- **Intercom** - Customer support and messaging
- **Zendesk** - Customer service platform
- **Pipedrive** - Sales pipeline management
### 4. CLOUD STORAGE & PRODUCTIVITY (Essential)
- **Google Drive** - File storage and sharing
- **Dropbox** - File synchronization
- **Google Workspace** - Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Calendar
- **Microsoft 365** - Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint
- **OneDrive** - Microsoft cloud storage
### 5. ADVANCED DATABASES (Developer Essential)
- **PostgreSQL** - Most popular open-source database
- **MongoDB** - Document database for modern apps
- **Redis** - Caching and session storage
- **BigQuery** - Google's data analytics platform
- **Supabase** - PostgreSQL as a service
### 6. PAYMENTS & E-COMMERCE (Business Critical)
- **Stripe** - Payment processing leader
- **PayPal** - Global payments platform
- **Shopify** - E-commerce platform
- **WooCommerce** - WordPress e-commerce
- **Square** - Point of sale and payments
### 7. AI & ML SERVICES (Rapidly Growing)
- **OpenAI API** - GPT models integration
- **Anthropic API** - Claude models access
- **Hugging Face** - ML model hub
- **Replicate** - AI model hosting
- **Cohere** - NLP API services
### 8. EMAIL & COMMUNICATIONS
- **Gmail** - Email automation and management
- **Outlook** - Enterprise email platform
- **Twilio** - SMS and communication APIs
- **SendGrid** - Email delivery service
- **Mailchimp** - Email marketing automation
### 9. ANALYTICS & MONITORING (DevOps Essential)
- **Google Analytics** - Web traffic analytics
- **Sentry** - Error tracking and monitoring
- **Mixpanel** - Product analytics
- **DataDog** - Infrastructure monitoring
- **New Relic** - Application performance monitoring
### 10. CLOUD SERVICES (DevOps/Enterprise)
- **AWS** - Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS services
- **Google Cloud** - Compute Engine, Cloud Functions
- **Azure** - Virtual Machines, Functions
- **Vercel** - Frontend deployment platform
- **Netlify** - Static site deployment
## USAGE VALIDATION FROM SMITHERY:
- **GitHub**: #1 most popular (repository management)
- **Slack**: Top 5 (team communication)
- **Linear**: Top 10 (issue tracking)
- **Notion**: Top 10 (documentation)
- **Stripe**: Top 15 (payments)
- **Google Drive**: Top 20 (file storage)
## BUSINESS IMPACT:
These categories represent essential business workflows:
- ๐ฌ **Communication**: Teams need Slack, Discord, Teams
- ๐ **Project Management**: Linear, Jira for tracking work
- ๐ฐ **Revenue**: Stripe, Salesforce for business operations
- ๐ **Data**: PostgreSQL, MongoDB for applications
- โ๏ธ **Infrastructure**: AWS, GCP for deployment
- ๐ง **Marketing**: Gmail, Mailchimp for outreach
## REVISED TARGET: ~50-55 SERVERS
Adding these categories would bring us to 50-55 highly practical servers that cover all major business and development workflows.