GateOnAI MCP Server

The official MCP server for GateOnAI — the AI Decision Platform for Business.

Connect Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible AI client to a live database of thousands of listed AI tools, a graph of millions of computed tool connections (from automatically assigned input/output tags; not tested), and a prompt library of thousands of prompts across dozens of professions.

No API key required. No registration. Works out of the box.

Prompts

Ready-made starting points; MCP clients show them as commands (for example with / in Claude Desktop).

Related MCP server: agent101-mcp

Tools

Structured output

Every tool declares the same outputSchema and returns structuredContent:

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+

• pip

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/giorgio44/gateonai-mcp-server.git
cd gateonai-mcp-server

2. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the server

python gateonai_mcp_server.py

Claude Desktop Configuration

Edit ~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS/Linux) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gateonai": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/gateonai_mcp_server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. You should see the GateOnAI tools available in your conversation.

Cursor Configuration

Edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gateonai": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/gateonai_mcp_server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code Configuration

claude mcp add gateonai python /absolute/path/to/gateonai_mcp_server.py

Usage Examples

Once connected, ask your AI assistant naturally:

"Find me the best free AI tools for video editing"
→ Uses: search_ai_tools

"Build me an AI workflow for a freelance graphic designer"
→ Uses: get_ai_workflow

"Compare ChatGPT vs Claude"
→ Uses: compare_ai_tools

"Tell me everything about Midjourney"
→ Uses: get_tool_details

"What AI tools are trending right now?"
→ Uses: get_trending_tools

"Find AI tools for legal teams whose providers state EU hosting"
→ Uses: get_eu_gdpr_tools

"Give me 5 ready-to-use prompts for a marketing manager"
→ Uses: get_prompts_for_profession

"How many tools does GateOnAI have?"
→ Uses: get_site_stats

Tool Reference

search_ai_tools

Search GateOnAI's database of thousands of listed AI tools. Find tools by name, use case, category, pricing model, or GDPR info on the provider's page. Returns tool names, descriptions, pricing, GateOnAI scores, and direct URLs.

get_ai_workflow

Generate a step-by-step AI workflow for any profession, role, or business task. Uses GateOnAI's compatibility graph of computed tool connections to suggest a tool sequence.

compare_ai_tools

Compare two or three AI tools head-to-head. Returns pricing, features, GateOnAI scores and pros/cons side by side.

get_tool_details

Get comprehensive details about a specific AI tool by its URL slug. Returns full description, pricing, GateOnAI score breakdown, pros/cons, integrations, GDPR status, and FAQ.

get_trending_tools

Get AI tools that are trending on GateOnAI by a fixed rule: at least 3 clicks to the tool's own website from GateOnAI visitors in the last 7 days (bots not counted). The list can be empty; the answer then says so and suggests whats_new (recently added tools) or search_ai_tools.

get_eu_gdpr_tools

Find AI tools whose providers, on their own websites, refer to the GDPR or state EU data hosting. Each result quotes the provider's own sentence, links the source page and gives the date of GateOnAI's automatic check (about monthly). These are provider statements, not an audit, verification or certification by GateOnAI - check the provider's current documents before relying on them.

get_prompts_for_profession

Get ready-to-use AI prompts for a specific profession from GateOnAI's library of thousands of prompts across dozens of professions. Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other LLMs.

get_site_stats

Get current live statistics about the GateOnAI platform including total listed tools, categories, tool compatibility connections, and prompt library size.

No parameters.

get_compatible_tools

Find AI tools that may connect with a given tool, based on GateOnAI's IO-Compatibility Graph - computed automatically by matching the input/output content types that GateOnAI assigns to each tool (text, image, audio, video, code, etc.). The tags are assigned automatically and can be wrong; connections are not tested. Answers questions like 'what tools work well with ChatGPT' or 'what can I feed ChatGPT's output into'.

find_ai_pipeline

Find a computed sequence of AI tools that gets you from one type of content to another - e.g. audio to a finished blog post, or a single image to a full video. Powered by GateOnAI's IO-Compatibility Graph combined with a PostgreSQL recursive path-finding engine (not an LLM improvising) - each step is a listed tool whose tagged output type matches the next tool's tagged input type. The tags are assigned automatically and the pipelines are not tested. Returns multiple ranked alternative pipelines, each scored on tool quality and path length, so you can compare a fast 2-step option against a more thorough 4-step one. Valid content types: text, image, audio, video, data, url, code, pdf, email, social_post, prompt, file.

whats_new

See AI tools recently added to GateOnAI, based on the date each tool was added. Optionally filter by category. Useful for staying current on new tool launches or checking what's new in a specific space (e.g. new AI Agents tools this week).

find_similar_by_philosophy

Find AI tools that are conceptually or philosophically similar to a given tool - based on semantic embedding similarity of each tool's name and tagline (MiniLM), not just shared category. Different from get_compatible_tools, which uses the structural IO-Compatibility Graph (real input/output matching) rather than meaning-based similarity. Use this for 'tools like X' questions, get_compatible_tools for 'what connects to X' questions.

get_market_landscape

A computed statistical snapshot of one GateOnAI category: live tool count, GateOnAI Score distribution (average/median/min/max) and current top-scoring tools. Every number is computed directly from live catalog data at request time - never a prediction, estimate, or industry-wide claim beyond what GateOnAI itself catalogs.

match_prompt_to_task

Given a free-text description of a task (e.g. 'write a cold email to a client'), finds the best-matching existing prompt(s) from GateOnAI's prompt library using real BM25 full-text search - not a semantic guess or an invented relevance score. Each result includes the actual prompt text, which tool it's designed for, and the profession it comes from.

get_workflow_template

Get one of GateOnAI's thousands of pre-built, ready-made AI workflows for a specific profession - a deterministic, ordered sequence of steps each matched to a listed tool by category and GateOnAI Score, regenerated live from current tool data. Different from get_ai_workflow: this returns an existing, curated template for a known profession rather than generating a new custom one from free text - faster and more consistent for common roles.

build_workflow_board

Turn a goal described in plain language into a GateOnAI Workbench board: tools from the GateOnAI catalog, connected step by step when they form a workflow. Returns the steps and a share link that contains the board itself - nothing is stored on GateOnAI's servers. The user can open the link, clone the board into their own Workbench (free, no account) and share it.

analyze_ai_stack

Automated observations about a set of AI tools (2-40 GateOnAI tool slugs): tools not currently listed, category overlaps, data connections in GateOnAI's IO-compatibility graph, and (My AI Stack DNA) what the stack can make together by input/output type, output types none of the tools gives with the highest-scored tools that could fill them, tools with identical inputs and outputs, and facts (EU hosting stated by the provider, listed MCP server). A connection means one tool gives out a type the other takes in (GateOnAI tags), not a confirmed integration. Observations from GateOnAI data only - not recommendations and not judgments about any provider.

Docker

docker build -t gateonai-mcp .
docker run -i --rm gateonai-mcp

Transport

This server runs over stdio (standard input/output), which is the default for local MCP servers and is supported by all major MCP clients.

For remote/HTTP access:

python gateonai_mcp_server.py --transport sse --port 8765

No API Key Required

GateOnAI's public API is open and does not require authentication. The MCP server connects directly to https://www.gateonai.com/api.

About GateOnAI

GateOnAI is the AI Decision Platform for Business — a directory of thousands of AI tools, sorted by an algorithmic GateOnAI Score, with the GDPR and EU-hosting information each provider publishes and practical AI workflows for professionals.

• 🌐 Platform: gateonai.com

• 🤖 MCP Docs: gateonai.com/mcp

• 🔧 AI Workflow Builder: gateonai.com/build-my-business-ai-workflow

• 📁 Browse Tools: gateonai.com/browse

• 🇪🇺 EU/GDPR Tools: gateonai.com/eu-ai-tools

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.