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MCP Servers: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get
The awesome-MCP-servers catalogue as a website: a free five-field form for a server listing, with a $39 fee if you want it looked at quickly and followed.
mcpservers.org
Eligibility
Who MCP Servers accepts
You need
An MCP server, which is the only thing the catalogue holds
A GitHub repository or a documentation URL, since that is the link field
A server name, short description, category and contact email
You'll be rejected if
A product that is not an MCP server or an agent skill: there is no other kind of listing here
A server with nothing public to link to, since the link field asks for GitHub or docs
MCP serversDeveloper toolsAgent skillsOpen source projects
What you actually get
A card in a catalogue organised by fifteen topics from Development and Database through to Memory, alongside sections for remote servers, official servers and Claude Skills. This is where people go looking for an MCP server by capability, so the audience is precisely the one an MCP author wants. The free listing's link is not followed: that is one of the three things the $39 tier lists. Free submissions are reviewed within twelve hours, which their confirmation screen states and their pricing copy does not.
How to submit to MCP Servers
1
Open /submit
A single page with five fields and no account: server name, short description, link (GitHub or docs), category and contact email.
2
Pick a category
Fifteen options: Development, Productivity, Database, Search, Web Scraping, File System, Version Control, Communication, Cloud Service, Cloud Storage, Marketing, Finance, Design, Memory, Other.
3
Choose free or $39
The page says listings are free and offers a Premium Submit below it: $39 one-time for faster review, an Official badge and a followed link.
4
Wait
The confirmation reads "Submission Successful" and states a review within 12 hours, with an email once it is approved. Nothing on the form says so beforehand.
MCP Servers requirements
Server name and a short description
A GitHub or documentation link
One of fifteen categories
A contact email
Gotchas
The followed link is one of the three things the $39 tier sells, so the free listing's link is not followed and nothing on the page says so directly.
The $39 tier is sold as a way to skip a wait that turns out to be twelve hours: the free lane's own confirmation screen states a review within 12 hours, which the pricing copy never mentions.
The listing is for the server, not for your product: the link field asks for a GitHub repository or docs, so a closed-source hosted server needs a public repo describing itself before it can be listed.
Let your agent submit to MCP Servers
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the MCP Servers playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.
What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 5 MCP Servers rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 4 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: premium Submit is $39 one-time, described on the form as a review fee: faster approval, an Official badge on the listing and a followed link. The free lane has no stated turnaround at all, which is what the $39 is really buying.
Types it into MCP Servers in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to MCP Servers?".
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MCP Servers FAQ
How long does MCP Servers approval take?
MCP Servers's typical time from submission to going live is same day.
How much does it cost to submit to MCP Servers?
MCP Servers has a free submission option plus paid placement (Premium Submit is $39 one-time, described on the form as a review fee: faster approval, an Official badge on the listing and a followed link. The free lane has no stated turnaround at all, which is what the $39 is really buying.).
Does MCP Servers give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from MCP Servers are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 69.
Does MCP Servers require a backlink to your site?
No, MCP Servers does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from MCP Servers?
A product that is not an MCP server or an agent skill: there is no other kind of listing here; A server with nothing public to link to, since the link field asks for GitHub or docs.