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Smithery's MCP proxy shut down: how to migrate your MCP servers to direct endpoints
Smithery's hosted URLs on run.tools and server.smithery.ai stopped working on October 31, 2026. Here is who is affected, a step-by-step checklist for moving each server to the vendor's own endpoint, and how to find those endpoints.
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How to write MCP tool descriptions (we graded 7,660 of them)
We ran our A to F tool-description grader over every tool on file, 7,660 tools from 673 MCP servers. The median description is seven words. Here is what the data and the research say, and seven fixes that take an afternoon.
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MCP server not showing up or failing to start? Causes and fixes
The error you see, usually "Connection closed", is a symptom. This guide goes through the nine causes behind most failed MCP servers, with real error text we reproduced and the fix for each, on Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.
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Remote vs local MCP servers: which should you run?
Local servers run on your machine with your permissions. Remote servers run on someone else's. Neither is safer by default. Here is how to choose, what clients support, and how 47,703 listings split between the two.
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How to vet an MCP server before you install it
An MCP server runs with your privileges or holds your tokens. This is a ten-point check you can do in ten minutes, tied to the real incidents behind each point, from a two-day-old npm package to bugs in the official reference servers.
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How many MCP servers are there? The numbers, November 2026
The official MCP registry lists 53,553 active servers, and our directory shows 47,703. Here is how fast that grew, who publishes them, how they are built, and how few have much evidence behind them.
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