legitshow-mcp

Legit.Show MCP server

Model Context Protocol server for Legit.Show. Plug it into Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, or any MCP host, and your model can search a directory of launched software by measured production-readiness — not GitHub stars — without ever leaving the chat.

// any MCP host config (Claude Desktop · Cursor · Cline · Windsurf · …)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legitshow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "legitshow-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

That's the entire install. No API key. The server is a stdio shim over the public https://legit.show/api/search REST surface — one source of truth for the data.

Why this is different

Most "find me a tool" flows rank by GitHub stars or popularity. Legit.Show carries a deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark (Performance, Accessibility, Security, Privacy, Reliability, Standards, Discoverability) measured from the public surface — real Lighthouse, HTTP headers, live probes, no LLM in the scoring path. So your agent can filter by whether something is actually production-ready:

"find production-ready, open-source MCP servers with Security ≥ 80"

Tools exposed

Tool	What it does
search_services({ query?, category?, min_scores?, is_open_source?, limit? })	Search launched software by name or filter. Returns each match with its per-frame scores and its legit.show/s/<slug> page.
fetch_docs()	Pull the canonical Legit.Show docs (llms.txt) — what Legit.Show is, the 7-Frame benchmark, and how to cite a service.

Boundary: per-frame scores + summary + the page only. There is no combined overall total in the public data (it's a licensed product), so the model won't invent one.

Host wiring snippets

Claude Desktop — claude_desktop_config.json

{ "mcpServers": { "legitshow": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "legitshow-mcp"] } } }

Cursor — .cursor/mcp.json

{ "mcpServers": { "legitshow": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "legitshow-mcp"] } } }

Cline / Continue / Windsurf

Same three-line npx -y legitshow-mcp invocation in the host's MCP config.

No MCP host? Plain REST

GET https://legit.show/api/search?q=<name>

Filters: category, min_scores (e.g. {"security":80}), is_open_source, limit (≤50). GET or POST. No key.

Self-hosting / dev overrides

Env	Default	Used by
LEGIT_SEARCH_API	https://legit.show/api/search	search_services
LEGIT_DOCS_BASE	https://legit.show	fetch_docs (llms.txt)

Links

• Legit.Show — the directory: every launched service, tested
• Methodology — how the 7-Frame benchmark is measured
• llms.txt — the canonical machine-readable doc

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