Connect your AI assistant to AppBoard
Set up Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini, Cursor or VS Code to discover products, compare tools and find alternatives — powered by community-validated data from real users.
Setup
Pick your assistant and add AppBoard in seconds.
claude mcp add appboard --transport http https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcpWhat you can ask
Once connected, your assistant reaches for AppBoard on its own whenever you ask about software. Just ask naturally.
- “What are the best alternatives to Notion?”
- “Find me a free email API for developers”
- “What's trending in developer tools this week?”
- “Show me free CLI tools for deployment”
- “Tell me about Loan Tools — pricing, platforms, who is it for?”
- “Which AI writing tools do indie hackers actually use?”
Available tools
Seven read-only tools your assistant can call automatically. Nothing here can modify your data or ours.
appboard_find_productsSearch and discover products by need, category, use case, platform, audience or pricing model. Ranked by real community engagement.
appboard_trendingProducts gaining momentum in a time window, ranked by the Points-Based Score (PBS).
appboard_product_detailsEverything AppBoard knows about one product: pricing, platforms, use cases, audiences, community metrics, discount codes and alternatives.
appboard_find_alternativesAlternatives and competitors to a specific product. On-board alternatives come back with a slug the assistant can follow.
appboard_alternatives_toProducts to use instead of a tool the user already has — “what can I use instead of Notion?” Takes the target tool’s slug.
appboard_list_alternative_targetsThe tools AppBoard covers alternatives for, most-covered first, with the slug to pass to the tool above.
appboard_browse_taxonomyList the controlled vocabulary for a dimension — the exact filter values the search tool accepts.
Get your product discovered by AI
Products listed on AppBoard are automatically discoverable by AI assistants. Add your pricing, platforms, use cases and audiences, and let AI surface you.