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Which MCP servers are HotRepo's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameai.hotrepo/hotrepoverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under hotrepo.ai. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-29
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-29
  • Tools6
  • Server calls itselfHotRepo
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-29 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 546 ms.

Should an agent connect itConnect it
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: read AI-written reviews before trying a project; scan trending topics and reports for new projects.

Once connected

  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 3 of 7 tools: check arguments before calling.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 7, the first on 2026-10-29
  • INITE MCP score98 of 100answers 100 · does the job 100 · definitions 93 · context 100 · connects 100
  • What an agent can do with it2 of 2 use cases
  • Answered100% of days7 of 7 daily checks
  • Median first answer489 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,527 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (7), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 93 of 100
  • Typed results7 of 7 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 3 of 7

What an agent can do with it

  • not sure · browse trending GitHub repositories by language and time range
  • can do · read AI-written reviews before trying a project
  • can do · scan trending topics and reports for new projects

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers6 tools · read 2026-10-29
  • get_trending

    Get a HotRepo trending board: the repositories on GitHub Trending (or HotRepo's new-repository board) for one UTC day, ranked by stars gained in the period, each with HotRepo's one-line review when available. best_github_rank_that_day is…

  • get_repo

    Read HotRepo's full review of a repository (Markdown), with its stats, topic, daily trending history (the all-languages board; each day's best_github_rank_that_day is the best position it reached on GitHub's page that day, null before…

  • search_repos

    Search repositories that HotRepo has reviewed, newest reviews first. Use get_repo for the full review.

  • list_topics

    List HotRepo's topics (each reviewed project belongs to exactly one, by what it helps people do) with the number of reviewed projects in each.

  • get_topic

    List reviewed repositories in one topic, most recently trending first.

  • get_monthly_report

    Get a HotRepo monthly report: the repositories that gained the most stars on the daily trending board during a month, the most notable new repositories, and leaders per topic, with an editorial introduction.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hotrepo": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hotrepo.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http hotrepo https://hotrepo.ai/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://hotrepo.ai/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.