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Which MCP servers are SmartVisuals'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.

read 2026-10-28

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameio.smartvisuals/catalogverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-28
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-28
  • Tools4
  • Server calls itselfSmartVisuals Catalog
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-28 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 157 ms.

Should an agent connect itSkip it
  • Its tools do none of the product's use cases we checked: compare survey responses with significance testing; build monthly price, volume and mix bridge reviews.

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 score72 of 100answers 100 · does the job 0 · definitions 100 · context 100 · connects 100
  • What an agent can do with it0 of 2 use cases
  • Answered100% of days7 of 7 daily checks
  • Median first answer161 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 641 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (4), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 4 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Every tool passes all six checks.

What an agent can do with it

  • not sure · plot project schedules and dependencies as a Gantt chart
  • cannot · compare survey responses with significance testing
  • cannot · build monthly price, volume and mix bridge reviews

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 offers4 tools · read 2026-10-28
  • find_visuals

    Search the SmartVisuals catalog by keyword. Returns matching Power BI custom visuals with their slug, name, publication status and a reason explaining why each result matched. Use this to discover which visual fits a reporting need (e.g…

  • get_visual

    Return the full catalog entry for one SmartVisuals Power BI custom visual, including its GUID, data roles (field wells), version, description, use cases, free-tier limits, premium features and diagnostic flags. Use after find_visuals to…

  • get_binding_example

    Return the PBIR (Power BI Report) layout snippet and binding notes for a SmartVisuals visual. The snippet includes the publicCustomVisuals GUID array and a queryState template with placeholder field references for each required data role…

  • list_visuals

    List every visual in the SmartVisuals catalog. Optionally filter by publication status: 'live' (published on Microsoft Marketplace), 'in-review' (submitted, awaiting Marketplace review) or 'coming-soon' (in development). Returns slug…

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.smartvisuals.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http smartvisuals https://www.smartvisuals.io/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://www.smartvisuals.io/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.