BotFriendly

Directory of APIs, merchants, and tools AI agents can actually use.

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What it can do

  • Search Services: Search the BotFriendly directory for bot-friendly services, APIs, and tools that AI agents can use. Filter by category, payment/commerce protocol support (x402, MPP, L402, AP2, TAP, A
  • Get Service: Get full details for a specific service by its slug, including all protocol support, URLs, auth method, billing, and metadata.
  • List Categories: List all BotFriendly categories with descriptions and service counts.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Directory of APIs, merchants, and tools AI agents can actually use.

How to connect

How to connect BotFriendly to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://botfriendly.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect BotFriendly to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://botfriendly.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect BotFriendly to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://botfriendly.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (7)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_servicesSearch the BotFriendly directory for bot-friendly services, APIs, and tools that AI agents can use. Filter by category, payment/commerce protocol support (x402, MPP, L402, AP2, TAP, Agent Pay, ACE, ACP, UCP, ACTP, ICC), auth method, and more. Results may start with up to 3 promoted listings (paid ads) pinned to the top — site-wide ads on unfiltered searches, category ads on category searches — clearly marked with promoted:true and ad:true. Use promoted=false to exclude ads.
get_serviceGet full details for a specific service by its slug, including all protocol support, URLs, auth method, billing, and metadata.
list_categoriesList all BotFriendly categories with descriptions and service counts.
get_featuredGet site-wide featured/promoted services (max 3). These are paid placements clearly marked as ads.
get_protocol_statsGet adoption stats for every protocol BotFriendly tracks: the machine-readable interfaces (MCP, OpenAPI) and the agent payment, authorization, and commerce protocols (x402, mpp, l402, ap2, tap, agent-pay, ace, acp, ucp, actp, icc). Each entry carries its sponsor, layer, spec URL, and how many listed services support it.
check_siteScore how bot-friendly a website is (0-100). Fetches the site the way an agent would — no JavaScript, no cookies — and checks access (reachability, HTTPS, robots.txt, AI crawlers allowed, real 404s), content without JavaScript (H1, 500+ chars of raw text, metadata, JSON-LD), and machine discovery (llms.txt, sitemap, OpenAPI spec or ai-plugin.json), with evidence and fix advice per check. Set format to 'prompt' to instead get a ready-to-paste coding-agent prompt that fixes every failed finding. Rate limited to 6 checks per minute per caller; each check takes a few seconds.
submit_serviceSubmit a service to the BotFriendly directory. There is no review queue: each interface URL must be on the service's own domain and is fetched during the call, and the listing publishes immediately if one answers. Every listing needs an icon — pass icon_url, or leave it out and the service's own site is checked for one.