Smithery

Smithery is a platform designed to connect AI agents to thousands of tools and services while handling authentication, credentials, and sessions. It gives AI assistants broader capabilities by allowing users to integrate various Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and tools. The service is part of Arcade.dev and provides access to a large directory of MCPs and skills.

• Connect agents to thousands of tools and services with authentication, credentials, and sessions handled for you
• Agent News intelligence layer for querying verified AI news with citations, confidence scores, and Ethics Engine ratings
• Exa Search for fast, intelligent web search and web crawling to get fresh information about libraries, APIs, and SDKs
• Context tool to fetch up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples directly into prompts
• OneSignal MCP integration to send push notifications, emails, and SMS, manage audiences, and track campaign performance through conversation
• Keenable Web Search remote MCP server for web indexing, ranked results, date and site filters, and fetching pages as clean markdown
• DevMatch MCP server to search millions of developers ranked by verified open-source contributions from Cursor, Claude Desktop, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant
• URL Safety Validator MCP to detect phishing and malware before an agent visits any link

Pros

• Simplifies connecting AI agents to external services by managing authentication, credentials, and sessions directly
• Provides access to a diverse catalog of specialized MCP servers for web search, documentation fetching, messaging, and security checks
• Integrates with popular environments like Cursor and Claude Desktop
• Offers specific development aids such as version-specific documentation retrieval to help eliminate outdated information and hallucinated APIs

Cons

• The core listing states that users must contact the provider for pricing, while specific sub-tools like DevMatch have their own separate pricing tiers
• Some individual MCP servers and integrations may require separate configuration or accounts depending on their external service requirements
• The overall platform pricing is not fully published on the main page, requiring users to look into specific tool details or announcements

Smithery fits developers and technical teams looking to extend their AI assistants with broader capabilities, secure tool access, and specialized data sources. It is useful for engineers who want to integrate messaging, web search, code documentation, and developer recruitment tools directly into conversation-based workflows. It is a poor fit for non-technical users who do not utilize AI agents, MCP-compatible assistants, or developer-focused toolchains.

The main directory listing states you have to contact them for pricing. Individual tools hosted or listed via the ecosystem, such as DevMatch, list a free tier with 50 monthly credits and a Pro tier priced at $129 per month that adds verified email enrichment on top results.

Unlike generic web search or isolated prompt interfaces, Smithery acts as a centralized intelligence and integration layer that connects AI agents directly to specialized tools and MCP servers. It standardizes how assistants interact with external credentials, sessions, and authenticated services. Instead of building custom wrappers for every tool, developers can plug in pre-existing MCP servers to instantly grant their agents capabilities ranging from web crawling to engineering recruitment.

Cursor, Claude Desktop, any MCP-compatible AI assistant, OneSignal, Exa Search, Keenable Web Search, DevMatch, and various other MCP servers and documentation sources available within the Smithery and Arcade.dev ecosystem.