Catch up on AI
“What matters in AI today?”
Find recent reporting by topic, company, or model.
explainx MCP server
explainx, inside
your AI app.
Search AI news, compare model prices, and find tools from the chat or editor you already use.
explainx.aiServer URL
https://mcp.explainx.ai/mcpSign in with your explainx.ai account
Read-only access7 tools · Public data
Connect your app
Choose where you want to use explainx.
AnthropicChat app
Connect to Claude
- Open Claude settings and go to Connectors.
- Choose Add custom connector and name it explainx.ai.
- Paste https://mcp.explainx.ai/mcp as the server URL.
- Sign in with your explainx.ai account and approve the read-only permissions.
Paste into Claude
Add explainx.ai as a custom connector on my account. It's a remote MCP server at https://mcp.explainx.ai/mcp. Walk me through it step by step: open Settings → Connectors, choose Add custom connector, name it explainx, paste in that URL, and tell me exactly what to click to sign in and approve the read-only permissions.
Ready to paste
Your assistant can walk you through setup. You’ll finish the connection in your app’s settings.
Try your first question
After connecting, paste a prompt into your app.
Compare model prices
“Compare Claude and GPT model costs”
Check input and output rates from the OpenRouter catalog.
Find the right tool
“Find an agent for customer research”
Search agents, tools, MCP servers, and AI models.
You choose what to connect.
Review the read-only permissions before approving. The server searches public information; it cannot edit your account or listings.
Revoke access at any timeManage your connections
Developer reference7 tools · Streamable HTTP · OAuth + PKCE
- search
- Search news, prices, agents, tools, MCP servers, and models in one request.
- fetch
- Open a result with structured details and a canonical source URL.
- get_ai_news
- Find recent explainx.ai reporting by topic, company, product, policy, or model.
- compare_model_prices
- Compare current router prices per million input and output tokens.
- get_trending
- See what's trending across skills, tools, MCP servers, agents, models, and blog posts.
- search_ai_directory
- Search explainx.ai listings for agents, AI tools, MCP servers, and models.
- get_ai_directory_entry
- Retrieve one public directory listing by its type and slug.
Uses Streamable HTTP, OAuth discovery, and S256 PKCE. Read the authorization specification
What is the explainx.ai MCP server?
It is a read-only Model Context Protocol server that lets compatible AI clients search explainx.ai AI news and directories and compare current model prices.
Does it work with Claude and ChatGPT?
Yes. It uses remote MCP over Streamable HTTP with OAuth discovery and includes the standard search and fetch tools expected by OpenAI clients.
What account access does it receive?
You sign in with explainx.ai to authorize the connection. The server exposes public, read-only intelligence and cannot change your account or directory listings.
Are model prices direct-provider prices?
The price tool currently reports OpenRouter catalog rates per million tokens. Router and direct-provider prices can differ, so verify rates before purchasing.