Show HN: A stateless MCP server over our docs – search, list_topics, get_article

Chinaready launched a stateless, read-only MCP server at https://mcp.chinaready.co/mcp that exposes its China go-to-market research library to any MCP-capable client without API keys, OAuth or sign-in. The server offers three tools — search, list_topics and get_article — is rate limited to roughly 120 requests per minute, runs on Chinaready's own open-source Cloudflare Worker, and is released under the MIT license, with every returned excerpt citing a full chinaready.co URL. Chinaready also published REST endpoints for contact and intake form submissions and search, plus an OpenAPI description at /openapi.json as the machine-readable source of truth.

Developer docs Public APIs & MCP server Wire Chinaready’s China go-to-market knowledge into your AI tools, or POST straight to our public form and search endpoints. No API keys, no sign-in. Chinaready MCP server The research library behind this site — insights and handbooks on China market entry — exposed as a read-only MCP server. Connect it to any MCP-capable client and every answer cites a full chinaready.co URL. Runs on our own open-source Cloudflare Worker. https://mcp.chinaready.co/mcp - No sign-in — no keys, no OAuth - Read-only: 3 tools - Rate limited, ~120 requests/minute - MIT, open source - searchSemantic search across the whole library. Returns sourced excerpts, each citing its full chinaready.co URL. - list topicsEnumerates the topic taxonomy the library is organized by — useful for scoping a research session. - get articleFetches a full article by its chinaready.co URL, as clean markdown. Connect your client One-click where the client supports it; everywhere else it is a URL paste. - Cursor One-clickThe button opens Cursor with the server pre-configured — nothing to type. Prefer manual? Add the same server to ~/.cursor/mcp.json — see the generic config under “Any other MCP client”. - VS Code One-clickOpens the VS Code MCP install prompt stable and Insiders . The server then appears in Copilot Chat’s tool list. - Claude 1. Settings → Customize → Connectors → + Add 2. Choose Add custom connector 3. Paste https://mcp.chinaready.co/mcp 4. Authentication: choose No sign in , then Add Works on web and desktop. Free plans hold one custom connector — use it wisely. - Settings → - Claude CodeOne command, per project or global: claude mcp add --transport http chinaready https://mcp.chinaready.co/mcp - ChatGPT 1. Open chatgpt.com/plugins → + 2. Choose Add custom MCP server 3. Paste https://mcp.chinaready.co/mcp → Create as a plugin - Open - Any other MCP clientWindsurf, Zed, LibreChat, opencode… Remote server — no command, no keys. Windsurf calls the same field serverUrl . {"mcpServers":{"chinaready":{"url":"https://mcp.chinaready.co/mcp"}}} REST APIs Form submissions and search over plain HTTP. The OpenAPI description https://chinaready.co/openapi.json /openapi.json is the machine-readable source of truth for all of them. - POST /api/contactSend a contact-form submission. Returns 201 with a received confirmation; Chinaready responds within 24 hours. Prefer the human form? /contact/ https://chinaready.co/contact/ . - name - message - company - timezone {"name":"Ada Lovelace","email":" email protected ","message":"We are evaluating ICP filing options."} - POST /api/intakeSubmit a market-readiness intake. Returns 201 with auto-scored fields. Human form: /intake/ https://chinaready.co/intake/ . - top-level or basics.email {"email":" email protected ","company":"Example Ltd","timeline":"6-12 months"} - POST https://search.chinaready.co/search Cloudflare AI SearchAI retrieval over the same corpus the Ask AI panel uses — no authentication. Retrieval only: bring your own model. Each returned excerpt begins with a url / title / type source header whose url is the absolute chinaready.co page link — cite that URL in answers. {"messages": {"role":"user","content":"How long does ICP filing take?"} } - POST /api/searchSite-search proxy over the same corpus: returns article-level results title, snippet, relevance score , ranked by best match — no generation. Powers /search/ https://chinaready.co/search/ and the insights catalog’s AI matches. {"query":"icp filing timeline"} For agents & machines Discovery entry points in use on this site — all live, no authentication.