{"slug": "tools-changed-product-hunt-mcp-official-remote", "title": "Tools changed: Product Hunt MCP (official, remote)", "summary": "Product Hunt launched an official remote MCP server, producthunt-mcp 1.0.1, at https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp on November 9, 2026, and a November 10, 2026 test by MCP server review site found it completed an initialize and tools/list handshake over Streamable HTTP with no credentials and exposed 19 tools. Three of three anonymous public read calls passed — get_categories returned the category tree, get_leaderboard for 2026-11-08 returned the ranked leaderboard, and find_alternatives for 'notion' returned rated alternatives — while get_my_account returned 'Connect your Product Hunt account to use this tool.' and the five state-changing launch tools (start_launch, update_launch, submit_launch, prepare_launch_asset, submit_feedback) were not called because they require sign-in. The server scored 90/100, with its license score at 0/10 because no public source repository exists, and its 19 tools carry an estimated context cost of about 13,070 tokens (cl100k_base).", "body_md": "# Product Hunt MCP (official, remote)\n\n**90**/100\n\nScore = points from our five tests (install, handshake, maintenance, docs, license). Not a quality or security rating. [Methodology](https://testedmcp.com/methodology/)\n\n- Install20/20\n- Handshake30/30\n- Maintenance25/25\n- Docs15/15\n- License0/10\n\nVendor-hosted\n\nTested Product Hunt's hosted MCP at https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp (server producthunt-mcp 1.0.1), launched Nov 9, 2026. Initialize and tools/list over Streamable HTTP succeeded with no credentials and listed 19 tools (product search, alternatives, leaderboard, categories, launch drafting/scheduling, feedback). Real calls (no LLM, no credentials): get_categories returned the category tree; get_leaderboard {date:'2026-11-08',limit:3} returned the ranked Nov 8 leaderboard; find_alternatives {product_name:'notion'} returned rated alternatives (Craft.do, Fibery, ...). get_my_account returned 'Connect your Product Hunt account to use this tool.' (sign-in needed). Launch tools (start/update/submit_launch, prepare_launch_asset) were not called: they need a Product Hunt sign-in and act on a real account. No public source repository, so the vendor-hosted rule applies (license 0, 65 cap; not source-audited). Launch announced by @ProductHunt: https://x.com/ProductHunt/status/2119853187939381623.\n\nTool-call test (2026-11-10, direct MCP stdio client, no LLM): **pass**. 3 of 3 public read calls passed anonymously; account tool needs sign-in. Launch-writing tools not called. Evidence: live endpoint probe, Nov 10, 2026.\n\nProduct Hunt-hosted endpoint. Initialize and tools/list worked without sign-in (19 tools); public read tools (categories, leaderboard, alternatives) answered anonymously, account/launch tools return a sign-in prompt. The server source isn't public, so license scores 0 and the vendor-hosted 65 cap applies (Our review, Nov 9, 2026).\n\nSources: [https://www.producthunt.com/mcp/install](https://www.producthunt.com/mcp/install) · [https://www.producthunt.com/products/producthunt/launches/product-hunt-mcp-2](https://www.producthunt.com/products/producthunt/launches/product-hunt-mcp-2)\n\n**Transport (tested 2026-11-10):** Streamable HTTP\n\n**Token cost (estimate):** approx. 13070 tokens, cl100k estimate (19 tools, measured 2026-11-11). This is an estimate from our testing of the tool names, descriptions and input schemas, counted with cl100k_base.\n\n## Permissions: 14 read, 5 write (state-changing), 0 unclassified · Auth: none · Rate limit: unknown · Pricing unit: unknown\n\nAuth: none. Rate limit: unknown. Pricing unit: unknown.\n\n- `find_alternatives` — read\n- `find_investable_startups` — read\n- `get_categories` — read\n- `get_launch` — read\n- `get_launch_context` — read\n- `get_launch_preview_view` — read\n- `get_leaderboard` — read\n- `get_my_account` — read\n- `get_product_profile` — read\n- `get_products` — read\n- `list_my_launches` — read\n- `open_launch_editor` — read\n- `prepare_launch_asset` — write (state-changing)\n- `search_launches` — read\n- `semantic_product_search` — read\n- `start_launch` — write (state-changing)\n- `submit_feedback` — write (state-changing)\n- `submit_launch` — write (state-changing)\n- `update_launch` — write (state-changing)\n\nremote handshake listed tools without credentials; no recorded key or OAuth\n\nScore **90/100** · Tools **19** · Token cost **approx. 13,070 tokens** · [Compare](https://testedmcp.com/compare/?s=product-hunt-mcp-remote) · Last tested **2026-11-10** · Server version `1.0.1` · Remote endpoint `https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp` (streamable-http)\n\nSummary: Product Hunt MCP (official, remote) completed an MCP handshake without credentials and exposed 19 tools.\n\n## Evidence summary\n\n- Handshake\n- pass\n- Tools listed\n- 19\n- Context cost\n- approx. 13070 tokens, cl100k estimate (19 tools, measured 2026-11-11; an estimate) [ranking](https://testedmcp.com/best/lowest-context-cost-mcp-servers/) ·[add up your servers' context cost](https://testedmcp.com/guides/how-much-context-mcp-servers-cost/)\n- Login\n- No key needed for the tools we called\n- Tested\n- 2026-11-10\n\n## Test results\n\n| Test | Result | Points | Evidence | \n|---|---|---|---|\n| install | pass | 20 | Endpoint https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp reachable over streamable-http (HTTP 200) in 0.3s; no install step for remote servers. | \n| handshake | pass | 30 | MCP `initialize` (protocol 2025-06-18, server producthunt-mcp 1.0.1) +`tools/list` over streamable-http succeeded with no credentials; 19 tools listed in 0.3s. Tool calls may still need a key. | \n| maintenance | pass | 25 | Vendor-hosted rule: scored from dated vendor launch post 2026-11-09 (https://www.producthunt.com/products/producthunt/launches/product-hunt-mcp-2), 1 day before test. Registry: not in the official MCP registry | \n| docs | pass | 15 | official MCP docs page; states the endpoint URL; client setup instructions. Vendor-hosted rule: scored from the vendor's official MCP docs (https://www.producthunt.com/mcp/install). | \n| license | fail | 0 | Vendor-hosted service with no public repo: no license to cite, so 0 (rule: no points without a cited source). | \n\n## Local-model readiness\n\nToken cost (estimate): **approx. 13070 tokens, cl100k estimate** for 19 tools · about 160% of an 8k context. This is an estimate from our testing (counted with cl100k_base).\n\nSmall-model friendly (schema heuristic, not a model result): **unknown**.\n\n## Not tested\n\nSmall-model task runs: Not yet tested.\n\n## What we tested and what we didn't\n\n### Tested on 2026-11-10\n\n- We connected to the vendor's hosted endpoint with no credentials and asked for its tool list: it listed 19 tools (Method details: MCP `initialize` then`tools/list` )\n- Auth response: none. The endpoint answered without any login\n- Vendor docs: official MCP docs page; states the endpoint URL; client setup instructions (15/15)\n- Maintenance: dated vendor source, dated vendor launch post 2026-11-09 (25/25)\n- License: a hosted service has no license to cite (0/10)\n- Token cost (estimate)\n\n### Not tested\n\n- Security: **not audited** (hosted service; no code to review, no permission or data-flow analysis)\n- Behaviour after signing in, or with a real account\n- Source code, repository activity or an open-source license (none published for the hosted service)\n- Performance, rate limits or load\n- Real tasks (no functional task runs yet)\n\nMethodology: [how we test](https://testedmcp.com/methodology/) (vendor-hosted rule). A high score means it responds and its vendor documents and dates it, not that giving it access to your data carries no risk.\n\n## Known security issues\n\nNot checked (remote-only): hosted endpoint, version unknown.\n\nMonthly roundup: [MCP security issues, October 2026](https://testedmcp.com/security/2026-10/).\n\n## Tool list changes ↻ Tools changed (non-breaking) 2026-11-13\n\n**Tool list changed since last test (2026-11-11 → 2026-11-13): 5 tool descriptions changed: find_alternatives, find_investable_startups, get_launch, get_products, search_launches; 6 input schemas changed: get_launch_preview_view, prepare_launch_asset, semantic_product_search, start_launch, submit_launch, update_launch.** Confirmed by a re-run with the same arguments.\n\n## Show the diff\n\n- Changed description: `find_alternatives`\n- Changed description: `find_investable_startups`\n- Changed description: `get_launch`\n- Changed schema: `get_launch_preview_view`\n- Changed description: `get_products`\n- Changed schema: `prepare_launch_asset`\n- Changed description: `search_launches`\n- Changed schema: `semantic_product_search`\n- Changed schema: `start_launch`\n- Changed schema: `submit_launch`\n- Changed schema: `update_launch`\n\n## Snapshot hash (fingerprint of the tool list)\n\n`0a88342801e0`: SHA-256 of the canonical tool names, descriptions and input schemas. If it changes, the tool list changed.\n\n## Raw test record (JSON)\n\n```\n{\n  \"name\": \"producthunt-remote\",\n  \"version\": null,\n  \"registry\": \"remote\",\n  \"status\": \"working\",\n  \"tested\": \"2026-11-10\",\n  \"tools_count\": 19,\n  \"deprecated\": false,\n  \"archived\": null,\n  \"tests\": {\n    \"install\": [\n      \"pass\",\n      20,\n      \"Endpoint https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp reachable over streamable-http (HTTP 200) in 0.3s; no install step for remote servers.\"\n    ],\n    \"handshake\": [\n      \"pass\",\n      30,\n      \"MCP `initialize` (protocol 2025-06-18, server producthunt-mcp 1.0.1) + `tools/list` over streamable-http succeeded with no credentials; 19 tools listed in 0.3s. Tool calls may still need a key.\"\n    ],\n    \"maintenance\": [\n      \"pass\",\n      25,\n      \"Vendor-hosted rule: scored from dated vendor launch post 2026-11-09 (https://www.producthunt.com/products/producthunt/launches/product-hunt-mcp-2), 1 day before test. Registry: not in the official MCP registry\"\n    ],\n    \"docs\": [\n      \"pass\",\n      15,\n      \"official MCP docs page; states the endpoint URL; client setup instructions. Vendor-hosted rule: scored from the vendor's official MCP docs (https://www.producthunt.com/mcp/install).\"\n    ],\n    \"license\": [\n      \"fail\",\n      0,\n      \"Vendor-hosted service with no public repo: no license to cite, so 0 (rule: no points without a cited source).\"\n    ]\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Install\n\n`https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp`\n\n## Tools listed\n\n`find_alternatives`, `find_investable_startups`, `get_categories`, `get_launch`, `get_launch_context`, `get_launch_preview_view`, `get_leaderboard`, `get_my_account`, `get_product_profile`, `get_products`, `list_my_launches`, `open_launch_editor`, `prepare_launch_asset`, `search_launches`, `semantic_product_search`, `start_launch`, `submit_feedback`, `submit_launch`, `update_launch`\n\nTool history: captured Nov 13, 2026. [All tool history](https://testedmcp.com/changes/).\n\n## Quick config\n\n```\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"product-hunt-mcp-remote\": {\n      \"type\": \"http\",\n      \"url\": \"https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp\"\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n[Add to config](https://testedmcp.com/free-tools/mcp-config-generator/?s=product-hunt-mcp-remote) Opens the config generator with this server selected.\n\n## Setup\n\n1. **Install.** No install step: it is a remote server at https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp.\n2. **Configure.** Add the mcpServers entry below to your MCP client config.\n3. **Verify.** Restart the client and check that tools/list returns tools (19 in our test).\n\n```\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"product-hunt-mcp-remote\": {\n      \"type\": \"http\",\n      \"url\": \"https://mcp.producthunt.com/mcp\"\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Test history\n\n- 2026-11-13: Tools changed (non-breaking)\n- 2026-11-11: Permission card updated\n- 2026-11-10: New\n\nRelated: [Best productivity MCP servers](https://testedmcp.com/best/productivity-mcp-servers/)\n\n## FAQ\n\n### Is Product Hunt MCP deprecated?\n\nNo. producthunt-remote was not deprecated or archived when we last tested it on 2026-11-10.\n\n### What replaces Product Hunt MCP?\n\nNothing; Product Hunt MCP (official, remote) is not deprecated as of 2026-11-10.\n\n### Does Product Hunt MCP need an API key?\n\nNo. It completed an MCP handshake with no credentials and listed 19 tools.\n\n## Embed the badge\n\nEvery tested server gets a free embeddable badge. 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