Disclosure: I run MCP Verified, a weekly test of servers in the official Model Context Protocol registry. This post is the data. The newsletter link is at the end.
Each week we take a sample of 750 entries from the official MCP registry (300 npm, 150 PyPI, 200 remote streamable-HTTP, 100 remote SSE). We install or connect to each one in a clean sandbox, run the MCP initialize handshake, and call tools/list. Where possible we also make one harmless tool call. We supply no API keys.
| Type | Tested | Working | Median handshake | Median tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | 300 | 218 (73%) | 563 ms | 14 |
| PyPI | 150 | 73 (49%) | 1,581 ms | 16 |
| HTTP | 200 | 130 (65%) | 436 ms | 8.5 |
| SSE | 100 | 10 (10%) | 1,152 ms | 9 |
| All | 750 | 431 (57%) |
| Reason | Count |
|---|---|
| Needs config/env vars (untested) | 92 |
| Remote endpoint dead | 88 |
| Needs credentials (untested) | 54 |
| Crashed on start | 47 |
| Install failed | 12 |
| Handshake failed | 10 |
| tools/list failed after handshake | 6 |
| URL isn't an MCP server | 6 |
| Timeout (45 s) | 4 |
Working count in our runs: 422 (Oct 13), then 427, then 431 (both Oct 19).
This is a sample, not the whole registry. "Needs config" doesn't mean broken. Results are from one sandbox environment.
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