I spent last night manually checking 46 MCP server submissions. Here are the ones actually worth trying

I run a small directory of MCP servers (ClaudeRules). Submissions had been piling up since May because I stopped reviewing them. Last night I finally went through all 46 by hand. For each one I opened the actual website, docs, or repo and checked whether the thing exists and does what the listing claims. Most were real. Some were not. Two were duplicates, one guy submitted the same face analysis tool three times under slightly different names, one submission was literally just an image with no text, and a couple of GitHub links were dead. Those got rejected. The ones that surprised me, in no order: Webhound. Web research where you set a dollar budget and the agent spends up to that cap. The budget as a first class input is a good idea and I have not seen it elsewhere. BeachFinder. A read only MCP over a database of 184,900 beaches and swimming holes. Absurdly specific, works exactly as described. FrameThrower. Search 5,489 films by cinematography and get stills back. If you do any video work it is a fun rabbit hole. Lians. Local memory for agents that is bitemporal, so it can answer what was true at a point in time, not just what is true now. On PyPI, open source. Base2026. Search over a curated set of expert videos with the source links kept attached to every excerpt. More MCPs should do attribution like this. Palisade. Checks your SPF, DKIM and DMARC setup from inside your assistant. Boring problem, real pain, solid tool. Lovie. Forms an LLC or C Corp from inside Claude Code. Still slightly wild to me that this is a thing now. Orbit. A task manager built for people and agents working in the same workspace. Open source. OpenFate Bazi and Deckaura Tarot. Yes, there are MCP servers for Chinese astrology charts and tarot readings. Both are real and weirdly well documented. The ecosystem is getting strange in a good way. Full disclosure since this is my site: the directory is clauderules.net, 625 servers listed, submissions are free and I am reviewing again within a day or two. If your server is not there, the submit link is on the site. If your listing is there and the description is stale, tell me and I will fix it. What are you all using to find new MCP servers right now? Curious whether directories even matter or if everyone just searches GitHub.