--- title: "Smithery: rubric and evidence | Agent MCP Directory" description: "Smithery: A public catalog and former hosting platform for MCP servers, acquired by Arcade in August 2026. Scored on the published rubric, read 4 November 2026." canonical: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/smithery site: "Agent MCP Directory" last_updated: 2026-11-04 section: "Hosts and registries" --- # Smithery: rubric and evidence | Agent MCP Directory > Smithery: A public catalog and former hosting platform for MCP servers, acquired by Arcade in August 2026. Scored on the published rubric, read 4 November 2026. Source: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/smithery Site: Agent MCP Directory Last reviewed: 2026-11-04 # Smithery Smithery (Arcade (acquired Smithery, Aug 2026)): A public catalog and former hosting platform for MCP servers, acquired by Arcade in August 2026; its MCP Proxy and managed identity features shut down on 31 Oct 2026. Remote transport: Streamable HTTP (registry entries). ## Fact sheet | Product | Smithery | | --- | --- | | Operator | Arcade (acquired Smithery, Aug 2026) | | Kind | registry or directory | | Home | smithery.ai | | Pricing | No pricing page: smithery.ai/pricing returned 404 on 2026-11-04; the home page links to Arcade sign-up. (source, read 4 November 2026) | | Vendor profile | Arcade | ## Rubric | Dimension | Value | Evidence | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Remote transport | Streamable HTTP (registry entries) | ai.smithery registry entries list streamable-http remotes on server.smithery.ai. | registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, read 2026-11-04 | | OAuth with client registration | managed identity retired | Managed identity shut down 31 Oct 2026. | smithery.ai, read 2026-11-04 | | Per-tool auth scoping | not documented | No current docs page found on 4 Nov 2026. | smithery.ai, read 2026-11-04 | | Hosting and scale limits | proxy retired | MCP Proxy shut down 31 Oct 2026. | smithery.ai, read 2026-11-04 | | Observability | not documented | No current docs page found. | smithery.ai, read 2026-11-04 | | Pricing | not published | Pricing URL returns 404. | smithery.ai, read 2026-11-04 | | Registry submission | unclear after acquisition | Listing URLs 404 and the search API errors. | smithery.ai, read 2026-11-04 | | Discoverability by agents | catalog browse only | The home page shows a browse list. | smithery.ai, read 2026-11-04 | | Own server in the registries | no own server found | No smithery.ai namespace entry for Smithery itself. | registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, read 2026-11-04 | ## What it does not do - No longer proxies MCP connections or manages identity (since 31 Oct 2026). - Does not publish a price list. ## Dated facts - Arcade announced on 5 Aug 2026 that it acquired Smithery, which it describes as a public registry and hosting platform for MCP. ([www.arcade.dev](https://www.arcade.dev/blog/smithery-joins-arcade), dated 5 August 2026, read 4 November 2026) - The smithery.ai home page on 4 Nov 2026 says Smithery is now part of Arcade and that the MCP Proxy and managed identity features shut down on October 31. ([smithery.ai](https://smithery.ai/), dated 31 October 2026, read 4 November 2026) - The official MCP Registry holds 213 active entries under the ai.smithery namespace whose remotes point at server.smithery.ai. ([registry.modelcontextprotocol.io](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=ai.smithery), read 4 November 2026) - Former Smithery listing URLs such as smithery.ai/servers/eralabs-ai/ora returned 404 on 4 Nov 2026. ([smithery.ai](https://smithery.ai/), read 4 November 2026) - The Smithery registry search endpoint registry.smithery.ai/servers returned an error to an unauthenticated GET on 4 Nov 2026. ([smithery.ai](https://smithery.ai/), read 4 November 2026) ## Compare and alternatives - [Alternatives to Smithery](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/smithery/alternatives/) - [Smithery vs Glama](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/compare/smithery-vs-glama/) - [Smithery vs Official MCP Registry](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/compare/smithery-vs-official-mcp-registry/) Edition 4 November 2026 Method [How rows are verified](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/method/) Data [CSV and JSON](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/data/) Markdown [This page as markdown](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/smithery/index.md) ## Sources - [Smithery home](https://smithery.ai/), read 4 November 2026 - [Smithery: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=ai.smithery), read 4 November 2026 - [Smithery: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers), read 4 November 2026 - [Smithery: www.arcade.dev/blog/smithery-joins-arcade](https://www.arcade.dev/blog/smithery-joins-arcade), read 4 November 2026 Last reviewed 4 November 2026