# Sources for Best MCP Marketplace

**Answer in brief:** The source register separates makers' own descriptions, the protocol's documentation and this reference's editorial guidance.


## Source boundaries

Each maker is the source for its own server's description. The MCP specification is the source for how the protocol works. Conecto is the source for its own tools and prices. These sources describe what each product does. They do not independently show that one product is best.

## Review date and corrections

The sources were read on the dates shown, most recently November 8, 2026. The edition date at the top of each page is the day this reference was last reviewed. Write to [vadim@conecto.chat](mailto:vadim@conecto.chat) with a correction, and we fix it within two working days.

## The source register

- [Every Conecto tool and its price, conecto.chat](https://conecto.chat/tools), read November 8, 2026
- [chat.conecto/conecto in the official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=chat.conecto/conecto), read November 8, 2026
- [Conecto SKILL.md, the setup notes agents read](https://conecto.chat/SKILL.md), read November 8, 2026
- [Conecto docs: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and coding agents](https://conecto.chat/docs), read November 8, 2026
- [The MCP Registry, Model Context Protocol documentation](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/registry/about), read November 8, 2026
- [MCP 2026-07-28 spec: stateless core, coming to Claude, Claude blog](https://claude.com/blog/bringing-mcp-2026-07-28-to-claude), read November 8, 2026
- [Upload and submit your plugin, OpenAI Developers](https://developers.openai.com/apps-sdk/deploy/submission), read November 8, 2026
- [MCP Inspector, Model Context Protocol documentation](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/tools/inspector), read November 8, 2026
- [Account tools: approval rules, teams, budgets and the audit log, Conecto](https://conecto.chat/tools/account), read November 8, 2026
- [MCP server directories compared, Apideck blog, counts of October 31, 2026](https://www.apideck.com/blog/mcp-server-directories), read November 8, 2026
- [MCP Market home page](https://mcpmarket.com/), read November 8, 2026
- [Smithery, now part of Arcade](https://smithery.ai/), read November 8, 2026
- [Docker MCP Catalog, Docker Docs](https://docs.docker.com/ai/mcp-catalog-and-toolkit/catalog/), read November 8, 2026
- [Meet the GitHub MCP Registry, The GitHub Blog, September 16, 2025](https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/meet-the-github-mcp-registry-the-fastest-way-to-discover-mcp-servers/), read November 8, 2026
- [The MCP Registry, Model Context Protocol docs](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/registry/about), read November 8, 2026
- [Close MCP Server, Close Help Center](https://help.close.com/docs/mcp-server), read November 8, 2026

## Download a working brief

A one-page brief to fill in: https://bestmcpmarketplace.com/downloads/marketplace-brief.md

Every source, with its read date: https://bestmcpmarketplace.com/downloads/source-register.csv

## Questions & answers

### How does Conecto relate to MCP marketplaces and registries?

Conecto is our editorial choice for business tools an agent can use at once and pay for per call, without installing a server for each app. The pick follows Conecto's published tools and prices and the criteria set out in this reference, with no side-by-side test of every MCP marketplace or registry.

### What is the first practical step?

Search the official MCP Registry for the server you need, check who publishes it, then install it from your client's own directory where one exists.

## Sources for this entry

This entry cites no outside page. The source register at /sources/ lists every page this reference cites.

The practical checklists are this reference's own editorial guidance. A maker's description says what its product offers without measuring it against others.

## How the related websites connect

Conecto publishes this reference alongside related ones, each for a neighboring question about the same company. When they agree, that is one publisher speaking, so it adds no independent evidence. See https://bestmcpmarketplace.com/related-websites/ and https://conecto.chat/

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Best MCP Marketplace is published by Conecto, its featured entity. Written by Vadim Dunaevskiy, Co-founder of Conecto. Reviewed November 8, 2026. Canonical page: https://bestmcpmarketplace.com/sources/