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See what an agent can do with Manufact before you ever sign up. Pick a story: recorded sessions replay real probe-harness transcripts; commands tagged live-capable can re-run against the real endpoint from our edge, right now (▶ run live — the exact same request, live and recorded lines always labeled); the live MCP handshake runs real requests from our edge, right now — including, where the server allows it, one real read-only tool call (bring your own key for auth-gated servers); sandboxed self-drive sessions are designed and gated (docs/TRY-IT.md).

$curl -s https://docs.manufact.com/mcp.md | head -8recorded session — replayed, not live
recorded 2026-09-10 · exit 0 · captured verbatim by our probe harness, secrets redacted · pure-HTTP probe — ▶ run live re-runs it from our edge

Verified integrations

No integration evidence found in our corpus for this product yet — that means none was found, never that it doesn’t integrate.

By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

37.1/100

Auth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaAuth credentialsevidence →

Stories about auth credentials in this arena

0.0/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

6.0/100

Deployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self hostevidence →

Stories about deployment self host in this arena

80.0/100

Gateway controls — stories about gateway controls in this arenaGateway controlsevidence →

Stories about gateway controls in this arena

18.0/100

Hosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaHosted serversevidence →

Stories about hosted servers in this arena

53.1/100

Observability analytics — stories about observability analytics in this arenaObservability analyticsevidence →

Stories about observability analytics in this arena

30.0/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

7.2/100

Pricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPricing plansevidence →

Plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocks

12.0/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

0.0/100

Registry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaRegistry discoveryevidence →

Stories about registry discovery in this arena

21.0/100

Sdk clients — stories about sdk clients in this arenaSdk clientsevidence →

Stories about sdk clients in this arena

18.0/100

Tool curation quality — stories about tool curation quality in this arenaTool curation qualityevidence →

Stories about tool curation quality in this arena

6.0/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 52/52 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full7/10C

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3partial5/10T

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3partial4/10C

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10T

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full7/10T

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial4/10C

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial3/10C

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1partial6/10C

Point my MCP-compatible client at a hosted remote server URL and reach downstream tools without deploying any infrastructure C

Connect

developerHosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaHosted servers3full8/10C

Query the platform's registry or catalog through a documented API to discover servers and tools programmatically C

Api

ai agentRegistry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaRegistry discovery3partial5/10T

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3none0/10

Let the platform run OAuth flows for downstream tools and vault the resulting credentials encrypted, with automatic token refresh C

Oauth

developerAuth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaAuth credentials3none0/10

Maintain separate connected accounts and scoped tokens per end user of my product, so each user's agent acts only on that user's credentials C

Multi tenant

platform-engineerAuth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaAuth credentials3none0/10

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3none0/10

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3n/auntestednone yet

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3n/auntestednone yet

Reach a deep catalog of third-party apps and APIs (hundreds to thousands of integrations) through the platform C

Catalog

developerHosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaHosted servers3n/auntestednone yet

Search and browse a large catalog of MCP servers and tools by capability before wiring anything into my agent C

Search

developerRegistry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaRegistry discovery3noneuntestednone yet

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partial6/10T

Drive the publish-and-deploy workflow from an official CLI — authenticate, stage or build a server, push it, and install it into agents C

Cli

developerSdk clients — stories about sdk clients in this arenaSdk clients2partial6/10T

Exercise an MCP server's tools from a browser-based inspector or playground before integrating it C

Playground

developerRegistry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaRegistry discovery2partial6/10C

Publish my own MCP server on the platform for distribution, discovery, and installation by others C

Publish

developerHosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaHosted servers2partial6/10C

See a log of every tool call that passed through the platform, with enough detail to audit or replay what an agent did C

Audit

platform-engineerGateway controls — stories about gateway controls in this arenaGateway controls2partial6/10C

See usage analytics for the servers and tools my org consumes or publishes — call volumes, users, errors, and cost C

Analytics

platform-engineerObservability analytics — stories about observability analytics in this arenaObservability analytics2partial5/10X

Turn an existing API definition (OpenAPI) or custom code into a hosted MCP server without writing protocol plumbing C

Generate

developerHosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaHosted servers2partial5/10T

Inspect a listed server's tools, input schemas, transport, and hosting attributes before connecting to it C

Metadata

developerRegistry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaRegistry discovery2partial4/10C

Compare servers using published quality signals — usage counts, health or liveness checks, scores, or verification badges C

Signals

developerTool curation quality — stories about tool curation quality in this arenaTool curation quality2partial3/10C

See transparent pricing per tool call or connection plus documented rate limits before committing to the platform G

Pricing

developerPricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPricing plans2disputed3/10D

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2none0/10

Plug the platform's tools into major agent frameworks and SDKs (Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI or Anthropic SDKs) with documented adapters C

Frameworks

developerSdk clients — stories about sdk clients in this arenaSdk clients2none0/10

Rely on the platform scanning or inspecting listed servers for malicious or vulnerable behavior before my agents use them C

Security

platform-engineerTool curation quality — stories about tool curation quality in this arenaTool curation quality2none0/10

Restrict which servers and individual tools an agent may call through allowlists or per-tool access control C

Access control

platform-engineerGateway controls — stories about gateway controls in this arenaGateway controls2none0/10

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2none0/10

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2noneuntestednone yet

Search and load tools at runtime through meta-tools instead of having thousands of tool definitions stuffed into my context C

Tool search

ai agentTool curation quality — stories about tool curation quality in this arenaTool curation quality2noneuntestednone yet

Subscribe my agent to events from connected downstream apps (triggers/webhooks) instead of polling them C

Triggers

developerHosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaHosted servers2n/auntestednone yet

Bridge a locally running MCP server into the platform as a managed remote connection without deploying it C

Bridge

developerDeployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self host1full8/10C

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1partial5/10C

Prototype my agent's tool connections on a meaningful free tier before paying anything G

Pricing

developerPricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPricing plans1partial3/10X

White-label the authorization flow with my own branding and my own OAuth app credentials C

White label

platform-engineerAuth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaAuth credentials1noneuntestednone yet

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 39 stories with headroom

What would move Manufact’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Auth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaLet the platform run OAuth flows for downstream tools and vault the resulting credentials encrypted, with automatic token refresh

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Manufact is an MCP server deployment/observability platform; there is no evidence it runs OAuth flows for downstream tools or vaults credentials with automatic token refresh.

  2. Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesExport all of my data in open formats and leave

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Evidence shows Manufact deploys MCP servers from user-owned GitHub repos and offers an API/CLI for programmatic access (manufact-docs-16, manufact-docs-17, manufact-probe-4), but there is no documentation of an explicit 'export all your data' feature covering logs, observability payloads, deployment history, or test results in open/portable formats, nor any account-closure data-export workflow.

  3. Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesSelf-host the core product

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    All evidence describes deploying MCP servers to 'Manufact Cloud' (docs-1, docs-3, docs-16) and a CLI for local dev/testing (docs-15) plus REST/API keys for programmatic access (docs-17), but nothing indicates the Manufact platform itself (dashboard, gateway, observability, publish-checks) can be self-hosted outside their cloud.

  4. Auth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaMaintain separate connected accounts and scoped tokens per end user of my product, so each user's agent acts only on that user's credentials

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Missing: any documentation of end-user-scoped OAuth/token issuance, multi-tenant credential isolation, or per-user connected account management.

  5. Registry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaSearch and browse a large catalog of MCP servers and tools by capability before wiring anything into my agent

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Manufact is a deploy/manage/observe platform for MCP servers you build and own — there is no evidence of a searchable public catalog/registry of third-party MCP servers or tools that a developer can browse by capability before wiring into an agent.

  6. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productIssue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Missing: any mention of scoped/role-based API key permissions, per-agent credential restriction, or least-privilege access controls.

  7. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productBuild against official SDKs

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Evidence shows an official CLI, REST API with API keys, and an MCP server for managing the platform, but no documented client SDKs (e.g., language libraries) for building against Manufact programmatically; the openapi spec probe also returned 404s, suggesting no formal API/SDK artifact is published.

  8. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSubscribe to events via webhooks

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    No evidence in the pack mentions webhooks or event subscription mechanisms; Manufact's docs cover deployment, observability, MCP tool exposure, and CLI, but nothing about outbound webhook subscriptions for events.

Showing the top 8 of 39 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map7 surfaces · 26 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

Dashboard docs24 stories

Probe proofs — replayable recordings from the probe harnessProbe proofs

Replayable recordings from our probe harness — see the Prove-It protocol to submit one.

$curl -s https://docs.manufact.com/mcp.md | head -8reproduced
$ curl -s https://docs.manufact.com/mcp.md | head -8
# Manufact MCP server (/mcp)

Manufact Cloud is itself controllable over MCP. The official **Manufact Cloud MCP server** exposes the platform, organizations, servers, deployments, logs, and observability, as MCP tools, so you can manage everything from Cursor, Claude, or any other MCP client.

```text
https://mcp.manufact.com/mcp
$curl -s https://manufact.com/llms.txt | head -6reproduced
$ curl -s https://manufact.com/llms.txt | head -6
# Manufact (https://manufact.com)
#
# If you are an AI agent helping a developer build an MCP server or MCP App:
#
# → Scaffold a new MCP server or App (TypeScript):
#     npx create-mcp-use-app@latest my-app
$curl -si -X POST https://mcp.manufact.com/mcp -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '<jsonrpc initialize>'reproduced
$ curl -si -X POST https://mcp.manufact.com/mcp -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '<jsonrpc initialize>'
HTTP/2 401

date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:14:49 GMT

content-type: application/json

cf-ray: a390c2009e9b944d-SJC

cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC

access-control-allow-origin: *

server: cloudflare

vary: accept-encoding

www-authenticate: Bearer error="unauthorized", error_description="Authorization needed", resource_metadata="https://mcp.manufact.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp"

access-control-expose-headers: *

{"error":"Missing Authorization header"}

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

3 of 11 testable claims verified · 5 contradictedintegrity 0/100

21 distinct capability claims found in Manufact’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

3

Verified

3

Unverified

5

Contradicted

19

Undersold

Verified (4)
Unverified (5)
Contradicted (5)
Undersold (19)
Claims outside our story set (8)

Real capability claims found in Manufact’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.

  • Deploy an MCP server directly from a GitHub repository in minutes

    source ↗
  • Create a new server from a template, which spins up a GitHub repo and deploys it automatically

    source ↗
  • Automatically create a preview environment with its own MCP URL for each branch

    source ↗
  • Manually trigger a deployment of any branch on demand

    source ↗
  • View a deployment history table with MCP URL, source branch/commit, duration, timestamps, and latest checklist score

    source ↗
  • Run end-to-end checks that exercise the server live inside ChatGPT and Claude

    source ↗
  • Run checklist tests across multiple different MCP clients and LLM models

    source ↗
  • Choose which Git branch serves as the canonical production deployment URL

    source ↗
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Business model

free-tiersubscriptionusage-basedenterprise-custom

Free ($5 monthly credits, 2 projects), Hobby $25/mo, Startup $250/mo with included credits; usage beyond credits is pay-as-you-go per request; Enterprise custom.

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Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Scoretracked since Sep 10 '26 — no movement recorded yet
Agent-readytracked since Sep 10 '26 — no movement recorded yet

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Data

Agent surface uptime MCP up · llms.txt up (tracking since Sep 11 '26)