# How to submit an MCP server to Cline Marketplace By [Jonah Ease](https://manycp.com/about) Published 1 Oct 2026 Last checked 1 Oct 2026 Cline's marketplace is built from one JSON file per entry. You add `registry/mcps//entry.json` to the [cline/marketplace](https://github.com/cline/marketplace) repository in a pull request, a check validates it, and merging publishes it to the catalog Cline clients read[2]. An older repository takes submissions as issues instead, and still does. ## entry.json, field by field | Field | Rule | | --- | --- | | id | Kebab-case, equal to the folder name | | type | `mcp` for a server | | name, description | Free text | | tagline | 120 characters at most | | tags | At least one, each an id from `tags.json` | | install | `args`: everything you would type after `cline mcp install`; `env` for secrets | 1 Oct 2026 [3] [1] An entry, adapted from the shape in the README ``` { "$schema": "../../../schemas/mcp.schema.json", "id": "weather", "type": "mcp", "name": "Weather", "tagline": "Forecasts and alerts for any city", "description": "A remote MCP server that returns forecasts and severe-weather alerts.", "repo": "https://github.com/example-user/weather-mcp", "tags": ["data"], "license": "MIT", "verified": false, "install": { "args": ["weather", "--transport", "http", "https://weather.example.com/mcp"] } } ``` The args differ by kind of server: a remote one with OAuth is `["name", "--transport", "http", "https://host/mcp"]`, and a local one is `["name", "--", "npx", "-y", "some-mcp-server"]` [1]. ## Opening the pull request 1. Create the folder and file, named by the slug. 2. Optionally put `icon.svg` or `icon.png` beside it and set `"icon": "./icon.svg"`. 3. Run `npm run validate`; CI runs the same check on the pull request. 4. Open the pull request, and leave `verified` as false, since that mark is the Cline team's to give. ## What fails validation - **A tag that is not in the list.** The build fails on an unknown tag. If your category is missing, add it to `tags.json` in the same pull request[2]. - **A repeated id.** An early pull request renamed an entry's id to `linear-mcp` to resolve a duplicate[4]. - **Slug and id that differ.** The slug must equal the id[1]. - **A tagline over 120 characters.** [3] ## The older route: an issue [cline/mcp-marketplace](https://github.com/cline/mcp-marketplace) asks for a new issue with a repository URL, a 400 by 400 PNG logo and the reason for adding the server, and for you to have tested that Cline can set it up from your README or an optional `llms-install.md` [7]. The repository's last commit is from June 2025, yet issues were still being opened and closed on 1 Oct 2026, and one was closed by its author with a note pointing to a pull request in the new repository[8]. I found no page that says one repository replaces the other. ## By hand There is nothing here to automate away: it is a folder, a file and one command. The same server can sit in several directories, so see also [the official registry](https://manycp.com/directories/official-mcp-registry). ## Current status, 1 Oct 2026 On 2 Oct 2026 the new repository had [126 open pull requests](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen) and 2 open issues[5]. Its [merged pull requests](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged) number eight, all opened by the same account, and the newest was merged on 18 Sept 2026 [6]. The older repository had [2,382 open issues](https://github.com/cline/mcp-marketplace/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen) when I counted on 1 Oct 2026 [8]. ## How long merges took No outside pull requests merged in the 90 days to 2 Oct 2026: too few for a median. [The merged pull requests](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged) are on GitHub. ## Sources 1. [cline/marketplace: CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) · checked 1 Oct 2026 2. [cline/marketplace: README](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/blob/main/README.md) · checked 1 Oct 2026 3. [cline/marketplace: common entry schema](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/blob/main/schemas/common.schema.json) · checked 1 Oct 2026 4. [cline/marketplace pull request 7: rename an id to resolve a duplicate](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/pull/7) · checked 1 Oct 2026 5. [cline/marketplace: open pull requests](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen) · checked 1 Oct 2026 6. [cline/marketplace: merged pull requests](https://github.com/cline/marketplace/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged) · checked 1 Oct 2026 7. [cline/mcp-marketplace: README (the issue-based route)](https://github.com/cline/mcp-marketplace/blob/main/README.md) · checked 1 Oct 2026 8. [cline/mcp-marketplace: open issues](https://github.com/cline/mcp-marketplace/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen) · checked 1 Oct 2026 ManyCP is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any directory, Docker, OpenAI, Anthropic or GitHub named here. Names are used to say which service a fact is about. --- Source: [ManyCP](https://manycp.com/directories/cline-marketplace)