# MCP Registry Documentation

The MCP registry provides MCP clients with a list of MCP servers, like an app store for MCP servers.

## I want to...

- **📤 Publish my MCP server** → [Publishing Guide](guides/publishing/publish-server.md)
- **📥 Consume registry data** → [API Usage Guide](guides/consuming/use-rest-api.md)
- **🔌 Understand the registry's purpose** → [Ecosystem vision](explanations/ecosystem-vision.md)
- **📋 Look up specific information** → [server.json spec](reference/server-json/generic-server-json.md) | [API spec](reference/api/generic-registry-api.md) | [CLI reference](reference/cli/commands.md)
- **🤝 Add reference to my community project** → [Community Projects](community-projects.md)

## Documentation Index

- 🛠️ [How-To Guides: Task-focused instructions](./guides/)
- 💡 [Explanations: Understanding-oriented content](./explanations/)
- 📖 [Reference: Technical specifications and lookup material](./reference/)