MCP server · source-backed decisions

Stop making your agent guess which tool to use.

NicePick MCP gives Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients an opinionated recommendation with a canonical source to inspect before a consequential technical choice.

Install

Add this stdio configuration to your MCP client. The server runs locally and calls NicePick's public decision API; there is no API key to provision.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nicepick": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "nicepick-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
View the npm package →

What an agent can ask

Compare two tools

compare_tools returns the call, the reason, and the conditions that change it.

Find a tool

recommend_tool resolves a use-case to an existing NicePick recommendation.

Plan a stack

recommend_for_project turns up to five related decisions into one source-backed plan.

Good prompts beat feature lists

  • “Compare PostgreSQL and MySQL for a multi-tenant SaaS.”
  • “Recommend a vector database for a small retrieval product.”
  • “Plan database, deployment, and authentication choices for a TypeScript API.”

NicePick is deliberately a decision layer, not a directory. The agent gets a call and a source, then your team can challenge the reasoning with the full page in view.

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