Thedisclist

What the thedisclist MCP server does

The thedisclist MCP server gives an MCP-compatible agent access to structured disc golf equipment data. It covers flight ratings—Speed, Glide, Turn, and Fade—as well as stability scores, flight classifications, flight tags, available plastics, market ranks, and canonical disc URLs.

The service is intended for read-only research and selection workflows. An agent can locate discs using text, brand, category, rating ranges, stability ranges, or flight classifications. It can then retrieve a specific mold by numeric ID or string slug, compare several molds, or identify alternatives that resemble a target disc.

For developers working in the 🏃 Sports category, the data can support disc recommendation interfaces, equipment research assistants, and structured comparisons. The service also includes manufacturer information and retail-market activity, so an agent can combine technical flight characteristics with popularity or momentum signals.

How it works

The thedisclist MCP server is available at https://api.thedisclist.com/mcp. Tools are exposed over MCP and return bounded, structured results. Disc searches return up to 50 results and include stable IDs and canonical URLs, which can help an application retain reliable references between requests.

compare_discs accepts two to four discs and calculates flight-rating differences and the stability spread against the first disc as the baseline. find_similar_discs uses weighted Euclidean flight distance while matching the target disc's category, speed, and flight profile. This makes it suitable for replacement-mold shortlists rather than unrestricted product discovery.

Brand and flight-structure queries provide higher-level views. Brand listings include active mold counts, speed ranges, category breakdowns, and popular molds. Flight matrices organize discs into Speed-versus-Stability grids with columns for understable, straight, stable, overstable, and very overstable discs.

Market tools use aggregated sales from more than 40 retailers. Weekly rankings cover the global, Europe, Americas, Oceania, and Asia regions. Market-mover results cover a rolling four-week period, including risers, fallers, discs entering the top 100, and changes in brand momentum.

Setup and configuration

Connect an MCP client to the public endpoint https://api.thedisclist.com/mcp. No API key is required, and the service is described as read-only, so the listed tools are for retrieval and analysis rather than changing records.

Tools and capabilities

• Search discs by text, brand, category, flight ranges, stability, tags, and canonical flight class.
• Retrieve detailed information by disc ID or slug.
• Compare two to four discs using calculated rating deltas.
• Find cross-brand replacement molds based on flight similarity.
• List manufacturers and filter their catalog statistics.
• Generate Speed-versus-Stability flight matrices.
• Retrieve weekly regional retail rankings and top risers or fallers.
• Inspect four-week market movers and a disc's current regional sales rank.

The thedisclist MCP server can therefore serve both precise lookup requests and broader catalog analysis.

Limitations and notes

Results are limited by the data represented in the service. Search responses are capped at 50 discs, and market rankings reflect aggregated retail sales rather than a universal measure of disc quality or player preference. Similar-disc results are based on flight characteristics and category, so they should be treated as candidate replacements rather than guaranteed equivalents.

Weekly and four-week market information is time-sensitive. Regional coverage is limited to the listed regions: global, Europe, Americas, Oceania, and Asia.