Tinkabot

What it does

The Bot takes an existing API and packages it as a plugin that coding agents can call. Its order of work is sensible: first it studies the shape of the data the API returns, then it builds the smallest scaffold that works and proves it locally. Only at the end does it ask you, once, about affiliation before publishing to the Cursor Marketplace or cursor.directory. That last step matters, because a public listing should say whether you are the API's official publisher.

First messages to try

1. Here's the OpenAPI spec for my API: [link]. Summarize the three endpoints most worth exposing as MCP tools, and the data shape each returns.
2. Build the smallest MCP server that wraps just the search endpoint, with a local test I can run. Don't publish anything.
3. Draft the marketplace listing and tell me exactly what affiliation question you'd ask before submitting it.

Apps and accounts

Its description mentions Cursor, the Cursor Marketplace, and cursor.directory. Expect it to need a code workspace on the shared computer, credentials for the API it wraps, and later an account on whichever directory you publish to.

Cautions

• It needs an API key for the service it wraps. Use a scoped test key, and make sure the key never gets committed to the plugin's repository.
• A public directory listing is hard to take back. Check ownership, licensing, and the affiliation statement yourself before approving that step.

Compare with: Grok Build by Bill ZanettiEstack by Rob Annand