What Manufact does
Manufact, formerly known as mcp-use, provides an open-source SDK and cloud infrastructure for building and deploying Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and ChatGPT apps. It pairs the mcp-use SDK with a hosting platform, positioning itself as infrastructure for shipping MCP applications that work with AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.
Key capabilities
The mcp-use SDK is a full-stack framework supporting TypeScript and Python, with one-command scaffolding, a visual inspector for testing without a live LLM connection, built-in authentication, hot reload, and CLI testing. Manufact Cloud adds GitHub-based auto-deploy on every push, preview deployments for pull requests, and hosting and scaling. The project reports millions of SDK downloads and thousands of GitHub stars.
Who it's for
Manufact targets developers and teams building AI agent tools and MCP integrations who want to scaffold, test, and deploy MCP servers to production without managing their own hosting infrastructure.