# Unicorn Factories

> The open directory and interactive playbook for Industry 4.0 and 5.0 technologies. Every factory can be a unicorn.

We catalog smart manufacturing tools — from $5 sensors to enterprise digital twins — and map how they connect. Plant managers, technology consultants, students, researchers, and investors use this site to discover and compare tools across the entire I4.0 technology stack.

## Core content

- [Tool directory](https://unicornfactories.com/): all 87+ cataloged tools
- [Categories](https://unicornfactories.com/categories): 10 parent categories with 44 children
- [Topics](https://unicornfactories.com/topics): protocols, standards, frameworks, and reference vocabulary
- [Alternatives](https://unicornfactories.com/alternatives): curated alternatives lists — open source and proprietary picks marked per item
- [Relations](https://unicornfactories.com/relations): how tools integrate, replace, and enhance each other

## Deep content

- [llms-full.txt](https://unicornfactories.com/llms-full.txt) — expanded index with every tool, category, and topic URL
- Each tool page has a markdown shadow at `/<slug>.md` (e.g. https://unicornfactories.com/node-red.md)
- [Sitemap](https://unicornfactories.com/sitemap.xml) — machine-readable site index

## MCP server (Model Context Protocol)

Unicorn Factories exposes a public Model Context Protocol server for agentic clients. Use it to search tools, categories, topics, and relations directly from Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT, and any other MCP-capable agent.

**Endpoint:** `https://unicornfactories.com/api/mcp/mcp`
**Transport:** HTTP
**Auth:** Anonymous by default. Optional `Authorization: Bearer <api-key>` unlocks user-scoped tools.

**Quick setup — Claude Code:**

```bash
claude mcp add -t http unicorn-factories https://unicornfactories.com/api/mcp/mcp
```

**Quick setup — Claude Desktop / Cursor (JSON config):**

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unicorn-factories": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://unicornfactories.com/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Public tools: `search_items`, `get_tool`, `list_tools`, `get_category`, `get_topic`, `list_categories`, `list_topics`, `list_tags`, `report_tool`. See [https://unicornfactories.com/mcp](https://unicornfactories.com/mcp) for API-key setup.

## Static pages

- [About](https://unicornfactories.com/about)
- [Pricing](https://unicornfactories.com/pricing)
- [Submit a tool](https://unicornfactories.com/submit)
- [Advertise](https://unicornfactories.com/advertise)
- [MCP server](https://unicornfactories.com/mcp)
- [Terms of service](https://unicornfactories.com/legal/terms-of-service)
- [Privacy policy](https://unicornfactories.com/legal/privacy-policy)