# AN-2026-0101: Smithery shuts down its MCP proxy, accounts, API keys, Connect, Toolbox, CLI and SDKs on Oct 31, 2026

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- id: AN-2026-0101 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0101/v/1)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://www.smithery.ai/future>
- event date: 2026-10-31
- services: smithery, mcp
- affected: server URLs on run.tools and server.smithery.ai; Smithery CLI and SDKs; Smithery API keys
- ACT BY: 2026-10-31
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 2, fixed 0, not fixed 1

## Statements (checkable)
0. On October 31, 2026 Smithery shuts down its connection management services: server URLs on run.tools and server.smithery.ai, the Smithery API, Connect and Toolbox, Smithery accounts and API keys, and the CLI and SDKs (current versions marked deprecated) stop working.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. smithery.ai remains a public, non-proxied MCP directory (now powered by Arcade.dev); verified servers show direct vendor MCP URLs.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Before Oct 31, 2026 replace run.tools / server.smithery.ai URLs with the vendor's official MCP URL (listed on the server's smithery.ai page) and re-authenticate directly with the vendor.
```

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28