8 Days from Application to Approved: My First MCP Marketplace Listing

Last week I applied to MCP-Hive's Founding Provider program. Eight days later: approved. Here's what I learned about MCP marketplaces, why I applied, and what happens May 11. What's MCP (Quick Version) Model Context Protocol is Anthropic's open protocol for connecting AI agents to external data sources and tools. Think of it as a standardized API contract: instead of building custom integrations for every AI client, you expose your tool via MCP, and any MCP-compatible client (Claude, Cursor, Cli