diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
index c7cb74eeeb7..93a797c7e2b 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ export type SimplifiedNodeType = Pick<
 	| 'outputs'
 > & {
 	tag?: NodeCreatorTag;
+	isNew?: boolean;
 };
 export interface SubcategoryItemProps {
 	description?: string;
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/constants/nodeCreator.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/constants/nodeCreator.ts
index 29cae15bb14..1b1dc7315c2 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/constants/nodeCreator.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/constants/nodeCreator.ts
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ export const REQUEST_NODE_FORM_URL = 'https://n8n-community.typeform.com/to/K1fB
 export const RECOMMENDED_NODES: string[] = [DATA_TABLE_NODE_TYPE, DATA_TABLE_TOOL_NODE_TYPE];
 export const BETA_NODES: string[] = ['@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.microsoftAgent365Trigger'];
 
-export const NEW_TOOL_CATEGORIES: string[] = [AI_CATEGORY_HUMAN_IN_THE_LOOP];
+export const NEW_TOOL_CATEGORIES: string[] = [AI_CATEGORY_MCP_NODES];
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/components/ItemTypes/NodeItem.vue b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/components/ItemTypes/NodeItem.vue
index 8bba204242d..cdd82216036 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/components/ItemTypes/NodeItem.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/components/ItemTypes/NodeItem.vue
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ const tag = computed(() => {
 	return undefined;
 });
 
+// Only surface the "new" badge in search results — under the category itself
+// the parent subcategory tile already carries the badge.
+const showNewBadge = computed(() => Boolean(props.nodeType.isNew && activeViewStack.search));
+
 function onDragStart(event: DragEvent): void {
 	if (event.dataTransfer) {
 		event.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'copy';
@@ -190,6 +194,7 @@ function onCommunityNodeTooltipClick(event: MouseEvent) {
 		:is-official="isOfficial"
 		:data-test-id="dataTestId"
 		:tag="tag"
+		:is-new="showNewBadge"
 		@dragstart="onDragStart"
 		@dragend="onDragEnd"
 	>
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/nodeCreator.utils.test.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/nodeCreator.utils.test.ts
index 144bf39bdd8..856f6ddb9fd 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/nodeCreator.utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/nodeCreator.utils.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
 	SimplifiedNodeType,
 } from '@/Interface';
 import {
+	finalizeItems,
 	formatTriggerActionName,
 	filterAndSearchNodes,
 	groupItemsInSections,
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ import {
 	AI_CATEGORY_OTHER_TOOLS,
 	AI_CATEGORY_VECTOR_STORES,
 	AI_CATEGORY_HUMAN_IN_THE_LOOP,
+	AI_CATEGORY_MCP_NODES,
+	AI_CATEGORY_ROOT_NODES,
+	AI_SUBCATEGORY,
 } from '@/app/constants';
 
 vi.mock('@/app/stores/settings.store', () => ({
@@ -705,6 +709,35 @@ describe('NodeCreator - utils', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('finalizeItems - MCP registry tool isNew flag', () => {
+		const makeMcpNode = (subcategoriesAi: string[]) =>
+			mockNodeCreateElement(undefined, {
+				name: 'mcpRegistryNode',
+				codex: {
+					categories: ['AI'],
+					subcategories: { [AI_SUBCATEGORY]: subcategoriesAi },
+				},
+			});
+
+		it('should flag registry-generated MCP tools as new', () => {
+			const node = makeMcpNode([AI_CATEGORY_MCP_NODES]);
+			const [result] = finalizeItems([node]) as NodeCreateElement[];
+			expect(result.properties.isNew).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should not flag MCP nodes that are also Root Nodes (e.g. McpTrigger)', () => {
+			const node = makeMcpNode([AI_CATEGORY_ROOT_NODES, AI_CATEGORY_MCP_NODES]);
+			const [result] = finalizeItems([node]) as NodeCreateElement[];
+			expect(result.properties.isNew).toBeUndefined();
+		});
+
+		it('should not flag tools that are not in the MCP subcategory', () => {
+			const node = makeMcpNode(['Tools']);
+			const [result] = finalizeItems([node]) as NodeCreateElement[];
+			expect(result.properties.isNew).toBeUndefined();
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('mapToolSubcategoryIcon', () => {
 		it('should return "globe" for AI_CATEGORY_OTHER_TOOLS', () => {
 			expect(mapToolSubcategoryIcon(AI_CATEGORY_OTHER_TOOLS)).toBe('globe');
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/nodeCreator.utils.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/nodeCreator.utils.ts
index dc579d0ffb0..0fa4582072b 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/nodeCreator.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/nodeCreator/nodeCreator.utils.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 	AI_CATEGORY_HUMAN_IN_THE_LOOP,
 	AI_CATEGORY_MCP_NODES,
 	AI_CATEGORY_OTHER_TOOLS,
+	AI_CATEGORY_ROOT_NODES,
 	AI_CATEGORY_VECTOR_STORES,
 	AI_SUBCATEGORY,
 	AI_TRANSFORM_NODE_TYPE,
@@ -288,7 +289,17 @@ export const removePreviewToken = (key: string) =>
 export const isNodePreviewKey = (key = '') => key.includes(COMMUNITY_NODE_TYPE_PREVIEW_TOKEN);
 
 function applyNodeTags(element: INodeCreateElement): INodeCreateElement {
-	if (element.type !== 'node' || element.properties.tag) return element;
+	if (element.type !== 'node') return element;
+
+	const aiSubcategories = element.properties.codex?.subcategories?.[AI_SUBCATEGORY] ?? [];
+	if (
+		aiSubcategories.includes(AI_CATEGORY_MCP_NODES) &&
+		!aiSubcategories.includes(AI_CATEGORY_ROOT_NODES)
+	) {
+		element.properties.isNew = true;
+	}
+
+	if (element.properties.tag) return element;
 
 	if (RECOMMENDED_NODES.includes(element.properties.name)) {
 		element.properties.tag = {