ClaudeSuperPower
SubmitLog in

build-mcp-server

Skill Official

This skill should be used when the user asks to "build an MCP server", "create an MCP", "make an MCP integration", "wrap an API for Claude", "expose tools to Claude", "make an MCP app", or discusses building something with the Model Context Protocol. It is the entry point for MCP server development

32.8KDevOps

Install

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-public.git ~/.claude/skills/build-mcp-server

What is build-mcp-server?

This skill should be used when the user asks to "build an MCP server", "create an MCP", "make an MCP integration", "wrap an API for Claude", "expose tools to Claude", "make an MCP app", or discusses building something with the Model Context Protocol. It is the entry point for MCP server development — it interrogates the user about their use case, determines the right deployment model (remote HTTP, MCPB, local stdio), picks a tool-design pattern, and hands off to specialized skills.

What this can do

Capabilities declared in this component's own frontmatter — not inferred.

Inherit all session tools

Declares no tool restrictions — inherits every session tool

~122 tokens of context used while enabled, before you invoke anything

Trust

94/100 · Excellent

1 factor scored below maximum

Documentation

README · ~8 min read

Build an MCP Server

You are guiding a developer through designing and building an MCP server that works seamlessly with Claude. MCP servers come in many forms — picking the wrong shape early causes painful rewrites later. Your first job is discovery, not code.

Load Claude-specific context first. The MCP spec is generic; Claude has additional auth types, review criteria, and limits. Before answering questions or scaffolding, fetch https://claude.com/docs/llms-full.txt (the full export of the Claude connector docs) so your guidance reflects Claude's actual constraints.

Do not start scaffolding until you have answers to the questions in Phase 1. If the user's opening message already answers them, acknowledge that and skip straight to the recommendation.

Phase 1 — Interrogate the use case

Ask these questions conversationally (batch them into one message, don't interrogate one-at-a-time). Adapt wording to what the user has already told you.

1. What does it connect to?

If it connects to…Likely direction

Reviews

Log in to leave a review.

No reviews yet — be the first.

Explore related

Other things in this space — across every part of the ecosystem, not just skills.

Plugins

All plugins →

mcp-tunnels

Connect Claude to a private MCP server through an Anthropic MCP tunnel. The /create-docker-mcp-tunnel command drives the Docker Compose quickstart end to end: certificates, proxy config, cloudflared, and a verifiable sample server.

32.9K stars

mcp-server-dev

Skills for designing and building MCP servers that work seamlessly with Claude. Guides you through deployment models (remote HTTP, MCPB, local), tool design patterns, auth, and interactive MCP apps.

32.9K stars

expo

Official Expo skills for building, deploying, upgrading, and debugging React Native apps with Expo. Covers UI development with Expo Router, SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose components, Tailwind CSS setup, API routes, data fetching, CI/CD workflows, App Store and Play Store deployment, SDK upgrades, DOM c

2.3K stars