Best Claude skills for MCP servers
MCP skills teach your agent to build and use Model Context Protocol servers: tool design, transports, testing and packaging. Skills and MCP work together. MCP connects your agent to tools, skills teach it how to use them well.
118 mcp skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
- 1#1
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropic
MCP Builder
Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to…
Pack192k3.8MScore 93 - 2#2
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Haines
Directory Submissions
When the user wants to list a product in startup, SaaS, AI, MCP, and review directories, or asks which directories are worth it or whether listings are working: Product Hunt, G2, Capterra…
Pack60k6.3MScore 88 - 3#3
Addy Osmani
Browser Testing With Devtools
Tests in real browsers via Chrome DevTools MCP. Use when building or debugging anything that runs in a browser. Use when you need to inspect the DOM, capture console errors, analyze network…
Pack115k1.8MScore 85 - 4#4
Shubhamsaboo
MCP Apps Builder
**MANDATORY for ALL MCP server work** - mcp-use framework best practices and patterns. **READ THIS FIRST** before any MCP server work, including: - Creating new MCP servers - Modifying…
Pack144k83kScore 83 - 5#5
sickn33
Agentic Awesome Skills
sickn33
Accesslint Audit
Find and fix WCAG 2.2 accessibility issues. Two modes — report (sweep a codebase or page, produce a prioritized written report, no edits) and fix (audit→edit→verify loop on a target)…
Pack49k584kScore 81 - 6#6
sickn33
Agentic Awesome Skills
Activecampaign Automation
Automate ActiveCampaign tasks via Rube MCP (Composio): manage contacts, tags, list subscriptions, automation enrollment, and tasks. Always search tools first for current schemas.
Pack49k584kScore 81 - 7#7
Anthropic
Claude Plugins Official
Build MCP App
This skill should be used when the user wants to build an "MCP app", add "interactive UI" or "widgets" to an MCP server, "render components in chat", build "MCP UI resources", make a tool…
Pack47k184kScore 80 - 8#8
Anthropic
Claude Plugins Official
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…
Pack47k184kScore 80 - 9#9
Anthropic
Claude Plugins Official
Build Mcpb
This skill should be used when the user wants to "package an MCP server", "bundle an MCP", "make an MCPB", "ship a local MCP server", "distribute a local MCP", discusses ".mcpb files"…
Pack47k184kScore 80 - 10#10
OpenAI
Skills
OpenAI
Chatgpt Apps
Build, scaffold, refactor, and troubleshoot ChatGPT Apps SDK applications that combine an MCP server and widget UI. Use when Codex needs to design tools, register UI resources, wire the MCP…
Pack29k225kScore 80
What makes a great mcp skill.
Tool design guidance (naming, schemas, errors), not only boilerplate.
Testing with real clients before shipping.
Packaging for distribution.
All 118 mcp skills.
kajisho5building-python-mcp-servers
Builds robust Python MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers with FastMCP — tool design, error contracts, event-loop-safe blocking work, subprocess/CLI wrapping, single-file vs packaged…
Microsoft
Power Platform Skills
Microsoftconfigure-canvas-mcp
Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the current coauthoring session. Use before starting to edit a canvas app with the /canvas-app skill if not already connected. USE WHEN…
Microsoft
Power Platform Skills
Microsoftgenerate-codeful-mcp-tool
Generate a self-contained JavaScript server runtime and registration metadata for an MCP codeful tool. Use when the user asks to create a codeful MCP tool, generate server logic for an MCP…
Microsoft
Power Platform Skills
Microsoftgenerate-mcp-app-ui
Generate a single-file MCP App widget for an MCP tool, with either bundled runtime code or user-approved public CDN imports. Describe the visual and provide a plain structured payload or a…
internet-court
Internet Court Skill
internet-courtbnbchain-mcp
BNB Chain MCP server connection and tool usage. Covers npx @bnb-chain/mcp@latest, PRIVATE_KEY and RPC, and every MCP tool — blocks, transactions, contracts, ERC20/NFT transfers, wallet…
Microsoft
Skills For Fabric
Microsoftfabriciq
Answers natural-language business questions over existing Power BI reports and semantic models through the FabricIQ MCP endpoint, discovering artifacts, resolving entities, generating the…
composio-communityhelium-mcp
Search real-time news with bias scoring, get live stock/ETF/crypto data with AI analysis, ML options pricing, balanced news synthesis, and meme search via the Helium MCP server.
aiskillstore
Marketplace
aiskillstoremcp-builder
Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to…
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainestoolify
When you want to integrate an external tool, API, MCP server, or service into a project — the wizard walks you through auth, config, env vars, client wrapper code, example usage, and an…
aiskillstore
Marketplace
aiskillstoremcp-integration
This skill should be used when the user asks to "add MCP server", "integrate MCP", "configure MCP in plugin", "use .mcp.json", "set up Model Context Protocol", "connect external service"…
liangdabiao
Amazon Sorftime Research MCP Skill
liangdabiaocategory-selection
亚马逊品类自动化选品分析技能。通过五维评分模型对亚马逊品类进行深度市场调研，生成Markdown分析报告。当用户使用 /category-selection 命令或提出'分析XX品类'、'XX品类市场调研'、'XX品类选品'等需求时触发此技能。支持配置分析数量，默认Top20。
mxyhiexa-search
Use Exa MCP for current web, code/docs, company, people, and page-fetch research. Prefer current hosted tool schemas and note deprecated tools.
liangdabiao
Amazon Sorftime Research MCP Skill
liangdabiaokeyword-research
亚马逊关键词深度调研与智能分类分析。基于 Sorftime MCP 数据采集 2000+ 关键词，通过 LLM Agent 按 8 维度智能分类（否定词、品牌词、材质词、场景词、属性词、功能词、核心词、其他），生成 Markdown 报告、CSV 词库和 HTML 仪表板。触发方式：/keyword-research {ASIN} {SITE}
liangdabiao
Amazon Sorftime Research MCP Skill
liangdabiaoproduct-research
基于Sorftime MCP的深度选品调研。通过LLM Agent执行多维度分析：数据采集→属性标注→交叉分析→竞品VOC→壁垒评估→选品决策评估。交互式执行，输出Markdown报告和Dashboard看板。
runkidsskillshare
Manage skills, agents, extras, hooks, plugins, and MCP connection settings with the Skillshare CLI. Use when the user asks to configure or run Skillshare, install or sync resources across…
LeoYeAI
Agent Master Skills
LeoYeAIa0x-agents
Two superpowers for AI agents: a collective brain and a Base ecosystem mentor. BRAIN: Before debugging/compiling/architecting, search for existing solutions. After solving, propose so no…
oaustegard
Claude Skills
oaustegardcreating-mcp-servers
Creates production-ready MCP servers using FastMCP v2. Use when building MCP servers, optimizing tool descriptions for context efficiency, implementing progressive disclosure for multiple…
referodesignrefero-design
Primary/default skill for UI design, product design, web design, landing pages, dashboards, product screens, redesigns, visual polish, frontend/CSS styling, design systems, components…
iflyteksandbase
Access 2,000+ AI models and API tools through one MCP interface for inference, media generation, search, scraping, embeddings, social data, and structured retrieval. Use sandbase_discover…
Ryze-AI-Adgentseo-audit
Full SEO audit of a site from its real Search Console + GA4 data — indexation health, CTR anomalies, decaying pages, striking-distance keywords, quick wins. Use when asked to "audit my…
Ryze-AI-Adgentai-visibility
Measure real AI-engine visibility — traffic from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and which pages they cite — from actual GA4 referral data, not prompt sampling. Use when asked "AI…
Ryze-AI-Adgentbacklink-check
Backlink profile for any domain — referring domains, authority, anchors, new/lost links, and a side-by-side vs a competitor. Use when asked "check my backlinks", "backlink profile of X"…
lawve-ai
Awesome Legal Skills
lawve-aiignacio-lerer-capability-admission-check
Screens AI Skills, MCP servers, plugins, and agent tools before installation or activation using provenance, static inspection, least privilege, version pinning, and PASS/REVIEW/BLOCK…
chubbyguan
Chubbyskills
chubbyguanknowledge-base-management
管理本地 Markdown/Obsidian 知识库：素材入库、健康检查、增量索引、关键词与 semantic-lite 检索、逐字原文资料包、归档和 MCP 连接。用于搜索知识库、整理资料及为 Agent 准备可定位的引用。
irinabuht12-osscompetitor-teardown
Systematic competitive analysis covering positioning, messaging hierarchy, objection handling, and CTA strategy from landing page URLs or screenshots. Use when pasting a competitor URL…
irinabuht12-osscontent-repurposer
Transform one long-form piece into multiple platform-specific content derivatives including LinkedIn posts, tweet threads, email snippets, ad hooks, and video scripts while maintaining…
rrezartprebreza
Spring Boot Skills
rrezartprebrezamcp-server
Use when exposing Spring Boot 3 application capabilities through Model Context Protocol tools, resources, or prompts. Covers Spring AI 1.x tool callback registration, transports, schemas…
Prat011mcp-builder
Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to…
irinabuht12-ossad-spend-allocator
Multi-channel budget optimization using MER, marginal ROAS, and diminishing returns analysis. Use when pasting multi-channel spend and results data, requesting reallocation recommendations…
lingxling
Awesome Skills Cn
lingxlingmcp-builder
Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to…
alibabamcp-case-overrides
Per-case mocked MCP override smoke skill used by skill-up e2e tests.
alibabamcp-mocked-marker
MCP mocked marker smoke skill used by skill-up e2e tests.
alibabamcp-stdio-marker
MCP stdio marker smoke skill used by skill-up e2e tests.
BrianRWagner
AI Marketing Claude Code Skills
BrianRWagnerreddit-insights
Search and analyze Reddit content using semantic AI search via reddit-insights.com MCP server. Use when you need to: (1) Find user pain points and frustrations for product ideas, (2)…
HuangYuChuhcomfyui-skill-openclaw
Run registered ComfyUI workflows through the fast comfyui-skill CLI, and use the official local Comfy MCP for live template, node, model, validation, and orchestration capabilities. **Use…
zxkane
Aws Skills
zxkaneaws-mcp-setup
Configure AWS MCP servers for documentation search and API access. Use when setting up AWS MCP, configuring AWS documentation tools, troubleshooting MCP connectivity, or when user mentions…
MCP skills, explained.
Also searched as: mcp builder skill, claude skills vs mcp, mcp server skill.
What are the best Claude skills for MCP servers?
Right now the top-ranked mcp skills on Alyn are MCP Builder (Anthropic), Directory Submissions (Corey Haines), Browser Testing With Devtools (Addy Osmani). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
What is the difference between skills and MCP?
MCP servers give an agent new tools and data access. Skills are instructions and files that teach the agent how to do a task. Most strong setups use both.
Is there an official MCP builder skill?
Yes. Anthropic's skills repository includes mcp-builder.
How do I install a mcp skill?
Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.
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