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.
irinabuht12-osscitation-source-gap-finder
Find the exact pages AI assistants cite when answering questions in your category, and identify which ones you can get into. Claude clusters the cited sources, scores each by attainability…
irinabuht12-ossclient-report-narratives
Takes your raw campaign performance data and writes the executive summary paragraph that goes at the top of the report. The plain English explanation of what happened, why it happened, and…
irinabuht12-osscompetitor-creative-analysis
Pulls competitor ads from Meta Ad Library and Google Ads Transparency Center, categorizes their messaging angles, formats, CTAs, and creative types, then identifies gaps in their approach…
irinabuht12-ossconversion-path-analysis
Maps out how users move through your funnel from first ad click to conversion. Identifies where the biggest drop-offs happen, which campaigns contribute most at each stage, and how long the…
irinabuht12-osscpa-diagnostics
When your CPA spikes, Claude breaks down exactly what caused it. It looks across your campaign data and isolates the contributing factors — audience fatigue, bid landscape shifts, creative…
irinabuht12-osscreative-fatigue-detection
Monitors your ads for early signs of fatigue before performance fully collapses. Tracks frequency buildup, CTR decay, CPM increases, and engagement drops across all active creatives and…
irinabuht12-ossday-hour-performance-breakdown
Analyzes performance by day of week and hour of day across your campaigns. Identifies when your ads perform best and worst, recommends ad schedule adjustments with estimated savings, and…
irinabuht12-ossdevice-performance-split
Analyzes how your campaigns perform across mobile, desktop, and tablet. Identifies where device performance diverges significantly and recommends bid adjustments, campaign splits, or…
irinabuht12-ossfrequency-cap-recommendations
Analyzes frequency data across your Meta campaigns, identifies where you're overserving ads to the same people, and recommends frequency caps by campaign objective. Tells you the point…
irinabuht12-ossgeo-performance-analysis
Breaks down campaign performance by geographic location at whatever level matters — country, state, city, DMA, zip code. Flags underperforming geos that are quietly eating budget and…
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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