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.
91 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…
192k3.8MScore 93 - 2#2
Anthropic
Skills
Claude API
Reference for the Claude API / Anthropic SDK — model ids, pricing, params, streaming, tool use, MCP, agents, caching, token counting, model migration. TRIGGER — read BEFORE opening the…
192k3.8MScore 91 - 3#3
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…
60k6.3MScore 88 - 4#4
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…
115k1.8MScore 85 - 5#5
Google
Skills
Google
API Gateway MCP Server
Configures Google Cloud API Gateway to act as a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server (Public Preview) that exposes REST APIs as agent tools over HTTP (POST /mcp). Use when migrating…
24k1.1MScore 83 - 6#6
Google
Skills
API Gateway Openapi Spec Authoring
Writes, migrates, and fixes OpenAPI specs for Google Cloud API Gateway. Use when converting an OpenAPI 2.0 (Swagger) spec to OpenAPI 3.x, writing a new OpenAPI 3.x spec, or fixing a failed…
24k1.1MScore 83 - 7#7
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…
144k83kScore 83 - 8#8
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)…
49k584kScore 81 - 9#9
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.
49k584kScore 81 - 10#10
sickn33
Agentic Awesome Skills
Agent Harness Fault Injection
Use when an agent workflow needs deterministic recovery evidence for sandbox, MCP/tool, worker, checkpoint, memory, or orchestration failures.
49k584kScore 81
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 91 mcp skills.
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…
irinabuht12-ossicp-research-assistant
Build detailed B2B buyer personas with pain points, objections, buying triggers, and messaging angles. Use when given a product and market to research ideal customer profiles, creating…
Anthropic
Claude Plugins Official
Anthropicmcp-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"…
sickn33
Agentic Awesome Skills
sickn33a4a
Connect your AI agent to the A4A end-to-end encrypted agent-to-agent messaging network via local MCP tools or Python SDK.
Skills
Googlegoogle-ads-api-mcp-setup
Guides developers through downloading, configuring, and installing the official open-source Google Ads MCP Server. Use this skill when a user wants to connect their AI assistant (such as…
sickn33
Agentic Awesome Skills
sickn33agent-memory-mcp
A hybrid memory system that provides persistent, searchable knowledge management for AI agents (Architecture, Patterns, Decisions).
Composioabuselpdb-automation
Automate Abuselpdb tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioabyssale-automation
Automate Abyssale tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioaccelo-automation
Automate Accelo tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioaccredible-certificates-automation
Automate Accredible Certificates tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioacculynx-automation
Automate Acculynx tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioactive-campaign-automation
Automate ActiveCampaign tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioaddresszen-automation
Automate Addresszen tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioadobe-automation
Automate Adobe tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioadrapid-automation
Automate Adrapid tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
Composioadyntel-automation
Automate Adyntel tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
scenario-labsscenario-audio
Use when generating or handling audio on Scenario via MCP. Triggers include music tracks, full-length songs with vocals written from lyrics, background scores, soundtracks, game sound…
scenario-labsscenario-elevenlabs
Use when generating or transforming audio with ElevenLabs models on Scenario via MCP: text-to-speech with inline emotion tags, music from a prompt or sectioned songs, sound effects and…
scenario-labsscenario-gpt-image
Use when generating or editing images with OpenAI's GPT Image models on Scenario via MCP: text-to-image, edits from reference images, inpainting with an alpha mask, in-image text for logos…
scenario-labsscenario-minimax-music
Use when generating music with MiniMax models on Scenario via MCP: full songs with vocals from a lyric sheet, structure tags like [Verse] and [Chorus], auto-written lyrics from a…
Ryze-AI-Adgentcompetitor-gap
Find keywords a competitor ranks for that the user's site doesn't — the content gap, prioritized by volume and winnability. Use when asked "what does competitor.com rank for", "keyword gap…
Ryze-AI-Adgentcontent-brief
SERP-driven content brief for a target keyword — what ranks, what to cover, headings, questions, internal links from your own data. Use when asked for a "content brief", "outline to rank…
Ryze-AI-Adgentkeyword-research
Keyword research from a seed topic — ideas, real Google volume/CPC, intent, difficulty, clustered into a plan. Use when asked to "find keywords", "keyword research for X", "what should I…
Ryze-AI-Adgentrank-tracking
Rank tracking without a tracker subscription — position movers between any two periods from real Search Console data. Use when asked "how are my rankings", "what moved this week/month"…
Ryze-AI-Adgentseo-vs-ads
Find money leaking between search ads and SEO — queries you pay for while already ranking organically, and paid queries with no organic coverage. Use when asked "am I paying for clicks I'd…
irinabuht12-osslanding-page-audit-39
CRO analysis for landing pages evaluating headline clarity, CTA placement, trust signals, mobile friction, and conversion killers. Use when uploading a landing page screenshot, pasting a…
irinabuht12-ossprogrammatic-seo-builder
Create scalable programmatic SEO page templates with title patterns, internal linking logic, schema markup, and thin content avoidance strategies. Use when given a niche and data source 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…
irinabuht12-ossgoogle-ads-audit
Comprehensive Google Ads account health analysis detecting wasted spend, search term leaks, negative keyword gaps, bid strategy issues, and Quality Score problems. Use when analyzing…
irinabuht12-osslinkedin-ads-audit
LinkedIn Ads campaign analysis for B2B marketers detecting CTR issues, audience quality problems, lead gen form friction, and budget inefficiencies. Use when pasting LinkedIn campaign…
irinabuht12-ossmeta-ads-audit
Meta/Facebook/Instagram Ads campaign structure analysis detecting creative fatigue, audience overlap, scaling opportunities, and iOS tracking verification issues. Use when pasting Meta…
irinabuht12-ossaccount-structure-review
Evaluates your campaign and ad set structure against your actual goals and budget. Flags over-segmentation that fragments your data, under-segmentation that hides performance differences…
irinabuht12-ossad-copy-variant-generator
Analyzes your top performing ads, identifies what's working in the hooks, CTAs, messaging angles, and formats, then generates new variants that follow the same winning patterns while…
irinabuht12-ossad-extension-audit
Reviews all your Google Ads extensions — sitelinks, callouts, structured snippets, call extensions, image extensions, price extensions — across every campaign. Flags what's missing, what's…
irinabuht12-ossai-visibility-audit
Audit how visible your brand is inside AI answers (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews). Claude builds a prompt panel for your category, scores where you show up vs…
irinabuht12-ossanomaly-detection
Catches unusual performance changes across your accounts — CPC spikes, CVR drops, spend surges, impression collapses, CTR shifts — and flags them with context about what likely changed. The…
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), Claude API (Anthropic), Directory Submissions (Corey Haines). 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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