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Model Context Protocol

MCP is how models talk to tools. Start with the overview, pick a server, wire it into your stack.

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Aider as an MCP-Compatible Client

Aider is a terminal-based AI pair programmer — recent releases add Model Context Protocol client support, letting you pull in MCP servers alongside Aider's native git-aware editing.

Claude Desktop as an MCP Client

Claude Desktop is Anthropic's reference MCP client — install it on macOS or Windows, edit a single JSON config, and Claude gains access to filesystems, GitHub, Slack, and more.

Continue as an MCP Client

Continue.dev is an open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains — and an MCP client. It can spawn MCP servers and expose their tools to chat, agents, and slash commands.

Cursor as an MCP Client

Cursor, the AI-first code editor, is an MCP client — add MCP servers via ~/.cursor/mcp.json and every agent in Cursor can call GitHub, Figma, Postgres, and more.

Deploying Remote MCP Servers (HTTP/SSE)

Guide to hosting an MCP server as a remote HTTP/SSE endpoint — covering transport choice, auth (OAuth 2.1), deployment targets, and Claude Desktop connector setup.

MCP — An Overview for Students

A friendly, classroom-ready introduction to Model Context Protocol — why it exists, what a 'server' and 'client' actually are, and how engineering students can experiment with it on day one.

MCP + Anthropic SDK Integration

How to wire MCP servers into apps built with the official Anthropic Python and TypeScript SDKs — passing MCP tool definitions to Claude and handling tool calls end-to-end.

MCP + Pydantic AI Integration

Pydantic AI — the type-safe Python agent framework — ships first-class support for MCP servers, letting developers bind typed tools from MCP into agents backed by Claude, GPT, or Gemini.

MCP 1Password Server

A community MCP server that exposes the 1Password CLI and Connect API — read items, fetch secrets, list vaults — to Claude Desktop under strict scoping and with no secret leakage to the model.

MCP Adobe XD Server

Community MCP server that reads Adobe XD cloud documents and design tokens via the Creative Cloud APIs — useful for LLM-driven design-system documentation and code-handoff.

MCP Airbyte Server

Community MCP server for Airbyte — exposes connectors, connections, and sync jobs so Claude can inspect data pipelines, trigger syncs, and troubleshoot failures.

MCP Airtable Server

MCP server for Airtable — list bases, read records, create and update rows, and run formula searches. A widely-used community server built on the Airtable Web API.

MCP Anytype Server

Community MCP server for Anytype — the local-first knowledge OS — exposing spaces, objects, and types so Claude can reason about a user's private graph.

MCP Apache Druid Server

Community MCP server for Apache Druid — the real-time analytics database. Exposes datasource listing, schema introspection, and Druid SQL execution to LLM clients for sub-second queries over event streams.

MCP Apache NiFi Server

Community MCP server for Apache NiFi — lets Claude list process groups, inspect flow files, start/stop processors, and troubleshoot dataflows via the NiFi REST API.

MCP Apple Notes Server

A community MCP server that exposes Apple Notes on macOS — list notes, read full content, create or append notes — to Claude Desktop via AppleScript bridging over stdio transport.

MCP AWS Server

AWS publishes a suite of official MCP servers covering Bedrock, CloudWatch, S3, CDK, and more. Together they let LLM clients operate across AWS resources through scoped IAM credentials.

MCP Azure Server

Microsoft ships official MCP servers for Azure — including an Azure MCP server for the core control plane, plus focused servers for Cosmos DB, Azure DevOps, and AI Foundry.

MCP BigQuery Server

MCP server exposing BigQuery dataset browsing and SQL execution to LLM clients. Most implementations are community-maintained on top of Google's official BigQuery client libraries.

MCP Bitbucket Server

Community MCP server for Atlassian Bitbucket Cloud (and Bitbucket Data Center) — exposes repositories, pull requests, pipelines, and branch operations for LLM-driven dev workflows.

MCP Box Server

MCP server for Box — gives Claude scoped access to Box folders, files, metadata, and Box AI Q&A, enabling document search, summarisation, and controlled uploads through the Model Context Protocol.

MCP Brave Search Server

The Brave Search MCP server gives Claude and other MCP clients a privacy-respecting web search tool, powered by the Brave Search API — no Google dependency, no user tracking.

MCP Canva Server

MCP server for Canva — lets Claude browse brand assets, generate designs from templates, export PDFs and PNGs, and publish content to a Canva team workspace.

MCP Cassandra Server

Community MCP server for Apache Cassandra — exposes CQL query execution, keyspace and table introspection, so an LLM client can explore wide-column NoSQL data stored across a Cassandra cluster.

MCP CircleCI Server

Community MCP server for CircleCI — exposes pipelines, workflows, jobs, and artifacts so LLM clients can inspect build failures, rerun jobs, and help debug CI configs.

MCP ClickHouse Server

Community MCP server that connects LLM clients to ClickHouse — the columnar OLAP database — for fast analytical SQL over billions of rows with schema introspection and query execution tools.

MCP Client: JetBrains IDEs

Overview of MCP support in JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, etc.) through the JetBrains AI Assistant plugin and the dedicated MCP Server for JetBrains.

MCP Client: Open WebUI

Open WebUI is a popular self-hosted UI for local and remote LLMs. Since 2025 it supports MCP servers as tool providers, letting self-hosters augment Ollama-backed models with MCP tools.

MCP Client: Visual Studio Code

Overview of MCP support in Visual Studio Code — both through GitHub Copilot Chat's Agent Mode and community extensions. VS Code can consume MCP servers and expose editor context.

MCP Cloudflare Server

The Cloudflare MCP server exposes Workers, KV, R2, D1, and DNS management as MCP tools — letting Claude operate your Cloudflare account through a scoped API token.

MCP Confluence Server

MCP server for Atlassian Confluence — search spaces, read pages, create and update content. Atlassian hosts an official Cloud endpoint; mcp-atlassian covers self-hosted.

MCP Consul Server

Community MCP server for HashiCorp Consul — exposes service discovery, health checks, and the KV store to MCP clients so LLMs can diagnose service topology and configuration.

MCP Dagster Server

Community MCP server for Dagster — exposes the asset graph, run history, and ops via the Dagster GraphQL API so Claude can reason about data pipelines and launch backfills.

MCP Databricks Server

MCP server for the Databricks Lakehouse — run SQL, browse Unity Catalog, trigger jobs, and interact with Mosaic AI endpoints through Model Context Protocol tools.

MCP Datadog Server

A community MCP server that exposes Datadog — metrics, logs, monitors, events, service catalog — to Claude Desktop over stdio, authenticated with API and application keys.

MCP dbt Server

Community MCP server for dbt (data build tool) — exposes model graph, run/test commands, and documentation lookup so LLMs can help author, run, and debug analytics-engineering projects.

MCP Discord Server

A community-maintained MCP server that lets LLM clients like Claude Desktop read channels, post messages, and manage Discord guilds through a bot token over stdio transport.

MCP Docker Server

Community MCP server that lets a client control the local Docker daemon — list containers, run images, stream logs, inspect networks — through Model Context Protocol tools.

MCP Dropbox Server

Community MCP server that exposes Dropbox file operations — list, upload, download, share, and search — so Claude and other MCP clients can work against a user's Dropbox storage.

MCP Dune Analytics Server

Community MCP server for Dune Analytics — the on-chain analytics platform. Exposes saved queries, executions, and dashboard results to LLM clients working on Web3 research and tokenomics dashboards.

MCP DynamoDB Server

A community MCP server that exposes AWS DynamoDB — table listing, item get/put, queries, scans — to Claude Desktop over stdio using standard AWS credentials.

MCP Elasticsearch Server

MCP server that lets LLM clients run queries, inspect mappings, and manage indices on an Elasticsearch or OpenSearch cluster. Elastic ships an official implementation alongside community variants.

MCP Emacs gptel Client

gptel — the popular Emacs LLM client — speaks MCP, letting Emacs users attach MCP servers to any gptel chat buffer for tool use, resource browsing, and context injection.

MCP Figma Server

The Figma MCP server exposes frames, components, and Dev Mode data from a Figma file so Claude and Cursor can turn designs into code with real selection context.

MCP Filesystem Server

The reference MCP filesystem server from Anthropic — gives LLM clients like Claude Desktop safe, scoped read/write access to local directories over stdio transport.

MCP Firebase Server

A community MCP server that exposes Firebase — Firestore, Realtime Database, Auth users, Cloud Storage — to Claude Desktop via the Admin SDK. Handy for prototyping and ops on Firebase apps.

MCP Fivetran Server

Community MCP server for Fivetran — lets Claude list connectors, check sync status, and start resync or rescan jobs via the Fivetran REST API.

MCP Fleak Client

Fleak — the low-code AI workflow builder — functions as an MCP client, letting teams compose MCP tools into serverless pipelines that Claude or other LLMs can call on demand.

MCP Framer Server

Community MCP server for Framer — reads and updates published sites and CMS entries via the Framer API so Claude can draft pages, update copy, and publish marketing changes.

MCP Gitea Server

Community MCP server for Gitea and Forgejo — self-hosted Git forges. Exposes repos, issues, pull requests, and releases through the Gitea REST API to LLM clients.

MCP GitHub Actions Server

Community MCP server dedicated to GitHub Actions — exposes workflow runs, job logs, artifacts, and rerun controls so LLM clients can triage CI failures without leaving chat.

MCP GitHub Server

The official GitHub MCP server lets Claude and other MCP clients read repositories, manage issues, review pull requests, and trigger workflows through a Personal Access Token or GitHub App.

MCP GitLab Server

The MCP GitLab server gives Claude and other MCP clients read and write access to GitLab projects — files, issues, merge requests, and CI pipelines — authenticated with a Personal Access Token.

MCP Google Calendar Server

MCP server that exposes Google Calendar operations — list events, create meetings, check free/busy — to LLM clients. Community-maintained, uses Google OAuth 2.0.

MCP Google Cloud Server

Google Cloud exposes MCP servers for Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Run, and more. Together they let LLM clients inspect and operate GCP resources via Application Default Credentials.

MCP Google Drive Server

The Google Drive MCP server exposes Drive files, Docs, Sheets, and Slides as MCP resources so LLM clients can search, read, and summarise content directly from a user's Drive.

MCP Google Maps Server

The Google Maps MCP server exposes Places, Geocoding, Directions, and Distance Matrix APIs as MCP tools — the fastest way to give an LLM location-aware planning skills.

MCP Goose Client (Block)

Goose — Block's open-source on-machine AI agent — is a first-class MCP client that runs multiple MCP servers as 'extensions' for local code, web, and data tasks.

MCP Grafana Server

A community MCP server that exposes Grafana dashboards, alerts, and data-source queries to Claude Desktop — lets an LLM inspect panels, pull data, and triage alerts through the Grafana HTTP API.

MCP HashiCorp Vault Server

Community MCP server for HashiCorp Vault — lets LLM clients list secret engines, read non-sensitive metadata, and perform audited lookups with scoped policies. Designed for read-only diagnostics.

MCP Honeycomb Server

Community MCP server for Honeycomb.io — exposes query execution, triggers, and SLO metadata so LLM clients can run ad-hoc BubbleUp-style investigations over wide-column events.

MCP HubSpot Server

MCP server for HubSpot — search contacts, read deals, create tickets, and update CRM properties from an LLM client. HubSpot has announced official MCP support alongside community packages.

MCP Hugging Face Hub Server

MCP server for the Hugging Face Hub — exposes model search, dataset browsing, Spaces, and inference endpoints so Claude can reason about and invoke open-source ML assets.

MCP InfluxDB Server

Community MCP server for InfluxDB time-series database — exposes Flux / InfluxQL queries, bucket listing, and measurement schema so LLMs can investigate metrics and IoT telemetry.

MCP Instagram Server

Community MCP server for Instagram Graph API — exposes business account media, insights, and comment management so LLM clients can help draft and analyze social posts.

MCP Integration: LibreChat

LibreChat — the open-source multi-provider chat app — integrates MCP as a tool-provider layer, letting users chain MCP servers across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and local model back-ends.

MCP Jenkins Server

Community MCP server for Jenkins — the open-source CI/CD workhorse. Exposes jobs, builds, logs, and triggers so LLM clients can inspect and control Jenkins pipelines.

MCP Jira Server

MCP server for Atlassian Jira — search issues, create tickets, transition workflows, and read sprint backlogs. Atlassian hosts an official remote MCP endpoint; community servers cover self-hosted Data Center.

MCP Jupyter Notebook Server

A community MCP server that exposes a running Jupyter kernel to Claude Desktop — execute cells, read outputs, manage notebooks — so an LLM client can drive a Python notebook end to end.

MCP Kafka Server

Community MCP server for Apache Kafka — exposes topic listing, consumer group status, and message produce/consume as tools so LLMs can inspect streaming pipelines.

MCP Kestra Server

Community MCP server for Kestra — the open-source orchestrator — letting Claude list flows, trigger executions, and read task logs through Kestra's REST API.

MCP Kubeflow Server

Community MCP server for Kubeflow Pipelines — lets Claude list pipelines, launch runs, and inspect Kubeflow training jobs on Kubernetes via the KFP API.

MCP Kubernetes Server

Community-maintained MCP server that exposes kubectl-style operations — list pods, describe deployments, read logs, apply manifests — to any MCP client. Turns Claude into a read/write Kubernetes operator assistant.

MCP Linear Server

The Linear MCP server exposes issues, projects, and cycles from a Linear workspace as MCP tools — letting Claude triage, create, and update tickets inline with engineering work.

MCP Mailchimp Server

Community MCP server for Mailchimp — exposes audiences, campaigns, automations, and reports so LLM clients can help draft, schedule, and analyze email marketing campaigns.

MCP MariaDB Server

A community MCP server that exposes MariaDB — schema introspection, query execution, table and row inspection — to Claude Desktop over stdio transport. Mirrors the MySQL-family ergonomics.

MCP Memory Server (Knowledge Graph)

The Memory MCP server gives Claude and other MCP clients a persistent, knowledge-graph-shaped memory — entities, relations, and observations that survive across conversations.

MCP Metabase Server

Community MCP server for Metabase — the open-source BI tool. Lets LLM clients list dashboards, run questions, and fetch query results through Metabase's authenticated HTTP API.

MCP Microsoft Teams Server

Community MCP server for Microsoft Teams via the Microsoft Graph API — exposes channels, messages, meetings, and chat tools so LLMs can read conversations and post updates.

MCP Miro Server

MCP server for Miro — exposes boards, frames, sticky notes, and cards via the Miro REST API, letting Claude facilitate remote workshops and turn discussions into structured board content.

MCP MLflow Server

Community MCP server for MLflow — exposes the tracking, registry, and model serving APIs so Claude can compare experiments, register models, and move stage transitions.

MCP Modal Server

Community MCP server for Modal — exposes Modal apps, functions, and container images so Claude can launch serverless GPU jobs, inspect logs, and manage scheduled functions.

MCP MongoDB Server

MCP server exposing MongoDB query, aggregation, and collection-management tools to LLM clients. MongoDB maintains an official server; community variants cover niche features.

MCP Mural Server

Community MCP server for Mural — connects Claude to Mural workspaces, murals, and widgets via the Mural REST API for AI-assisted facilitation, synthesis, and reporting.

MCP n8n Server

A community MCP server that exposes n8n workflows and executions to Claude Desktop — list workflows, trigger runs, inspect results — from self-hosted or n8n Cloud instances.

MCP Neo4j Server

Official Neo4j MCP server — lets LLM clients query the Neo4j graph database using Cypher, inspect schema labels and relationships, and traverse knowledge graphs through tool calls.

MCP Neovim Client

A Neovim plugin that speaks Model Context Protocol — turning Neovim into an MCP client that can use any MCP server (filesystem, GitHub, databases) alongside an LLM assistant.

MCP NetSuite Server

Community MCP server for Oracle NetSuite — exposes SuiteQL queries, saved searches, and REST record endpoints so Claude can answer accounting and ERP questions with grounded data.

MCP New Relic Server

Community MCP server for New Relic — exposes NRQL queries, dashboards, and entity lookups so LLMs can answer observability questions from APM, infrastructure, and logs data.

MCP Notion Calendar Server

Community MCP server for Notion Calendar (formerly Cron) — surfaces events, availability, and scheduling actions so Claude can help block time and respond to calendar invites.

MCP Notion Server

The Notion MCP server exposes pages, databases, and blocks from a Notion workspace as MCP tools — so Claude can search, read, and update Notion content through a scoped integration token.

MCP Obsidian Server

The Obsidian MCP server exposes a local Obsidian vault — notes, tags, links, daily notes — as MCP tools so Claude can search and edit your personal knowledge graph.

MCP OneDrive Server

MCP server that connects Claude to Microsoft OneDrive via the Microsoft Graph API — list drives, read and write files, search, and share links from inside an MCP client.

MCP OpenTelemetry Server

Community MCP server that proxies OpenTelemetry trace and metric queries to an OTLP-compatible backend — letting LLM clients reason about distributed traces and span relationships.

MCP Oracle Server

Community MCP server for Oracle databases — turns SQL*Plus-style access to Oracle Database 19c/23ai into safe, parameterised tools usable by Claude and other MCP clients.

MCP PagerDuty Server

A community MCP server that exposes PagerDuty incidents, services, schedules, and on-call data to Claude Desktop over stdio — useful for incident triage and on-call lookups from chat.

MCP PayPal Server

Community MCP server for PayPal — exposes payments, invoices, subscriptions, and transaction search so LLM clients can help reconcile, issue refunds, and answer customer billing questions.

MCP Pinecone Server

The Pinecone MCP server exposes vector search against a managed Pinecone index — giving Claude and other MCP clients semantic recall over a document corpus without bespoke RAG code.

MCP Postgres Server

The Postgres MCP server exposes a read-only SQL tool plus schema resources so LLM clients can explore a Postgres database safely without write access or connection sprawl.

MCP Prefect Server

Community MCP server for Prefect 2/3 — exposes flows, deployments, and runs through the Prefect REST API so Claude can inspect workflow state and trigger reruns.

MCP Prometheus Server

A community MCP server that exposes Prometheus — instant queries, range queries, series metadata, label values — to Claude Desktop so the model can explore metrics through PromQL.

MCP Prompts Capability: Deep Dive

A deep dive into MCP's 'prompts' capability — how servers advertise parameterized prompt templates, how clients render them as slash commands, and how arguments flow through.

MCP Puppeteer Server

The Puppeteer MCP server drives a headless Chrome browser from Claude and other MCP clients — navigate, click, fill, and screenshot any web page as an agent tool.

MCP RabbitMQ Server

Community MCP server for RabbitMQ — exposes queues, exchanges, and the management API so LLMs can inspect broker health, publish test messages, and trace message flow in AMQP-based systems.

MCP Raycast Server

A community MCP integration that exposes Raycast extensions and the Raycast AI surface to MCP clients — or conversely lets Raycast consume MCP servers as AI commands.

MCP Razorpay Server

Community MCP server for Razorpay — India's leading payments platform. Exposes payments, orders, refunds, payouts, and subscriptions so LLM clients can help with billing and reconciliation.

MCP Readwise Server

Community MCP server for Readwise and Readwise Reader — exposes highlights, articles, and daily review data so Claude can synthesize and link what a user has been reading.

MCP Reddit Server

A community MCP server that exposes Reddit's API — subreddit listings, search, comment trees, submission posting — to Claude Desktop and other MCP clients using OAuth app credentials.

MCP Redis Server

MCP server that exposes Redis commands — GET, SET, SCAN, pub/sub — as tools for LLM clients. Useful for cache inspection, troubleshooting, and vector search on Redis Stack.

MCP Registry and Discovery

How users and agents find Model Context Protocol servers — from the official MCP Registry and the modelcontextprotocol/servers repo to per-client marketplaces in Cursor, Claude Desktop, and Cline.

MCP Roam Research Server

Community MCP server for Roam Research — bridges Claude with Roam's graph database over the backend API so the LLM can read and write blocks in a user's graph.

MCP Salesforce Server

MCP server for Salesforce — query accounts, update opportunities, run SOQL, and execute Apex actions. Salesforce's Agentforce platform ships MCP integration; community packages cover smaller use cases.

MCP SAP Server

Community MCP server for SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP — exposes OData services, BAPI calls, and CDS views as tools so Claude can reason over finance, supply-chain, and HR data.

MCP Security Best Practices

Practical security checklist for building and deploying MCP servers and clients — prompt-injection defenses, auth hygiene, tool scoping, and audit logging.

MCP SendGrid Server

Community MCP server for Twilio SendGrid — exposes email sending, template management, and analytics APIs so LLM clients can compose transactional emails and investigate deliverability.

MCP Sentry Server

The Sentry MCP server exposes issues, events, releases, and projects from Sentry as MCP tools — so Claude can triage production errors and draft fixes in one loop.

MCP Server Authentication Patterns

How Model Context Protocol servers authenticate — from plain env-var API keys on stdio to full OAuth 2.1 on remote Streamable HTTP endpoints, with scope and audit guidance.

MCP ServiceNow Server

Community MCP server that exposes ServiceNow incidents, change requests, CMDB records, and the Now Platform Table API as tools — enabling Claude to triage tickets, update CIs, and orchestrate ITSM workflows.

MCP SharePoint Server

MCP server for Microsoft SharePoint — expose site contents, document libraries, lists, and search via Microsoft Graph so Claude can answer grounded questions across an organization's intranet.

MCP Shopify Server

A community MCP server that exposes the Shopify Admin API — products, orders, customers, fulfillment — to Claude Desktop and other MCP clients over stdio transport.

MCP Sketch Server

Community MCP server for Sketch — parses .sketch files and Sketch Cloud libraries to expose symbols, layers, and design tokens to Claude for automated documentation and code handoff.

MCP Slack Server

The Slack MCP server lets Claude and other MCP clients post messages, read channels, and search history in a Slack workspace — authenticated with a Slack bot token.

MCP Snowflake Server

MCP server exposing Snowflake SQL execution, schema browsing, and warehouse metadata to LLM clients. Snowflake ships an official implementation; community variants add Cortex and Snowpark bindings.

MCP Splunk Server

Community MCP server for Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud — lets LLM clients run SPL searches, list saved searches, and fetch results from Splunk for incident triage and log exploration.

MCP Spotify Server

A community MCP server that exposes Spotify Web API endpoints — search tracks, control playback, manage playlists — to Claude Desktop and other MCP clients.

MCP SQLite Server

The SQLite MCP server lets Claude and other MCP clients query a local SQLite database file — ideal for notebooks, analytics prototypes, and local-first apps that want an LLM data assistant.

MCP Square Server

Community MCP server for Block's Square — exposes payments, orders, catalog, and customer APIs so LLM clients can help retail and restaurant merchants manage commerce from chat.

MCP Stripe Server

The Stripe MCP server gives Claude and other MCP clients scoped access to Stripe customers, payments, invoices, and subscriptions via a restricted API key.

MCP Supabase Server

A community-and-official MCP server for Supabase — lets Claude Desktop and other MCP clients query Postgres, inspect schemas, manage Auth users, and read Storage buckets in a Supabase project.

MCP Telegram Server

A community MCP server that exposes Telegram Bot API operations — send messages, read chats, forward updates — to Claude Desktop and other MCP clients over stdio.

MCP TikTok Server

Community MCP server for the TikTok for Business and Content Posting APIs — exposes video uploads, insights, and creator account tools so LLM clients can help manage TikTok presence.

MCP TimescaleDB Server

Community MCP server for TimescaleDB — the PostgreSQL extension for time-series. Exposes hypertable schema, continuous aggregates, and SQL execution so LLMs can explore high-volume time-ordered data.

MCP Todoist Server

Community MCP server for Todoist — exposes tasks, projects, filters, and labels via the Todoist REST API so Claude can triage, schedule, and complete personal work.

MCP Transports — stdio vs SSE vs Streamable HTTP

Compare the three official Model Context Protocol transports — stdio, Server-Sent Events, and the newer Streamable HTTP — and learn when to pick each for local tools vs remote multi-tenant servers.

MCP Trino Server

Community MCP server for Trino (formerly PrestoSQL) — federated SQL engine. Exposes catalog and schema introspection plus query execution across heterogeneous data sources like Hive, Iceberg, and Postgres.

MCP Twilio Server

A community MCP server that exposes Twilio — send SMS and WhatsApp messages, make calls, look up numbers, read logs — to Claude Desktop over stdio for communication workflows.

MCP Twitter / X Server

A community MCP server that exposes the Twitter / X API — tweet search, post tweets, read user timelines — to Claude Desktop and other MCP clients over stdio transport.

MCP Vercel Server

Vercel's official MCP server exposes project, deployment, and log operations to LLM clients. Pairs naturally with v0 and the Vercel AI SDK for agentic deploy workflows.

MCP vs OpenAPI Tool Calling

How Model Context Protocol differs from OpenAPI-powered tool calling — discovery, transport, stateful sessions, prompts and resources — and when to pick each approach.

MCP Webflow Server

A community MCP server that exposes the Webflow Data API — CMS collections, items, sites, publishing — to Claude Desktop over stdio transport for headless-content workflows.

MCP Weights & Biases Server

Community MCP server for Weights & Biases — exposes runs, sweeps, artifacts, and reports via the W&B SDK so Claude can summarise experiments and compare training jobs.

MCP WooCommerce Server

Community MCP server for WooCommerce — the WordPress e-commerce plugin. Exposes products, orders, customers, and coupons via the REST API so LLM clients can help store owners.

MCP WordPress Server

A community MCP server that exposes WordPress's REST API — posts, pages, media, categories, users — to Claude Desktop over stdio for AI-assisted content editing on self-hosted or WordPress.com sites.

MCP Workato Server

Workato-published MCP server that lets Claude invoke Workato recipes and on-prem connectors — turning a Workato account into a library of pre-built, governed enterprise automations.

MCP Workday Server

Community MCP server that bridges Claude and other MCP clients with Workday HCM and Financials — surfacing employee records, time-off, expense, and reporting APIs as safe, auditable tools.

MCP YouTube Server

A community MCP server that exposes YouTube Data API operations — search videos, fetch transcripts, read channel metadata — to Claude Desktop and other MCP clients over stdio.

MCP Zapier Server

An integration server that exposes Zapier's catalog of 6,000+ app actions to MCP clients — lets Claude Desktop invoke any Zapier-supported service through a unified MCP tool interface.

MCP Zoom Server

Community MCP server for Zoom — exposes meeting scheduling, recording listing, transcript fetching, and participant data so LLMs can summarize meetings and manage calendars.

Pattern: Multi-Tenant MCP Server Deployment

Design pattern for running a single MCP server that serves multiple tenants safely — per-tenant credentials, scoped tool surface, audit trails, and rate-limiting across HTTP/SSE transports.

The MCP Ecosystem in 2026

A snapshot of the Model Context Protocol ecosystem as of April 2026 — who adopted it, what changed in the spec, and where it's heading next alongside A2A and other agent protocols.

The MCP Sampling Pattern

Sampling is the MCP capability where a server asks its client to run an LLM completion on its behalf — powerful for tools that need to reason over their own data without bundling a model.

Using MCP Servers in LangChain

How to consume Model Context Protocol servers as tools inside LangChain and LangGraph agents using the langchain-mcp-adapters package.

What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard from Anthropic that lets LLM clients connect to tools, resources, and prompts through a uniform server interface. Think 'USB-C for AI apps'.

Windsurf as an MCP Client

Codeium's Windsurf editor is an MCP-compatible client — it can launch MCP servers from its config and expose their tools inside Cascade, the agentic coding interface.

Zed Editor as an MCP Client

Zed, the high-performance Rust-based code editor, ships first-class MCP client support — configure servers via settings.json and Zed's Assistant Agent can call them in its tool loop.