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MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)

Filesystem

Verdict: Pick it when the agent must read/write project files; scope it to the directories you pass on the command line.

Release v1.0.0 · 2026-10-11

Tasks: Local files

Agents: Claude Desktop, VS Code, GitHub Copilot

Credentials: None

Monorepo release v1.0.0 on 2026-10-11 publishes @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem 1.0.0 (npm); last commit 2026-10-10 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)

Git

Verdict: Pick it for local Git work (status, diff, commit, branch) without a hosted account; it can modify the repo.

Release v1.0.0 · 2026-10-11

Tasks: Git & GitHub repos

Agents: Claude Desktop, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Zed

Credentials: None

Monorepo release v1.0.0 on 2026-10-11 publishes mcp-server-git 2026.10.10 (PyPI); last commit 2026-10-10 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)

Fetch

Verdict: Pick it to pull a web page into context; the README warns it can reach local/internal IPs, so restrict it.

Release v1.0.0 · 2026-10-11

Tasks: Library docs & research, Web fetching & scraping

Agents: VS Code

Credentials: None

Monorepo release v1.0.0 on 2026-10-11 publishes mcp-server-fetch 2026.10.10 (PyPI); last commit 2026-10-10 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)

Memory (knowledge graph)

Verdict: Pick it for persistent notes across sessions; it stores a local JSON knowledge graph, no cloud account.

Release v1.0.0 · 2026-10-11

Tasks: Knowledge & memory

Agents: Claude Desktop, VS Code, GitHub Copilot

Credentials: None

Monorepo release v1.0.0 on 2026-10-11 publishes @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory 1.0.0 (npm); last commit 2026-10-10 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)

Sequential Thinking

Verdict: Pick it to make the agent plan step by step; no external access and no credentials.

Release v1.0.0 · 2026-10-11

Tasks: Planning & reasoning

Agents: Claude Desktop, VS Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot

Credentials: None

Monorepo release v1.0.0 on 2026-10-11 publishes @modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking 1.0.0 (npm); last commit 2026-10-10 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)

Time

Verdict: Pick it when tasks need correct current time or timezone conversion; no external access.

Release v1.0.0 · 2026-10-11

Tasks: Utilities

Agents: VS Code, Zed

Credentials: None

Monorepo release v1.0.0 on 2026-10-11 publishes mcp-server-time 2026.10.10 (PyPI); last commit 2026-10-10 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-17

Agent Skill · Anthropic

webapp-testing

Verdict: Pick it to have the agent test a local web app with Playwright scripts; runs code on your machine.

Tasks: Browser & E2E testing, Frontend & UI

Agents: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Claude API

Credentials: None

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-04-20 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-16

Agent Skill · Anthropic

mcp-builder

Verdict: Pick it when you are building your own MCP server; it guides and scaffolds code in your project.

Tasks: Build MCP servers & skills

Agents: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Claude API

Credentials: None

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-04-20 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-16

Agent Skill · Anthropic

skill-creator

Verdict: Pick it to write a new Agent Skill; it creates skill files in your project.

Tasks: Build MCP servers & skills, Docs & writing

Agents: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Claude API

Credentials: None

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-04-20 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-16

Agent Skill · Anthropic

frontend-design

Verdict: Pick it for UI work; instructions only, so nothing runs beyond the code the agent writes.

Tasks: Frontend & UI

Agents: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Claude API

Credentials: None

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-09-03 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-16

Agent Skill · Anthropic

claude-api

Verdict: Pick it when building an app on the Claude API; the code you ship needs ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

Tasks: Build AI apps

Agents: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Claude API

Credentials: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY for the code you build (per SKILL.md).

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-10-09 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-16

Agent Skill · Anthropic

web-artifacts-builder

Verdict: Pick it for quick React/Tailwind prototypes; it runs local bundling scripts.

Tasks: Frontend & UI, Prototyping

Agents: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Claude API

Credentials: None

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-04-20 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-16

Agent Skill · Anthropic

doc-coauthoring

Verdict: Pick it to co-write specs or docs; instructions only, edits the documents you provide.

Tasks: Docs & writing

Agents: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Claude API

Credentials: None

No GitHub release; last commit 2025-12-04 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-16

Agent Skill · Anthropic

pdf

Verdict: Pick it to read, fill or generate PDFs; runs local Python scripts on your files.

Tasks: Docs & writing, Local files

Agents: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Claude API

Credentials: None

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-02-06 (path-scoped) · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · GitHub

GitHub MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it for issues, PRs and Actions from the agent; limit toolsets or use read-only mode for review tasks.

Tasks: Git & GitHub repos, Code review, CI/CD

Agents: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Zed

Credentials: GitHub OAuth (remote server) or a Personal Access Token (GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN).

Release v2.0.2 on 2026-10-08; last commit 2026-10-15 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Microsoft

Playwright MCP

Verdict: Pick it to let the agent drive a real browser for E2E checks; it can reach any site the browser can.

Tasks: Browser & E2E testing, Web fetching & scraping

Agents: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Cline, Goose

Credentials: None

Release v0.0.83 on 2026-09-28; last commit 2026-10-08 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Sentry

Sentry MCP

Verdict: Pick it to debug production errors from Sentry inside the agent; needs Sentry OAuth or a user token.

Tasks: Debugging & observability

Agents: Claude Code, Cursor

Credentials: Sentry OAuth (remote) or a Sentry user auth token (stdio).

Release cli@0.47.0 on 2026-10-05; last commit 2026-10-17 · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · Stripe

Stripe MCP / Agent Toolkit

Verdict: Pick it to inspect or create Stripe objects; use the remote server with OAuth and a restricted scope.

Tasks: Payments

Agents: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex

Credentials: Stripe OAuth for the remote server (other key options: see docs.stripe.com/mcp).

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-10-17 · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · Supabase

Supabase MCP

Verdict: Pick it for Supabase SQL and migrations; use the documented read-only and project-scoped modes.

Tasks: Databases & SQL, Infra & deploy

Agents: Cursor, Windsurf

Credentials: Supabase OAuth (remote) or a personal access token.

Release mcp-server-supabase-v0.14.0 on 2026-10-14; last commit 2026-10-16 · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · Cloudflare

Cloudflare MCP servers

Verdict: Pick it for Workers, observability and Cloudflare docs; each remote server uses its own OAuth scopes.

Tasks: Infra & deploy, Debugging & observability, Library docs & research

Agents: Cursor

Credentials: Cloudflare OAuth (per server).

Release containers-mcp@0.2.19 on 2026-08-11; last commit 2026-10-09 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Upstash

Context7

Verdict: Pick it for up-to-date library docs in prompts; queries go to Context7's hosted service.

Release @upstash/context7-mcp@4.4.3 · 2026-10-19

Tasks: Library docs & research

Agents: Cursor, VS Code

Credentials: Optional Context7 API key (higher rate limits).

Release @upstash/context7-mcp@4.4.3 on 2026-10-19; last commit 2026-10-19 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · AWS Labs

AWS MCP Servers

Verdict: Pick the specific AWS server you need; the docs server needs no credentials, others use your IAM profile.

Tasks: Infra & deploy, Library docs & research, Databases & SQL

Agents: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Cline

Credentials: AWS credentials (profile / IAM) for servers that call AWS; docs server needs none.

Release 2026.10.20261015170211 on 2026-10-16; last commit 2026-10-16 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · HashiCorp

Terraform MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it for Terraform Registry lookups; add TFE_TOKEN only if you need HCP Terraform workspaces.

Tasks: Infra & deploy

Agents: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex

Credentials: Optional TFE_TOKEN for HCP Terraform / Enterprise features.

Release v1.3.0 on 2026-08-26; last commit 2026-10-15 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Grafana Labs

Grafana MCP

Verdict: Pick it to query dashboards, Prometheus and Loki from the agent; needs a Grafana service account token.

Tasks: Debugging & observability

Agents: Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code

Credentials: GRAFANA_URL plus a service account token (GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN) or basic auth.

Release v2.0.2 on 2026-10-07; last commit 2026-10-14 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Chrome DevTools (Google)

Chrome DevTools MCP

Verdict: Pick it for performance traces, network and console debugging; it exposes browser content to the client.

Tasks: Browser & E2E testing, Debugging & observability, Frontend & UI

Agents: Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code

Credentials: None

Release chrome-devtools-mcp-v1.11.0 on 2026-10-15; last commit 2026-10-16 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · MongoDB

MongoDB MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it for MongoDB or Atlas queries; enable the documented read-only mode for exploration.

Tasks: Databases & SQL

Agents: Cursor, VS Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot

Credentials: MongoDB connection string, or Atlas API client ID/secret.

Release v3.1.0 on 2026-10-15; last commit 2026-10-16 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Neon

Neon MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it to manage Neon branches and run SQL; it acts with your account's rights.

Tasks: Databases & SQL, Infra & deploy

Agents: Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, GitHub Copilot

Credentials: Neon OAuth (remote) or NEON_API_KEY.

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-10-15 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Notion

Notion MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it to read/write Notion specs; it only sees pages shared with the integration.

Tasks: Docs & writing, Knowledge & memory

Agents: Claude Desktop, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Zed

Credentials: Notion integration token (NOTION_TOKEN) for local; OAuth for Notion's hosted MCP.

Release v2.1.0 on 2026-01-31; last commit 2026-09-20 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Docker

Docker MCP Gateway

Verdict: Pick it to run several MCP servers in containers; permissions depend on the servers you enable.

Tasks: Utilities, Infra & deploy

Agents: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code

Credentials: Depends on each enabled server (secrets managed by Docker).

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-09-16 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Microsoft

Microsoft MCP (Azure MCP Server)

Verdict: Pick it for Azure resources from the agent; it acts with your signed-in identity and RBAC.

Tasks: Infra & deploy, Databases & SQL

Agents: Claude Code, VS Code, GitHub Copilot

Credentials: Azure identity (az login / Entra ID).

Release Fabric.Mcp.Server-1.6.0 on 2026-10-18; last commit 2026-10-18 · verified 2026-10-18

MCP server · Firecrawl

Firecrawl MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it for crawling and scraping at scale; URLs are sent to Firecrawl's hosted API with your key.

Tasks: Web fetching & scraping, Library docs & research

Agents: Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf

Credentials: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY.

Release v3.2.1 on 2025-09-26; last commit 2026-10-16 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Elastic

Elasticsearch MCP Server (deprecated)

Verdict: Avoid for new setups: the official README marks it deprecated; use it only on existing installs.

Tasks: Databases & SQL, Debugging & observability

Agents: Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code

Credentials: ES_URL plus ES_API_KEY (or username/password).

Release v0.4.6 on 2025-10-24; last commit 2026-06-23 ; DEPRECATED per README · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Netlify

Netlify MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it to build and deploy Netlify sites from the agent; it authenticates with your Netlify account.

Release mcp-v1.19.0 · 2026-10-13

Tasks: Infra & deploy

Agents: Windsurf, Cursor, Claude, VS Code, GitHub Copilot

Credentials: Netlify account login; a Personal Access Token only as a temporary auth workaround, as documented.

Release mcp-v1.19.0 on 2026-10-13 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Heroku

Heroku Platform MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it to manage Heroku apps from the agent; the README recommends `heroku mcp:start` so you don't expose an API key.

Release mcp-server-v1.2.12 · 2026-10-12

Tasks: Infra & deploy

Agents: Claude Desktop, Zed, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, VS Code, Trae

Credentials: Heroku CLI login (`heroku mcp:start`) or HEROKU_API_KEY.

Release mcp-server-v1.2.12 on 2026-10-12 · verified 2026-10-16

MCP server · Atlassian

Atlassian Rovo MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it when the agent must read or update Jira issues, Confluence pages or Bitbucket repos; the README recommends the v2 endpoint for new setups.

Tasks: Planning & reasoning, Docs & writing, Git & GitHub repos

Agents: Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf

Credentials: Atlassian Cloud account via OAuth 2.1, or a scoped API token (an org admin must enable API-token auth; Jira Service Management tools are API-token only).

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-10-07 · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · Vercel

Next.js DevTools MCP

Verdict: Pick it to let the agent read live errors, routes and logs from a running Next.js 16+ dev server; it needs `npm run dev` running.

Release v0.4.0 · 2026-06-24

Tasks: Debugging & observability, Frontend & UI

Agents: Amp, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Google Antigravity, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Warp

Credentials: None

Release v0.4.0 on 2026-06-24; last commit 2026-09-15 · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · Redis

Redis MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it to let the agent inspect or cache data in Redis; connect it with a read-only ACL user unless writes are intended.

Release 0.5.1 · 2026-08-05

Tasks: Databases & SQL

Agents: Augment, Claude Desktop, VS Code, GitHub Copilot

Credentials: Redis connection URL or REDIS_HOST/REDIS_PORT plus REDIS_USERNAME/REDIS_PWD when auth is enabled; Entra ID for Azure Managed Redis.

Release 0.5.1 on 2026-08-05; last commit 2026-10-13 · verified 2026-10-17

MCP server · SonarSource

SonarQube MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it if your project already runs on SonarQube Cloud or Server and you want the agent to read issues and quality gates during review; set SONARQUBE_READ_ONLY=true for review-only use.

Release 1.29.0.4488 · 2026-10-13

Tasks: Code review

Agents: Google Antigravity, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Kiro, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed

Credentials: SonarQube user token (SONARQUBE_TOKEN) plus SONARQUBE_ORG for SonarQube Cloud or SONARQUBE_URL for SonarQube Server.

Release 1.29.0.4488 on 2026-10-13; last commit 2026-10-19 · verified 2026-10-18

MCP server · Microsoft

Microsoft Learn MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it when the agent writes Azure, .NET or other Microsoft code and should look up current official docs and samples; it needs no credentials.

Tasks: Library docs & research

Agents: VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Visual Studio, Cursor, Codex, Roo Code, Cline, Gemini CLI, Qwen Code, ChatGPT, Windsurf, Kiro

Credentials: None (README: no API key or sign-in required).

No GitHub release; last commit 2026-10-17 · verified 2026-10-18

MCP server · Buildkite

Buildkite MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it to let the agent investigate failed Buildkite builds and logs; use the read-only endpoint unless you want it to retry jobs or start builds.

Release v1.28.0 · 2026-10-13

Tasks: CI/CD

Agents: Amp, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Goose, VS Code, Windsurf

Credentials: Buildkite OAuth on the hosted remote server, or a Buildkite API access token (BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN) for the local server.

Release v1.28.0 on 2026-10-13; last commit 2026-10-19 · verified 2026-10-18

MCP server · Datadog

Datadog MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it to investigate production issues from the agent using your Datadog account; OAuth keeps access within your existing RBAC.

Tasks: Debugging & observability

Agents: ChatGPT, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Goose, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Kiro, Warp, OpenCode

Credentials: Datadog OAuth (recommended) or Datadog API and application keys for some clients.

Managed remote server; no GitHub release on datadog-labs/mcp-server; CHANGELOG updated through 2026-10-15; last commit 2026-10-16 · verified 2026-10-19

MCP server · Figma

Figma MCP Server

Verdict: Pick it to pull design context into code or (in beta) write back to the Figma canvas; you need a Figma account and a client that supports remote Streamable HTTP.

Tasks: Frontend & UI

Agents: VS Code, Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini CLI

Credentials: Figma account OAuth when connecting the remote server (client-specific auth, e.g. `/mcp auth figma` in Gemini CLI).

Hosted remote server (MCP Registry / server.json version 2.2.157); guide repo last commit 2026-10-19; no GitHub release · verified 2026-10-19

MCP server · Google

MCP Toolbox for Databases

Verdict: Pick it to explore schemas and run SQL from the agent across many databases (Postgres, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Spanner and others); prefer custom toolsets when you need restricted queries in production.

Release v1.14.0 · 2026-10-08

Tasks: Databases & SQL

Agents: Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Codex, Google Antigravity

Credentials: Database connection env vars for the chosen prebuilt source (see Prebuilt Tools Reference); Google Cloud sources can use Application Default Credentials / IAM.

Release v1.14.0 on 2026-10-08; last commit 2026-10-15 · verified 2026-10-19