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Best MCP servers for Utilities
5 entries in the AgentTask Atlas catalog fit utilities. They are not ranked by a score: the table lists active entries first, then by how many clients document a setup, and each row ends with our one-line verdict on when to pick it. Official sources last checked 2026-10-23.
- No credentials needed: Time
- Offers a hosted/remote option: Postman MCP Server
- Most documented clients: VS Code (5), Claude Code (4), Cursor (4), Codex (3), Claude Desktop (3), Gemini CLI (2).
| Name | Type | Credentials | License | Clients | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zapier MCP Zapier | MCP server | Required | Not stated (hosted service; the MIT zapier/zapier-mcp repo only holds the client plugin) | 10 | Pick it when the agent needs to act in apps that have no MCP server of their own; prefer managed mode with a fixed action list, and remember every call spends Zapier tasks. |
| Postman MCP Server Postman | MCP server | Required | Apache-2.0 | 8 | Pick it when your API collections and specs live in Postman and you want the agent to keep them in sync with code; start with Minimal, and use the local server to test APIs on your machine. |
| Auth0 MCP Server Auth0 (Okta) | MCP server | Required | MIT | 7 | Pick it to set up Auth0 apps, APIs and Actions or debug login logs from your editor; it is beta, so start with --read-only and point it at a dev tenant. |
| Docker MCP Gateway Docker | MCP server | Optional | MIT | 4 | Pick it to run several MCP servers in containers; permissions depend on the servers you enable. |
| Time MCP steering group (reference) | MCP server | None | NOASSERTION | 2 | Pick it when tasks need correct current time or timezone conversion; no external access. |
Install notes
- Zapier MCP
- Connect to https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect (Streamable HTTP, OAuth). Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http "Zapier-MCP" https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect`, restart and sign in; VS Code: add the URL as type http (see docs for other clients). official docs ↗Credentials: Zapier account via OAuth from the client; code integrations and unlisted clients use a long-lived connection token. Each successful tool call uses two tasks from your Zapier plan. · Maintenance: Hosted remote server (MCP Registry com.zapier/mcp v1.0.1, published 2026-07-29); plugin repo zapier/zapier-mcp last commit 2026-07-29; no GitHub release
- Postman MCP Server
- Remote: connect to https://mcp.postman.com/minimal (or /code, /mcp for Full). Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http postman https://mcp.postman.com/minimal`; Cursor/VS Code: add the URL (VS Code type http). Local: `npx @postman/postman-mcp-server` with POSTMAN_API_KEY (add --code or --full). official docs ↗Credentials: Postman account via OAuth on the US remote server; the EU remote server and the local server need a Postman API key (POSTMAN_API_KEY or Authorization: Bearer header). · Maintenance: Release v2.14.0 on 2026-10-16 (npm @postman/postman-mcp-server 2.14.0); last commit 2026-10-16
- Auth0 MCP Server
- Run `npx @auth0/auth0-mcp-server init --client <claude-code|cursor|vscode|windsurf|gemini>` (Claude Desktop: `init` alone); add `--read-only` to expose only read tools. Other clients: stdio `npx -y @auth0/auth0-mcp-server run`. official docs ↗Credentials: Auth0 account via OAuth 2.0 device authorization (`init` opens the browser); credentials stored in the system keychain. Private Cloud tenants use client credentials of an M2M app. · Maintenance: Beta: pre-release v0.1.0-beta.19 on 2026-08-13 (npm @auth0/auth0-mcp-server 0.1.0-beta.19); README marks it not recommended for production
- Docker MCP Gateway
- Docker Desktop MCP Toolkit or `docker mcp gateway run` (see README). official docs ↗Credentials: Depends on each enabled server (secrets managed by Docker). · Maintenance: No GitHub release; last commit 2026-09-16
- Time
- Run with `uvx mcp-server-time` (see README). official docs ↗Credentials: None · Maintenance: Monorepo release v2.0.0 on 2026-10-19 publishes mcp-server-time 2026.10.19 (PyPI); last commit 2026-10-19 (path-scoped)
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