MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)
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
Official source ↗MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)
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
Official source ↗MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)
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
Official source ↗MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)
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
Official source ↗MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)
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
Official source ↗MCP server · MCP steering group (reference)
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
Official source ↗MCP server · GitHub
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Microsoft
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Sentry
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Stripe
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Supabase
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Cloudflare
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Upstash
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
Official source ↗MCP server · AWS Labs
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
Official source ↗MCP server · HashiCorp
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Grafana Labs
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Chrome DevTools (Google)
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
Official source ↗MCP server · MongoDB
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Neon
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Notion
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Docker
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Microsoft
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Firecrawl
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Elastic
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Netlify
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Heroku
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Atlassian
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Vercel
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Redis
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
Official source ↗MCP server · SonarSource
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Microsoft
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Buildkite
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Datadog
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Figma
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
Official source ↗MCP server · Google
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
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