Model Context Protocol

MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context to LLMs. Think of MCP like a USB-C port for AI applications. Just as USB-C provides a standardized way to connect your devices to various peripherals and accessories, MCP provides a standardized way to connect AI models to different data sources and tools.

Resources

Introductory

• Introduction
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) an overview

Server listings/registries

• Glama - based on punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers
• modelcontextprotocol/servers
• MCP Directory
• MCP Index | The Directory of Model Context Protocol Servers
• MCP Now
• Best MCP Servers and Clients List
• MCP Server Info
• Awesome MCP Servers
• mcp.so
• Smithery

Notable servers

• Anthropic
  • Reference implementations
    • Filesystem
    • Sequential Thinking - a tool for dynamic and reflective problem-solving through a structured thinking process
• Chrome Dev Tools - control a live Chrome browser
• Context7 - Up-to-date documentation for LLMs and AI code editors
• DigitalOcean
  • Introducing the DigitalOcean MCP Server
• GitHub
  • Official MCP Server

Clients (hosts)

• [[Claude#[Claude Desktop](https //claude.ai/download)|Claude Desktop]]
  • Quickstart guide
• Microsoft Copilot Studio

And most of the following:

Coding agents / Harnesses

• Continue

IDE-based

• GitHub Copilot (VS Code extension)
  • Model selection
  • Chat
  • Code suggestions
  • Code review
  • Use MCP servers in VS Code (Preview)
  • Extending Copilot Chat with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) - GitHub Docs
  • Extending Copilot coding agent with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) - GitHub Docs
• Firebase Studio (web-based VS Code fork)
• Devin (web-based)
• Windsurf (VS Code fork, formerly “Codeium”)
• Cursor (VS Code fork)
• Augment Code (VS Code extension)
• Roo Code (VS Code extension)
  • Using MCP in Roo Code
• Cline (VS Code extension)
  • Configuring MCP Servers

TUIs/ADEs

• AWS Kiro (VS Code fork)
• Claude Code
• bolt.new (web-based)
  • GitHub integration
• Jules (web-based)
• openai/codex (CLI / GUI)

  • Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

  • Codex (GUI app with the same name)
• Augment Code
  • Intent (ADE)
  • Auggie (TUI)
• Abacus.AI
• Doriandarko/deepseek-engineer - a powerful coding assistant application that integrates with the DeepSeek API to process user conversations and generate structured JSON responses. Through an intuitive command-line interface, it can read local file contents, create new files, and apply diff edits to existing files in real time.
• v0 by Vercel
• Google Gemini (CLI)
• Google Antigravity (GUI)
• Warp (CLI)
• opencode (CLI)
• Pi (CLI)

Generic agent skills / frameworks / methodologies

• obra/superpowers

Link to original

Frameworks

• FastMCP - Python SDK for building MCP servers, clients, and applications

FAQ

Filesystem MCP server PoC with Claude Desktop

1. Install filesystem MCP server:

   npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem

2. In Claude Desktop, click “Settings” > “Developer” > “Edit Config”
3. In the opened directory, open claude_desktop_config.json (e.g. using VS Code)
4. Insert the following snippet (assuming the file is still empty):

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "filesystem": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": ["@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/path/to/your/folder"],
         "env": {}
       }
     }
   }

5. Replace /path/to/your/folder with the absolute path to the folder you want to make available.
6. Save claude_desktop_config.json.
7. Restart Claude Desktop.
8. In your user prompt, nudge Claude to use your filesystem to answer the request, e.g. “Using my filesystem, tell me …“.

GitHub snippet

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "github": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"
            ],
            "env": {
                "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "XXXXX"
            }
        }
    }
}