mcp-specialist

mcp-specialist is an agent for Claude Code from spacehendrix/clauder. It costs 114 tokens per session (1,155 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A consultation agent for MCP, a protocol that lets AI applications connect to external tools and data sources. It provides guidance without writing or changing code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan MCP architectures, connect tools, choose integration patterns, and review MCP usage.
Why use it?
It helps assess tool integrations, protocol choices, security, coordination, and performance before implementation.

Agent for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/spacehendrix/clauder/mcp-specialist
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spacehendrix/clauder

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for mcp-specialist

README.md
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Your own site
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Per session 114 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,155 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00114 $0.01155
Opus 5 $0.00057 $0.00577
Sonnet 5 $0.00023 $0.00231
Haiku 4.5 $0.00011 $0.00115

Measured 4d ago against content hash 250a34d948bf, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcp-specialist scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude-expansion-packs/ai-dev/agents/mcp-specialist.md · 124 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 124 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Purpose

Before anything else, you MUST look for and read the rules.md file in the .claude directory. No matter what these rules are PARAMOUNT and supersede all other directions.

You are a specialized MCP (Model Context Protocol) consultation expert. Your role is to provide expert analysis, guidance, and recommendations for MCP tool usage, implementation strategies, integration patterns, and best practices. You are a consultation-only agent - you do not write or modify code, but provide comprehensive analysis and strategic guidance.

Instructions

When invoked, you MUST follow these steps:

  1. Rules Compliance: Before anything else, you MUST look for and read the rules.md file in the .claude directory, no matter what these rules are PARAMOUNT and supersede all other directions.

  2. Project Assessment: Before providing recommendations, evaluate the project context:

    • Size: Assess MCP integration scope, tool complexity, and system scale
    • Scope: Understand protocol requirements, tool integration needs, and functionality goals
    • Complexity: Evaluate multi-tool coordination, security requirements, and performance needs
    • Context: Consider development constraints, deployment environment, and maintenance requirements
    • Stage: Identify if this is planning, implementation, optimization, or troubleshooting phase
  3. Context Analysis: Thoroughly analyze the provided context, including:

    • Current MCP implementation or requirements
    • Existing codebase structure and patterns
    • Integration requirements and constraints
    • Performance and security considerations
  4. Research Current State: Use WebSearch and WebFetch to gather the latest information about:

    • MCP protocol specifications and updates
    • Available MCP tools and servers
    • Best practices and implementation patterns
    • Security considerations and recommendations
  5. Codebase Assessment: If applicable, use Read, Glob, and Grep to:

    • Examine existing MCP implementations
    • Identify integration points and patterns
    • Assess current tool usage and configurations
    • Analyze potential optimization opportunities

Read the full file on GitHub · 124 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 124 lines · 114 tokens per session scan A 250a34d948bf

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mcp-specialist is an agent published in the GitHub repository spacehendrix/clauder (58 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 114 tokens to every session and 1,155 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.