mcp-server-kit: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

mcp-server-kit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from JamieLivingstone/mcp-server-kit. It costs 368 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A repository instruction file for an MCP server toolkit. MCP is a standard way for AI models to use tools, read resources, and apply reusable prompts.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding or changing MCP tools, resources, or prompts in the TypeScript kit, including scaffolding new components.
Why use it?
It explains where those server components belong and which validation, formatting, build, and error-handling conventions the project expects.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md.

This is JamieLivingstone/mcp-server-kit's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on mcp-server-kit itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything mcp-server-kit configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to JamieLivingstone/mcp-server-kit. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JamieLivingstone/mcp-server-kit/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JamieLivingstone/mcp-server-kit

Made for: Claude Code.

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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 5.1 $0.00368 $0.00368
Opus 5 $0.00184 $0.00184
Sonnet 5 $0.00074 $0.00074
Haiku 4.5 $0.00037 $0.00037

Measured 6d ago against content hash ef56b7b66baf, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcp-server-kit CLAUDE.md 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 6d 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.md · 42 lines

What it actually says

CLAUDE.md

Commands

npm run lint         # Check linting and type errors (run before committing)
npm run lint:fix     # Auto-fix linting issues
npm run format       # Format code with Biome
npm run build        # Compile TypeScript to dist/
npm run generate     # Scaffold new MCP components

Project Structure

src/
├── server.ts        # Server entry point - registers all components
├── lib/             # Shared utilities (logger, postgres client)
├── tools/           # MCP tools (actions LLMs can execute)
├── resources/       # MCP resources (read-only data for LLMs)
└── prompts/         # MCP prompts (reusable templates)

Code Conventions

  • ES modules with TypeScript strict mode
  • Zod schemas for input validation
  • Biome for linting and formatting
  • Single-responsibility tools with clear input/output contracts
  • Graceful error handling with meaningful messages

Adding MCP Components

Use npm run generate to scaffold new components automatically, or create manually:

  • Tools: src/tools/<name>.ts → export register<Name>Tool(server) → register in src/tools/index.ts
  • Resources: src/resources/<name>.ts → export register<Name>Resource(server) → register in src/resources/index.ts
  • Prompts: src/prompts/<name>.ts → export register<Name>Prompt(server) → register in src/prompts/index.ts

MCP Client Compatibility

Elicitation and sampling features require client support - most clients don't support these yet. Check client capabilities before using server.server.elicitInput() or similar APIs.

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. 6d ago First seen · 42 lines · 368 tokens per session scan A ef56b7b66baf

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mcp-server-kit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository JamieLivingstone/mcp-server-kit (5 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 368 tokens to every session, about $0.0018 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 2026-08-31.

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