Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to diillson/chatcli. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diillson/chatcli/main/.agent/skills/mcp-builder/SKILL.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/diillson/chatcliWrote 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.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/diillson/chatcli/mcp-builder)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/diillson/chatcli/mcp-builder"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/diillson/chatcli/mcp-builder/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/diillson/chatcli/mcp-builder"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/diillson/chatcli/mcp-builder.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00024 | $0.00772 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00010 | $0.00309 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00154 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00002 | $0.00077 |
Grade A, and why
mcp-builder 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 1mo 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.
This is a copy
100% identical to mcp-builder — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 177 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
MCP Builder
Principles for building MCP servers.
1. MCP Overview
What is MCP?
Model Context Protocol - standard for connecting AI systems with external tools and data sources.
Core Concepts
| Concept | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Tools | Functions AI can call |
| Resources | Data AI can read |
| Prompts | Pre-defined prompt templates |
2. Server Architecture
Project Structure
my-mcp-server/
├── src/
│ └── index.ts # Main entry
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json
Transport Types
| Type | Use |
|---|---|
| Stdio | Local, CLI-based |
| SSE | Web-based, streaming |
| WebSocket | Real-time, bidirectional |
3. Tool Design Principles
Good Tool Design
| Principle | Description |
|---|---|
| Clear name | Action-oriented (get_weather, create_user) |
| Single purpose | One thing well |
| Validated input | Schema with types and descriptions |
| Structured output | Predictable response format |
Input Schema Design
| Field | Required? |
|---|---|
| Type | Yes - object |
| Properties | Define each param |
| Required | List mandatory params |
| Description | Human-readable |
4. Resource Patterns
Resource Types
| Type | Use |
|---|---|
| Static | Fixed data (config, docs) |
| Dynamic | Generated on request |
| Template | URI with parameters |
URI Patterns
| Pattern | Example |
|---|---|
| Fixed | docs://readme |
| Parameterized | users://{userId} |
| Collection | files://project/* |
5. Error Handling
Error Types
| Situation | Response |
|---|---|
| Invalid params | Validation error message |
| Not found | Clear "not found" |
| Server error | Generic error, log details |
Best Practices
- Return structured errors
- Don't expose internal details
- Log for debugging
- Provide actionable messages
6. Multimodal Handling
Supported Types
| Type | Encoding |
|---|---|
| Text | Plain text |
| Images | Base64 + MIME type |
| Files | Base64 + MIME type |
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 177 lines · 24 tokens per session scan A d13eb1291ed7
mcp-builder is a skill published in the GitHub repository diillson/chatcli (93 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 24 tokens to every session and 772 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to mcp-builder, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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