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.
npx skills add georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault --skill mcp-buildergit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vaultWrote 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/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault/mcp-builder)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault/mcp-builder"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault/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/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault/mcp-builder"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault/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 | $0.00061 | $0.03034 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00030 | $0.01517 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00012 | $0.00607 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00303 |
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 9d 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
94% identical to mcp-builder — 14 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 — 343 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
MCP Server Development Guide
Spec status (June 2026): current MCP spec revision is 2025-11-25 (https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25). The 2026-07-28 release is at RC w/ stateless protocol core, Extensions framework, Tasks, and MCP Apps — check the changelog before designing session-dependent features. SDKs:
mcp(Python) and@modelcontextprotocol/sdk(TS) both remain 1.x.
When to Use
- Building MCP servers for Claude/LLM integration
- Creating tools for external API access
- Python (FastMCP) or Node/TypeScript (MCP SDK)
- Designing agent-friendly tool interfaces
- Optimizing tool responses for context limits
Overview
To create high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to effectively interact with external services, use this skill. An MCP server provides tools that allow LLMs to access external services and APIs. The quality of an MCP server is measured by how well it enables LLMs to accomplish real-world tasks using the tools provided.
Process
🚀 High-Level Workflow
Creating a high-quality MCP server involves four main phases:
Phase 1: Deep Research and Planning
1.1 Understand Agent-Centric Design Principles
Before diving into implementation, understand how to design tools for AI agents by reviewing these principles:
Build for Workflows, Not Just API Endpoints:
- Don't simply wrap existing API endpoints - build thoughtful, high-impact workflow tools
- Consolidate related operations (e.g.,
schedule_eventthat both checks availability and creates event) - Focus on tools that enable complete tasks, not just individual API calls
- Consider what workflows agents actually need to accomplish
Optimize for Limited Context:
- Agents have constrained context windows - make every token count
- Return high-signal information, not exhaustive data dumps
- Provide "concise" vs "detailed" response format options
- Default to human-readable identifiers over technical codes (names over IDs)
- Consider the agent's context budget as a scarce resource
What ships with it
9 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
- LICENSE.txt 11 KB
- reference/evaluation.md 22 KB
- reference/mcp_best_practices.md 29 KB
- reference/node_mcp_server.md 27 KB
- reference/python_mcp_server.md 26 KB
- scripts/connections.py 4.8 KB runs code
- scripts/evaluation.py 12 KB runs code
- scripts/example_evaluation.xml 1.2 KB
- scripts/requirements.txt 30 B
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 343 lines · 61 tokens per session scan A cbebf0f6db9a
mcp-builder is a skill published in the GitHub repository georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault (28 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 61 tokens to every session and 3,034 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 94% identical to mcp-builder, differing in 14 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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