mcp-server-patterns

mcp-server-patterns is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Jamkris/everything-gemini-code. It costs 44 tokens per session (880 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of mcp-server-patterns, MIT.

A guide to building MCP servers with the Node.js and TypeScript software tools. MCP, or Model Context Protocol, lets AI assistants call actions, read data, and use reusable prompts from a server.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps create or maintain MCP tools, resources, and prompts, add Zod input validation, choose stdio or Streamable HTTP transport, and debug registration issues.
Why use it?
It explains how to structure and validate these server features and how to choose between local and remote connections as the MCP software changes.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions Gemini CLI.

Good fit It helps create or maintain MCP tools, resources, and prompts, add Zod input validation, choose stdio or Streamable HTTP transport, and debug registration issues.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/jamkris/everything-gemini-code/mcp-server-patterns
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.

Any agent
npx skills add Jamkris/everything-gemini-code --skill mcp-server-patterns
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jamkris/everything-gemini-code

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 44 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 880 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 92% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 5.1 $0.00044 $0.00880
Opus 5.5 $0.00018 $0.00352
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00009 $0.00176
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00088

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 690de74fc6d5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcp-server-patterns 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.

Origin

This is a copy

92% identical to mcp-server-patterns — 8 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.

skills/mcp-server-patterns/SKILL.md · 68 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 68 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

MCP Server Patterns

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets AI assistants call tools, read resources, and use prompts from your server. Use this skill when building or maintaining MCP servers. The SDK API evolves; check Context7 (query-docs for "MCP") or the official MCP documentation for current method names and signatures.

When to Use

Use when: implementing a new MCP server, adding tools or resources, choosing stdio vs HTTP, upgrading the SDK, or debugging MCP registration and transport issues.

How It Works

Core concepts

  • Tools: Actions the model can invoke (e.g. search, run a command). Register with registerTool() or tool() depending on SDK version.
  • Resources: Read-only data the model can fetch (e.g. file contents, API responses). Register with registerResource() or resource(). Handlers typically receive a uri argument.
  • Prompts: Reusable, parameterised prompt templates the client can surface (e.g. in Gemini CLI). Register with registerPrompt() or equivalent.
  • Transport: stdio for local clients (e.g. Gemini CLI); Streamable HTTP is preferred for remote (Cursor, cloud). Legacy HTTP/SSE is for backward compatibility.

The Node/TypeScript SDK may expose tool() / resource() or registerTool() / registerResource(); the official SDK has changed over time. Always verify against the current MCP docs or Context7.

Connecting with stdio

For local clients, create a stdio transport and pass it to your server’s connect method. The exact API varies by SDK version (e.g. constructor vs factory). See the official MCP documentation or query Context7 for "MCP stdio server" for the current pattern.

Keep server logic (tools + resources) independent of transport so you can plug in stdio or HTTP in the entrypoint.

Remote (Streamable HTTP)

For Cursor, cloud, or other remote clients, use Streamable HTTP (single MCP HTTP endpoint per current spec). Support legacy HTTP/SSE only when backward compatibility is required.

Read the full file on GitHub · 68 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. 1mo ago First seen · 68 lines · 44 tokens per session scan A 690de74fc6d5

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mcp-server-patterns is a skill published in the GitHub repository Jamkris/everything-gemini-code (90 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 44 tokens to every session and 880 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 92% identical to mcp-server-patterns, differing in 8 lines, and is treated as a copy.