configure-mcp

configure-mcp is a skill for Claude Code from laurigates/claude-plugins. It costs 32 tokens per session (1,769 once invoked), scanned C, original, MIT.

A setup and audit guide for MCP servers, services that let a coding assistant connect to project-specific tools and information.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create or validate an .mcp.json file, add servers such as Context7 or Playwright, check server status, and install shared productivity integrations.
Why use it?
It keeps those integrations explicitly configured per project, so teammates can share the setup and understand its dependencies.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; names the AskUserQuestion tool; mentions Claude Code.

Part of the configure-plugin plugin — 48 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to create or validate an .mcp.json file, add servers such…

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/laurigates/claude-plugins/configure-mcp
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 laurigates/claude-plugins --skill configure-mcp
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/laurigates/claude-plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install configure-plugin, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 48 skills.

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README.md
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Per session 32 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,769 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 2 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00032 $0.01769
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.00885
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00354
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00177

Measured 2d ago against content hash e2bfe829a2bc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

configure-mcp scanned grade C with 2 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 2d 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.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

**MCP Philosophy:** Servers are managed **project-by-project** (in `.mcp.json`), not user-scoped (in `~/.claude/settings.json`), to keep context clean and dependencies explicit.

Reads MCP configurationmediumAgent snooping

mcp.json carries server URLs and auth tokens; reading it lets a mod discover and abuse other integrations.

- Git tracking: !`find . -maxdepth 1 -name '.gitignore' -exec grep '.mcp.json' {} +`
configure-plugin/skills/configure-mcp/SKILL.md · 146 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 146 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

/configure:mcp

Check and configure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for this project.

MCP Philosophy: Servers are managed project-by-project (in .mcp.json), not user-scoped (in ~/.claude/settings.json), to keep context clean and dependencies explicit.

For server configurations, environment variable reference, and report templates, see REFERENCE.md.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when... Use another approach when...
Setting up MCP servers for a project Configuring user-level settings (edit ~/.claude/settings.json directly)
Checking MCP server status and validating configuration Just viewing .mcp.json contents (use Read tool)
Adding specific servers (context7, playwright, sequential-thinking, etc.) Installing npm/bun packages for non-MCP purposes (use package manager)
Ensuring team-shareable MCP setups Personal-only MCP configuration (use ~/.claude/settings.json)
Installing core productivity servers Debugging specific server runtime issues (check server logs, restart Claude Code)

Context

  • Config exists: !find . -maxdepth 1 -name \'.mcp.json\'
  • Git tracking: !find . -maxdepth 1 -name '.gitignore' -exec grep '.mcp.json' {} +
  • Standards file: !find . -maxdepth 1 -name \'.project-standards.yaml\'
  • Has playwright config: !find . -maxdepth 1 -name 'playwright.config.*' -print -quit
  • Has TS/JS files: !find . -maxdepth 2 \( -name '*.ts' -o -name '*.py' -o -name '*.go' -o -name '*.rs' \) -print -quit
  • Dotfiles registry: !find . -maxdepth 1 -name \'~/.local/share/chezmoi/.chezmoidata.toml\'

Parameters

Parse these from $ARGUMENTS:

  • --check-only: Report current status, do not offer installation
  • --fix: Install servers without prompting for confirmation
  • --core: Install all core servers (context7, sequential-thinking)
  • --server <name>: Install specific server by name (repeatable)

If no flags provided, run interactive mode (detect → report → offer to install).

Read the full file on GitHub · 146 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file 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.

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. 2d ago First seen · 146 lines · 32 tokens per session scan C e2bfe829a2bc

Subscribe to this mod's changes

configure-mcp is a skill published in the GitHub repository laurigates/claude-plugins (58 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 32 tokens to every session and 1,769 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (reads agent configuration directories, reads mcp configuration). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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