connect-mcp

connect-mcp is a skill for Claude Code from matteotitta/genesys-skills. It costs 129 tokens per session (1,791 once invoked), scanned C, original, MIT.

A step-by-step guide for connecting a custom MCP server to Claude, including choosing its source, configuring access, registering it, and checking its available tools.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding official, community, hosted HTTP, or local MCP servers, re-enabling a connector, or incorporating one into a skill.
Why use it?
It removes uncertainty from setting up new connectors and deciding whether they should be always available, limited to a project, or deferred.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: effort in frontmatter. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it when adding official, community, hosted HTTP, or local MCP servers, re-enabling a connector, or incorporating one into a skill.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/matteotitta/genesys-skills/connect-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 matteotitta/genesys-skills --skill connect-mcp
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/matteotitta/genesys-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 129 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,791 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 $0.00129 $0.01791
Opus 5 $0.00064 $0.00896
Sonnet 5 $0.00026 $0.00358
Haiku 4.5 $0.00013 $0.00179

Measured 11d ago against content hash fb61cffd68e4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

connect-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 11d 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.

- Promote to tier A (`~/.claude/settings.json`, always-on) only after 2–4 weeks of proven >50%-session use and auth stability, and document the promotion in MEMORY.md.

Reads MCP configurationmediumAgent snooping

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

- **Extrovert** (project-scope HTTP): `.claude/.mcp.json` entry → `https://mcp.goextrovert.com`, `Authorization: Bearer ${EXTROVERT_API_KEY}`, key in `.claude/apis/extrovert-api-key.txt`, introspection + seed via `.claud
skills/meta/infra/connect-mcp/SKILL.md · 131 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 131 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Connect an MCP

The step-by-step procedure for adding any custom MCP to Claude. The policy — when an MCP earns always-on status versus project-scope versus deferred — lives in mcp-on-demand.md. This runbook is the procedure that policy implies, with Extrovert (project-scope HTTP) and Spider (local stdio) as worked examples.

Born from the /steal of Gojiberry's "Connect Claude to LinkedIn via MCP" playbook: the generic "add a custom connector" mechanics were worth keeping; the vendor connector itself was not. See .claude/discovery/0626-gojiberry-linkedin-mcp-steal-analysis.md.

When to use

  • Adding a new MCP server (any client, any service)
  • A /steal or MCP-registry pass surfaces an MCP worth trying
  • Re-enabling a demoted MCP into a specific workspace

Process

Step 1 — Choose the source

Source Use when Tier it implies
Official plugin An official plugin exists (e.g., exa@claude-plugins-official) C (deferred) — zero startup cost
Community MCP A maintained community server fits B (project-scope) to start
Custom HTTP A hosted server with an API key (e.g., Extrovert) B (project-scope)
Local stdio A local binary (e.g., Spider spider-mcp) B (project-scope)

Step 2 — Decide the tier

Follow the mcp-on-demand.md decision tree, do not restate it:

  • Official plugin exists → install as plugin (tier C, deferred).
  • Otherwise → claude mcp add --scope project (tier B). This is the default for anything new.
  • Promote to tier A (~/.claude/settings.json, always-on) only after 2–4 weeks of proven >50%-session use and auth stability, and document the promotion in MEMORY.md.

Default to tier B/C. Never add a new MCP to user-scope "to have it ready" — every always-on MCP adds a handshake and a failure mode to every session.

Step 3 — Wire credentials

For an MCP needing a key:

  1. Drop the key in a gitignored file: .claude/apis/{service}-api-key.txt.
  2. The SessionStart hook .claude/hooks/load-mcp-env.sh exports it as {SERVICE}_API_KEY (kebab → snake, uppercase). So extrovert-api-key.txt$EXTROVERT_API_KEY.
  3. Reference the env var in the MCP config — never hard-code the key.

Read the full file on GitHub · 131 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. 11d ago First seen · 131 lines · 129 tokens per session scan C fb61cffd68e4

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connect-mcp is a skill published in the GitHub repository matteotitta/genesys-skills (36 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 129 tokens to every session and 1,791 once invoked, about $0.0006 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 2026-08-30.

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