mcp-developer
An agent skill by Jeffallan, from Jeffallan/claude-skills. Tags: api, automation, debugging, developer-tools, mcp.
What it does
Use when building, debugging, or extending MCP servers or clients that connect AI systems with external tools and data sources. Invoke to implement tool handlers, configure resource providers, set up stdio/HTTP/SSE transport layers, validate schemas with Zod or Pydantic, debug protocol compliance issues, or scaffold complete MCP server/client projects using TypeScript or Python SDKs.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill mcp-developer
Or copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills
cp -r claude-skills/skills/mcp-developer ~/.claude/skills/mcp-developer
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Source
- Repository
- Jeffallan/claude-skills (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- skills/mcp-developer/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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