Build Mcp Server

This is the entry point when you're building an MCP server and need to figure out deployment model, auth strategy, and tool design before writing code. It interrogates your use case (what are you connecting to, who's using it, how many actions), then steers you toward remote HTTP, MCPB, or local stdio with honest tradeoffs. The skill is opinionated in the right ways: it pushes remote servers for cloud APIs, explains when elicitation beats custom UI, and warns against stdio for distribution. It also covers tool design patterns (one-per-action vs search-execute) which matter more than people expect since schemas land in Claude's context window. Good for avoiding the painful rewrites that come from picking the wrong shape early.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill build-mcp-server --agent claude-code