mentor-mcp-server
mentor-mcp-server is an MCP server, listed under model apis. It reaches deepseek. It needs DEEPSEEK_API_KEY to authenticate. Its repository has 32 GitHub stars and is licensed under Apache-2.0; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
Serves LLM Agents with AI-powered mentorship through Deepseek-Reasoning R1, offering code review, design critique, writing feedback, and idea brainstorming via the Deepseek API.
Install
MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. mentor-mcp-server’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.
What it reaches, and what it needs
Maintenance
A Model Context Protocol server providing LLM Agents a second opinion via AI-powered Deepseek-Reasoning R1 mentorship capabilities, including code review, design critique, writing feedback, and idea brainstorming through the Deepseek API.
What mentor-mcp-server can do
4 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
code_review- No description in the README.
design_critique- No description in the README.
writing_feedback- No description in the README.
brainstorm_enhancements- No description in the README.
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
mentor-mcp-server compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mentor-mcp-server (this page) | deepseek | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY | 32 | 2025-07-22 | Apache-2.0 |
| just-prompt | anthropic, deepseek, gemini, groq, openai(1 shared) | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, GROQ_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 739 | 2025-08-10 | — |
| mcp-server-mas-sequential-thinking | deepseek, exa(1 shared) | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, EXA_API_KEY | 305 | 2026-10-20 | — |
| brainstorm-mcp | deepseek, gemini, openai(1 shared) | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 71 | 2026-09-29 | MIT |
| MCP-server-Deepseek_R1 | deepseek(1 shared) | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY | 68 | 2025-07-09 | MIT |
| cross-llm-mcp | anthropic, deepseek, gemini, huggingface, kimi, mistral, openai(1 shared) | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, HF_TOKEN, HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY, KIMI_API_KEY, MISTRAL_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 16 | 2026-10-15 | MIT |
Ranked by services in common with mentor-mcp-server, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about mentor-mcp-server
- What does mentor-mcp-server do?
- Serves LLM Agents with AI-powered mentorship through Deepseek-Reasoning R1, offering code review, design critique, writing feedback, and idea brainstorming via the Deepseek API.
- How do I install mentor-mcp-server?
- Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/cyanheads/mentor-mcp-server
- What does mentor-mcp-server connect to, and what does it need?
- It reaches deepseek. The credentials we found in its source are DEEPSEEK_API_KEY.
- Is mentor-mcp-server official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 32 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-07-22.
- What licence does mentor-mcp-server use?
- The repository declares the Apache-2.0 licence.
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