How do I install mcp-builder?

Run npx skills add anthropics/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.

Is mcp-builder maintained, and what licence does it use?

Its repository has 183,845 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-09. We did not find a declared licence, so check the repository before you rely on it.

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mcp-builder

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mcp-builder is an agent skill published by anthropic, listed under building agents. It lives in the anthropics/skills repository, which has 183,845 GitHub stars; we last read it on 2026-09-16.

Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python (FastMCP) or Node/TypeScript (MCP SDK).

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Install

skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads anthropics/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.

npx skills add anthropics/skills

Maintenance

Stars

183845

State

listed

Licence

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From the repository

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Skill	Publisher	What it does	Repo stars	Last update
mcp-builder (this page)	anthropic	Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with extern…	183,845	2026-10-09
claude-handoff	mattpocock	Hand the current conversation off to a fresh background agent that picks up the work immediately.	303,549	2026-10-22
context-engineering	addyosmani	Optimizes agent context setup. Use when starting a new session, when agent output quality degrades, when swit…	110,611	2026-10-13
using-agent-skills	addyosmani	Discovers and invokes agent skills. Use when starting a session, or when you need to decide which skill or wo…	110,611	2026-10-13
agent-platform-inference	google	Connects to and performs inference with Google Cloud Agent Platform GenAI models, including First-Party Gemin…	21,580	2026-10-25
agent-platform-skill-registry	google	Interact with the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Skill Registry to create and search for available skills.…	21,580	2026-10-25
gemini-agents-api	google	Manages custom Agent resources on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Use when the user wants to programmatical…	21,580	2026-10-25

Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about mcp-builder

What does mcp-builder do?: Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python (FastMCP) or Node/TypeScript (MCP SDK).
How do I install mcp-builder?: Run npx skills add anthropics/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
Who publishes mcp-builder?: anthropic.
Is mcp-builder maintained, and what licence does it use?: Its repository has 183,845 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-09. We did not find a declared licence, so check the repository before you rely on it.

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