mcp-server-discovery_skill

Overview

This skill discovers, searches, and manages MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to help you connect AI assistants with external data sources and tools. It provides listing, search, detail lookup, and client configuration generation for MCP servers. Use it to find servers by category, inspect server metadata, and produce ready-to-use MCP client configs.

How this skill works

The tool inspects a registry of MCP servers and exposes command-line actions to list, search, and retrieve detailed server information. It can filter servers by category (filesystem, dev, database, web, search, memory) and output results as human-readable text or JSON for programs. The config generator composes MCP client configuration entries for selected servers so you can plug them into an MCP-enabled client.

When to use it

• When you need to find MCP servers that expose files, databases, or web data to an AI assistant.
• When creating or updating an MCP client and you need a valid configuration for selected servers.
• When investigating available integrations by category (filesystem, dev, database, web, search, memory).
• When automating discovery workflows and consuming server metadata programmatically (use --json).

Best practices

• List servers first to understand available options, then refine with search queries before generating configs.
• Use the category filter to narrow results and reduce noise when searching large registries.
• Inspect server details with the info command to verify endpoints, install commands, and access requirements.
• Generate configurations for only the servers you plan to use and validate them in a test MCP client.
• Prefer JSON output for automation and CI pipelines to avoid brittle parsing of human-readable text.

Example use cases

• Create a client config that combines filesystem, GitHub, and memory servers for a development assistant.
• Search for all database-type servers and inspect credentials or connection hints before connecting.
• Produce machine-readable server lists for a dashboard or monitoring system using --json.
• Verify an MCP server's install command and endpoint details before onboarding it into production.