MCP Server Builder
Design and build high-quality MCP servers in Python or TypeScript.
Official Anthropicby AnthropicChecked October 18, 2026
Anthropic's guide for creating Model Context Protocol servers that let Claude use outside services. It covers research, tool design, implementation with FastMCP or the TypeScript SDK and evaluation.
Who it is for
- Developers
- Integration engineers
- Technical founders
Prompts to try
Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.
Build an MCP server for our internal inventory APICreate a Python MCP server that wraps the Airtable APIReview my MCP server's tool designHow to install it
In Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills/plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills
In Claude.ai
Turn it on among Anthropic's example skills under Customize > Skills (code execution required), or upload its folder from anthropics/skills as a zip.
Good to know
For MCP apps with interactive UI, see the mcp-server-dev plugin in the official marketplace.
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How we checked it
Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/mcp-builder/SKILL.md in anthropics/skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-04-20, repo has 181,779 stars and was pushed 2026-10-09.
Source: github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/mcp-builder