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skill-to-mcp
by biocontext-ai
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
LanguagePythonTypeScript
Last commit3 mo agothis month

skill-to-mcp · Summary

Converts Claude Skills to MCP server resources with discovery and access tools.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

skill-to-mcp · Use cases

  • Organize and access specialized AI tools through MCP in biomedical research
  • Create centralized repositories of operational skills for LLM applications
  • Share and distribute standardized skill collections across teams

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

skill-to-mcp · Install

Install using pip:

pip install --user skill_to_mcp

Or use uvx for immediate execution:

SKILLS_DIR=/path/to/skills uvx skill_to_mcp

For Claude Desktop, add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skill-to-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["skill_to_mcp", "--skills-dir", "/path/to/your/skills"],
      "env": {
        "UV_PYTHON": "3.12"
      }
    }
  }
}

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
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