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by kdpa-llc·★ 28·Score 45

Universal MCP server that lets any AI agent access expert skills from your local filesystem with lazy loading.

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Overview

Local Skills MCP is a universal Model Context Protocol server that enables any LLM or AI agent to utilize expert skills from your local filesystem. It reduces context consumption through lazy loading, only initially loading skill names and descriptions (~50 tokens per skill) with full content loaded on-demand. The server works with Claude, Cline, and any MCP-compatible client, allowing users to write skills once and use them across multiple AI systems and LLMs.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 4 things you can ask your AI assistant:

you:Create reusable expert skills for specific domains like code review, documentation generation, or data analysis
you:Aggregate and organize local AI skills across multiple projects and clients
you:Reduce token consumption when working with many specialized AI instructions
you:Enable custom AI agents to leverage locally-defined expert knowledge

When to choose this

Choose this when you need to create and maintain expert skills that can be used across multiple AI systems and want efficient context usage through lazy loading.

When NOT to choose this

Avoid this if you need centralized skill management across a team or require more sophisticated skill versioning and collaboration features.

Tools this server exposes

1 tool extracted from the README
  • get_skill

    Retrieves a specific skill by name from the local filesystem

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Installation

Install

**Requirements:** Node.js 18+

Choose one installation method:

# From npm (recommended)
npm install -g local-skills-mcp

# From GitHub
npm install -g github:kdpa-llc/local-skills-mcp

# Or clone and build locally
git clone https://github.com/kdpa-llc/local-skills-mcp.git
cd local-skills-mcp
npm install  # Automatically builds via prepare script

Configure

**For Claude Code/Desktop** (~/.config/claude-code/mcp.json or ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "local-skills": {
      "command": "local-skills-mcp"
    }
  }
}

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