mcp-builder SKILL.md skillA

mcp-builder from tamnguyendinh/anvien is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add tamnguyendinh/anvien/mcp-builder@git:20260604.cbdc502

Pins git:20260604.cbdc502 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: tamnguyendinh/anvien
Path: internal/aicontext/skills/mcp-builder/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20260604.cbdc502, committed Jun 4, 2026
First version recorded: Jun 3, 2026
Size: 13,321 bytes
Repository stars: 12
License: MIT

Use when the user asks to build an MCP server.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# MCP Server Development Guide

## Overview

To create high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to effectively interact with external services, use this skill. An MCP server provides tools that allow LLMs to access external services and APIs. The quality of an MCP server is measured by how well it enables LLMs to accomplish real-world tasks using the tools provided.

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# Process

## 🚀 High-Level Workflow

Creating a high-quality MCP server involves four main phases:

### Phase 1: Deep Research and Planning

#### 1.1 Understand Agent-Centric Design Principles

Before diving into implementation, understand how to design tools for AI agents by reviewing these principles:

**Build for Workflows, Not Just API Endpoints:**
- Don't simply wrap existing API endpoints - build thoughtful, high-impact workflow tools
- Consolidate related operations (e.g., `schedule_event` that both checks availability and creates event)
- Focus on tools that enable complete tasks, not just individual API calls
- Consider what workflows agents actually need to accomplish

**Optimize for Limited Context:**
- Agents have constrained context windows - make every token count
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add tamnguyendinh/anvien/mcp-builder@sha256:8db5577ac8fa5f96

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260604.cbdc502, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_fm5isnbu5o3b7mny.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_fm5isnbu5o3b7mny)

4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 3, 2026 and Jun 4, 2026, about one every day.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260604.cbdc502 latest	2026-06-04	cbdc502	13,321 B	A	view · diff
git:20260603.57935e2	2026-06-03	57935e2	13,552 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (13321 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

tamnguyendinh/anvien · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fm5isnbu5o3b7mny
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tamnguyendinh/anvien/mcp-builder
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8db5577ac8fa5f96f46a3819197895154be6766311ac685b4c2d6763d996d5ee

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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