mcp-builder SKILL.md skillA

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

Install it, pinned
mdr add heretyc/subagent-mcp/mcp-builder@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
heretyc/subagent-mcp
Path
skills/mcp-builder/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Jul 13, 2026
First version recorded
May 30, 2026
Size
6,380 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
Apache-2.0

Build, package, install, configure, debug, and optimize Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for Claude (Desktop, Code CLI) and Codex CLI on Windows and macOS. Use when building MCP tools, creating AI tool integrations, give Claude access to database or API or filesystem, connect AI agent to external tools or services, packaging stdio or HTTP servers, configuring mcpServers JSON or TOML, troubleshooting spawn ENOENT or connection errors, designing tool/resource/prompt schemas, implementing…

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 Builder

Build and ship MCP servers for Claude and Codex. Load `references/retrieval-map.md` first to find the right leaf doc for any task.
This is generic MCP-server-building guidance for arbitrary servers; it does not apply to subagent-mcp's own no-API-key architecture.

## Quick Decision Tree

Some "Load" targets below are thin indexes with a same-named sub-directory (`config-claude.md`, `implementation-patterns.md`, `install-windows.md`, `packaging-node.md`, `packaging-python.md`, `tool-resource-prompt-schemas.md`, `troubleshooting.md`). For these, follow the index's table of contents into `references/<topic>/` for full detail : don't stop at the index. See `references/retrieval-map.md` for specifics.

| Task | Load |
|------|------|
| Understand MCP protocol / primitives | `protocol-spec.md` |
| Tool / resource / prompt schemas | `tool-resource-prompt-schemas.md` |
| TypeScript/Node server + npm package | `packaging-node.md` |
| Python server + pip/uvx package | `packaging-python.md` |
| Claude Desktop or Claude Code config | `config-claude.md` |
| Codex CLI config | `config-codex.md` |
| Windows install / path / registry | `install-windows.md` |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add heretyc/subagent-mcp/mcp-builder@sha256:fa293896d7a5330e

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between May 30, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026, about one every 15 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.0.0 latest2026-07-13 6023feb 6,380 BA view · diff
git:20260710.beeacaa2026-07-10 beeacaa 6,212 BA view · diff
git:20260603.1e9d02f2026-06-03 1e9d02f 6,214 BA view · diff
git:20260530.7e213262026-05-30 7e21326 5,794 BA 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 (6380 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

heretyc/subagent-mcp · 3 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yrtfzjkkr53ro66o
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=heretyc/subagent-mcp/mcp-builder
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fa293896d7a5330e114b4928fac029a242fe88b5d777c0d0b410bdbd43ea3e2e

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