MCP Servers
The open registry for Model Context Protocol servers. Find the right tools, resources, and prompts for your AI agents — filtered by category, transport, or use case.
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Official OpenAI MCP server for integrating GPT models, DALL-E, and Whisper into agentic workflows. Provides tools for chat completion, image generation, audio transcription, and embeddings through the Model Context Protocol. Supports function calling, structured outputs, and streaming responses.
Official Anthropic MCP server providing direct access to Claude models through the Model Context Protocol. Enables AI agents to invoke Claude for sub-tasks like summarization, analysis, and code generation within agentic workflows. Supports streaming responses, system prompts, and multi-turn conversations.
Skills vs MCP servers
what's the difference?Skillsthe “what to do”
A skillA reusable, structured prompt/workflow with recommended models, an example prompt, and compatible tools. packages know-how — instructions, an example promptA ready-to-use prompt template that demonstrates how to invoke the skill., and recommended models — so an agent performs a task consistently. Skills add knowledge, not new connections.
MCP serversthe “how to connect”
An MCP serverModel Context Protocol server — a standard way to expose tools, resources, and prompts to AI agents and IDEs. gives an agent new capabilities by connecting it to real systems (databases, APIs, files) over a transportHow the client talks to the server: stdio (local process), SSE, or HTTP streaming.. MCP adds connections and actions, not task instructions.
Rule of thumb: reach for a skill when you need the model to do a task well, and an MCP server when you need it to reach a tool or system. They compose — a skill can rely on tools an MCP server provides.
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