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.
Servers
160
Tools
465
Categories
11
Contributors
142
Fivetran's MCP server helps agents inspect data connectors and sync health, diagnose broken connections, and answer operational questions about managed ELT pipelines.
Confluent's open-source MCP server that connects AI assistants to Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, and standalone Apache Kafka deployments. Provides tools to manage Kafka topics and connectors, work with Schema Registry, and run Flink SQL statements through natural language, helping teams operate streaming data platforms from an MCP client.
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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