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Build, harden, document, and ship MCP servers to Claude standards with FastMCP 2.13+ architecture, disciplined tooling, and release-ready workflows.

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SKILL.md

name mcp-server-developer
description Build, harden, document, and ship MCP servers to Claude standards with FastMCP 2.13+ architecture, disciplined tooling, and release-ready workflows.
license Proprietary

MCP Server Developer

Status: ✅ Research complete
Last validated: 2025-11-11
Confidence: 🟢 High — Comprehensive MCP server development playbook – refresh quarterly or after major Anthropic updates

How to use this skill

  1. Ground yourself with modules/core-guidance.md.
  2. For architecture decisions, jump to modules/architecture-and-standards.md.
  3. To set up a working dev loop, follow modules/development-workflow.md.
  4. Use modules/tooling-strategy.md to keep tool counts manageable.
  5. Spin up a runnable template using modules/minimal-mcp-server.md.
  6. Tailor AI IDE experiences (Cursor) via modules/ai-ide-development.md.
  7. Understand the ecosystem trajectory via modules/mcp-history-and-outlook.md.
  8. Choose install/distribution paths and cross-platform validation steps via modules/distribution-and-installation.md.
  9. Learn how to get noticed at marketplaces with modules/ecosystem-and-publishing.md.
  10. Ideate standout server concepts (e.g., AirBnB planner) via modules/innovation-playbook.md.
  11. Close out releases with modules/release-readiness.md.
  12. Track remaining gaps in modules/known-gaps.md; schedule reviews via modules/research-checklist.md.***

Research status

  • Content cross-referenced with FastMCP 2.13+ docs, Anthropic skill-creator patterns, Advanced Memory standards, Cursor IDE documentation, community adoption threads, and current marketplaces (skillsmp.com, mcp.cool).
  • Next review due 2026-02-15, or immediately if Anthropic ships FastMCP 2.14, updates MCPB packaging, or alters marketplace submission rules.
  • Known gaps now center on automating parity test runs and collecting marketplace analytics snapshots.***