# Build MCP Server

Design and implement a Model Context Protocol server\.

Canonical: https://claudelist.com/listings/skill-anthropics-claude-plugins-official-build-mcp-server

Category: Skills

Source: official · Anthropic

Source checked: 2026-10-14

Website: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/main/plugins/mcp-server-dev/skills/build-mcp-server

Design and implement a Model Context Protocol server. The upstream SKILL.md and its supporting files are maintained in anthropics/claude-plugins-official.

## Install or set up

1. Read build-mcp-server’s SKILL.md and check its prerequisites at the source.
2. In your Claude Code project, run the command below to install this individual skill in project scope. Add `-g` if you want it in your personal scope.
3. Restart Claude Code and invoke `/build-mcp-server` or ask Claude to use the skill. If it is unavailable, check `.claude/skills/` and the upstream setup notes.

```sh
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/main/plugins/mcp-server-dev/skills/build-mcp-server --agent claude-code
```

Installation guide: https://www.skills.sh/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/build-mcp-server