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Anthropic Just Open-Sourced the MCP Protocol — Here Are 130+ Servers You Can Use Right Now

#ai #webdev #programming #opensource

If you missed it, Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) is now the de facto standard for connecting AI to external tools. And the ecosystem just hit a tipping point.

The Numbers

  • 84,000+ stars across MCP-related GitHub repos
  • 500+ community MCP servers and growing
  • Every major AI IDE supports it: Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Continue
  • Official SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, and C#

What Can MCP Actually Do?

Here's what developers are building:

MCP Server What It Does
Database servers Query PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite from AI
GitHub server Manage repos, PRs, issues via natural language
Slack server Send/read messages without leaving your IDE
Playwright server Control a browser with AI
Docker server Manage containers with natural language
File system server Read, write, search files
Notion server Manage pages, databases in Notion
Google Drive server Access your Drive files from AI

And that's just the beginning. There are servers for:

  • Communication: Slack, Discord, Telegram, Email
  • DevOps: AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform
  • Data: BigQuery, Snowflake, Elasticsearch
  • Productivity: Linear, Jira, Asana, Todoist
  • AI: OpenAI, Hugging Face, Replicate

The Fastest Way to Build Your Own 

import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js';
import { StdioServerTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js';

const server = new McpServer({ name: 'my-server', version: '1.0.0' });

server.tool('search_docs', 'Search documentation', {
  query: { type: 'string' }
}, async ({ query }) => {
  // Your logic here
  return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: `Results for: ${query}` }] };
});

await server.connect(new StdioServerTransport());
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I put together a production-ready template: MCP Server Starter Template

The Full List

I curated 130+ MCP servers, clients, and frameworks in one place:

Awesome MCP Tools 2026

Categories include:

  • MCP Clients (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed)
  • Server Frameworks (TypeScript, Python, Go)
  • Database & Storage
  • Developer Tools
  • Communication
  • Search & Web
  • Cloud & DevOps
  • And 10+ more categories

Why This Matters

MCP is doing for AI what REST did for web APIs. Instead of every AI app building custom integrations, there's now one protocol to rule them all.

The developers who learn MCP now will have a massive advantage when every company needs AI-tool integration (spoiler: that's already happening).

What's Next?

Start here:

  1. Use it: Add an MCP server to Claude Desktop or Cursor
  2. Build one: Clone the starter template
  3. Explore: Browse 130+ servers

What MCP server would you build first? Drop a comment.

I maintain curated developer tool lists and build web scrapers. More lists: Security Tools, AI Tools, Web Scraping.

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