MCP reference servers

The MCP steering group's reference implementations, good for learning and testing.

Everything (reference server)

Developer tools

Test server that exercises every MCP feature

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  • MCP server
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Fetch (reference server)

Browser and web automation

Fetches a web page and turns it into Markdown for the model

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  • MCP server
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Filesystem (reference server)

File systems

Read, write and search files inside folders you allow

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Apache-2.0 / MIT (MCP licence transition)
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  • MCP server
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Git (reference server)

Developer tools

Lets an agent read and work with a local Git repository

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Apache-2.0 / MIT (MCP licence transition)
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  • MCP server
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Memory (reference server)

AI and memory

Simple knowledge-graph memory that persists between chats

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Apache-2.0 / MIT (MCP licence transition)
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  • MCP server
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Sequential Thinking (reference server)

AI and memory

A scratchpad tool for step-by-step reasoning

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Apache-2.0 / MIT (MCP licence transition)
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Time (reference server)

Productivity

Current time and time-zone conversion

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More collections

MCP servers99 tools

Every MCP server listed: connectors that give AI agents tools for a service or system.

Agent skills38 tools

SKILL.md skills, skill collections and prompt or workflow packs that teach agents how to do a job.

Agent tooling18 tools

Frameworks, SDKs and tools for building agents and running MCP servers.

Official MCP servers79 tools

Servers published by the company behind the service, or by the MCP project itself.

Hosted (remote) MCP servers32 tools

Servers you connect to over HTTP, usually with OAuth sign-in, with nothing to install.

Anthropic's skills17 tools

Skills from Anthropic's public anthropics/skills repository.