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MCP discovery & local dev

Find, run, and containerize MCP servers for local experimentation before promoting to team-wide config.

Developers evaluating and standardizing MCP in a org6 resources2 readings

Suggested reading

  1. What is an AI Agent?
  2. What is an Agent Harness?

Wiring order

  1. 01

    mcp.so

    MCP

    Community directory of MCP servers with install snippets and capability descriptions.

  2. 02

    Smithery

    MCP

    Registry and hosting for MCP servers—discover, install, and publish tool servers for agents.

  3. 03

    Docker MCP Toolkit

    MCP

    Run MCP servers as containers with discovery and lifecycle management for local dev.

  4. 04

    MCP Servers (official)

    MCP

    Reference implementations and community servers for filesystem, git, databases, browsers, and more.

  5. 05

    Build an MCP server

    Guides

    Official quickstart for authoring custom MCP servers in TypeScript or Python.

  6. 06

    Model Context Protocol

    References

    Open standard for connecting AI applications to data sources and tools via a unified protocol.

Caveats

  • Treat community servers as untrusted code until reviewed.
  • Pin server versions in production MCP config.