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MCP servers and skills for Claude Code

Setup steps and file locations from Anthropic's own documentation. Checked Nov 14, 2026.

275 MCP servers467 skills

MCP servers

✓ Supported

Add a server

  1. Pick a scope: local (default, this project only), project (shared through .mcp.json) or user (all your projects).
  2. For a local server, run claude mcp add with --transport stdio, any --env KEY=value pairs, the server name, then -- and the launch command.
  3. For a remote server, run claude mcp add --transport http with the name and the server URL, adding --header if it needs a token.
  4. If the server uses OAuth, open /mcp inside Claude Code and complete the browser sign-in.
  5. Check the result with claude mcp list or claude mcp get <name>.

Where it's saved

Local and user
~/.claude.jsonLocal scope is stored under the project's path inside that file.
Project
.mcp.jsonIn the project root.

Anthropic's MCP documentationOpen the config builderHow to connect MCP servers to AI clients

Skills

✓ Supported

A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file. Claude Code finds skills here:

Personal
~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
Project
.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.mdAlso nested <subdir>/.claude/skills/ and --add-dir directories.
Plugin
<plugin>/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
Enterprise
.claude/skills/In the managed settings directory.
claude.ai
~/.claude/skills/synced/claude.ai account skills are synced here.

Anthropic's skills documentationHow to create a skill

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Questions

Does Claude Code support MCP servers?
Yes. Claude Code runs local servers over stdio and connects to remote servers over HTTP, and remote servers can sign in with OAuth. Add them with the claude mcp add command or in a JSON file.
Does Claude Code support skills?
Yes. Each skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file. Claude Code reads your personal skills from ~/.claude/skills/ and a project's skills from .claude/skills/ in that project.