MCP Integration

by anthropics

MCP Integration is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by anthropics in claude-plugins-official.

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Install MCP Integration

Copy MCP Integration into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/main/plugins/plugin-dev/skills/mcp-integration ~/.claude/skills/mcp-integration

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: plugins/plugin-dev/skills/mcp-integration/SKILL.md in anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/mcp-integration
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What MCP Integration does

MCP Integration provides guidance for integrating Model Context Protocol servers into Claude Code plugins, covering .mcp.json configuration, server types (stdio, SSE, HTTP, WebSocket), environment variables, tool naming, and authentication. Use it when adding external tools or connecting services to a Claude Code plugin.

MCP Integration is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. MCP Integration comes from a repository tagged claude-code, mcp and skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

MCP Integration for Claude Code Plugins

Overview

Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables Claude Code plugins to integrate with external services and APIs by providing structured tool access. Use MCP integration to expose external service capabilities as tools within Claude Code.

Key capabilities:

Connect to external services (databases, APIs, file systems)
Provide 10+ related tools from a single service
Handle OAuth and complex authentication flows
Bundle MCP servers with plugins for automatic setup

MCP Server Configuration Methods

Plugins can bundle MCP servers in two ways:

Method 1: Dedicated .mcp.json (Recommended)

Create .mcp.json at plugin root:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands MCP Integration provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/mcp

Frequently asked about MCP Integration

What else does anthropics publish alongside MCP Integration?
MCP Integration is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from anthropics/claude-plugins-official, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Agent Development, Build MCP App and Build MCP Server. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way MCP Integration does, and is maintained by anthropics in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the anthropics/claude-plugins-official page.
How does MCP Integration compare to other AI Engineering skills?
MCP Integration ranks #169 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of MCP Integration against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.