MCP servers for Claude Code, Claude Desktop and Cursor
14 MCP servers for developers, each with copy-paste config for the three clients, the full list of tools it exposes, and what to watch out for. Where we could run a server, we started it and asked it for its tool list, so the tool names here came from the servers themselves.
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Code and files
FilesystemLet the AI read and edit files in folders you allow.14 tools · no key needed · npx
GitCheck status, diffs and history, and make commits and branches in a local repository.12 tools · no key needed · uvx
GitHubWork with repositories, issues and pull requests on GitHub.22 toolsets · needs an API key or token · Docker
Context7Pulls up-to-date library docs into the conversation.2 tools · no key needed · npx
Web and browsers
PlaywrightDrive a real browser to test pages and take screenshots.25 tools · no key needed · npx
Chrome DevToolsInspect and debug a live Chrome browser: performance traces, network requests, console messages.29 tools · no key needed · npx
FetchDownload a web page and convert it to readable text.1 tool · no key needed · uvx
FirecrawlScrape and crawl websites into clean text.27 tools · needs an API key or token · npx
Brave SearchSearch the web, news, images, videos and local places with the Brave Search API.8 tools · needs an API key or token · npx
TavilyWeb search and page extraction built for AI assistants.5 tools · needs an API key or token · npx
Notes and thinking
NotionSearch and edit pages and databases in your Notion workspace.24 tools · needs an API key or token · npx
MemoryA simple knowledge graph the AI can remember things in.9 tools · no key needed · npx
Sequential ThinkingHelps the AI work through hard problems step by step.1 tool · no key needed · npx
Utilities
Servers we don't list
Several older reference servers on npm (GitHub, Brave Search, Postgres and Slack under @modelcontextprotocol) are marked as no longer supported, so we leave them out. See the best MCP servers guide for details.