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Each option below covers the same job from a different angle.
What it does Context7, from Upstash, gives your coding agent current, version-specific documentation and code examples for the libraries you use. The goal is to stop the agent from writing code against old APIs, or APIs that never existed, that it picked up in training. Ask for something like "Next.js 14 middleware" and Context7 finds the right library and version,… Read more →
The official Python SDK for building Model Context Protocol servers and clients
What it does This is the official Python SDK for the Model Context Protocol, maintained by the MCP project. It lets you build MCP servers that expose tools, resources and prompts to any MCP host, and MCP clients that connect to any server. The same package does both. Servers are written as plain type-hinted Python functions: the type hints become… Read more →
Semantic code retrieval and editing toolkit for agents, powered by language servers
What it does Serena, made by Oraios, is an open-source MCP server that gives a coding agent IDE-style code navigation and editing. Most agents read whole files and edit by searching for text. Serena instead lets the agent work with symbols: it can find a function or class, list what references it, and replace or insert code at the symbol… Read more →
Local knowledge graph of your repo so agents query call chains instead of grepping files
What it does Codebase Memory MCP turns a repository into a persistent knowledge graph that your coding agent can query, so it does not have to grep and read files one at a time. It is a single native binary written in C. It parses code with bundled tree-sitter grammars for more than 150 languages and adds type resolution for… Read more →
MCP server and skills giving coding agents versioned PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB expertise
What it does pg-aiguide gives AI coding tools deep, version-aware PostgreSQL knowledge so they write better database code. AI assistants often produce Postgres that is outdated, missing constraints and indexes, or unaware of modern features; pg-aiguide counters that by offering semantic search across the official PostgreSQL manual, curated best-practice "skills" that agents apply automatically, and extension ecosystem docs starting with… Read more →
Self-hosted persistent memory for coding agents with semantic search and a knowledge graph
What it does MCP Memory Service gives coding agents a long-term memory that lasts between sessions. The agent can save a decision, a code pattern or an architecture note in one conversation and find it again later with semantic search. That saves you re-explaining the project every time. Memories are stored with tags and embeddings, which are computed locally with… Read more →
Self-hosted, version-specific documentation index for coding agents, an open Context7 alternative
What it does Grounded Docs, published as Docs MCP Server, builds a private index of the library documentation your project depends on so your coding agent can look up current, version-specific answers instead of guessing. You point it at documentation websites, GitHub repositories, npm or PyPI packages, local folders or zip archives. It crawls them, splits the content into chunks… Read more →
Sandboxed execution and local search index that keep bulky tool output out of context
What it does Context Mode is an MCP server, packaged with hooks, that keeps bulky tool output out of your coding agent's context window. The agent does not read large files, logs or API responses directly. It runs code in a sandboxed subprocess and only the printed result comes back. Longer output is indexed into a local SQLite full-text store,… Read more →
Gives agents shadcn/ui component source, demos and blocks for React, Svelte, Vue and RN
What it does shadcn-ui-mcp-server, by Janardhan Polle, gives an AI agent direct access to shadcn/ui component source, demos, blocks and metadata. Instead of guessing how a component is built or which dependencies it needs, the agent fetches the current code from the upstream repositories. It supports four implementations: shadcn/ui for React, shadcn-svelte, shadcn-vue and react-native-reusables, and for React it can… Read more →
What it does MCP for Blender is a community-built Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants direct control over Blender, the 3D modeling and animation software. It enables prompt-driven 3D scene creation — an agent can create and edit objects, apply materials, inspect scene data and generate ready-to-use 3D assets, turning natural-language requests into actual Blender operations rather than… Read more →
What it does ha-mcp is an unofficial Model Context Protocol server for Home Assistant. It lets AI assistants query and control a Home Assistant smart-home instance in natural language — checking device states, calling services, and managing the automations, scripts and dashboards that make up a home automation setup. What is inside / Tools it gives your agent The server… Read more →
MCP server exposing market data, technical analysis and backtesting tools to any MCP client
What it does TradingView MCP is an MCP server that gives an AI assistant real-time and historical market data — stocks, crypto, forex and futures across global exchanges — plus technical-analysis and backtesting tools, without needing a TradingView account. Tools it gives your agent 37 tools in total, including: - 9 backtestable trading strategies with Sharpe ratio, win rate and… Read more →
The official Python SDK for building Model Context Protocol servers and clients
Semantic code retrieval and editing toolkit for agents, powered by language servers
Local knowledge graph of your repo so agents query call chains instead of grepping files
MCP server and skills giving coding agents versioned PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB expertise
Self-hosted persistent memory for coding agents with semantic search and a knowledge graph
Self-hosted, version-specific documentation index for coding agents, an open Context7 alternative
Sandboxed execution and local search index that keep bulky tool output out of context
Gives agents shadcn/ui component source, demos and blocks for React, Svelte, Vue and RN
Community plugin to control Blender 3D with any LLM of your choice
The Unofficial and Awesome Home Assistant MCP Server
MCP server exposing market data, technical analysis and backtesting tools to any MCP client
