Reference list of 40 tested MCP servers organized by category, with notes on use cases.
Last updated: 2026-04-12
Overview
Curated by @eng_khairallah1 from testing 100+ servers. These are the ones worth actually installing. See model-context-protocol for what MCP is and starter pack recommendations.
Search & Web Access
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Server
Notes
01
Tavily MCP
Search built for AI agents — returns clean, structured, LLM-ready data (not blue links). Four tools: search, extract, crawl, site-map. Best general-purpose agent search.
02
Brave Search MCP
Brave’s independent index; good when you want non-Google-dominated results. Free tier available.
03
Firecrawl MCP
Turn any website into LLM-ready data; handles JS-rendered sites. Essential for web content processing workflows.
04
Fetch MCP(Official Anthropic)
Simple, reliable URL fetching. Use when you need a specific URL, not full crawling overhead.
File System & Local Data
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Server
Notes
05
Filesystem MCP(Official Anthropic)
Read/write/create/move/search local files. Scoped to specific directories. Install this first.
06
SQLite MCP(Official Anthropic)
Natural language → SQL → results. Perfect for local data analysis.
07
PostgreSQL MCP
Connect to Postgres; read-only by default, optional write access.
08
Excel MCP Server
Manipulate Excel files without Excel installed. Useful for report generation pipelines.
09
markdownify-mcp
Convert PDFs, images, audio into clean Markdown. Feed any document format into AI workflows.
Developer Tools
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Server
Notes
10
GitHub MCP(Official Anthropic)
Full GitHub: repos, issues, PRs, code search, commits. Essential for AI-assisted dev.
11
Git MCP
Direct Git operations (not GitHub API). Works with any repo.
12
Context7
Injects current library docs into context. Eliminates hallucinated APIs. Add “use context7” to any prompt. Covers Next.js, React, Supabase, MongoDB, thousands more.
13
MCP Playwright
Real browser automation: navigate, click, fill forms, screenshot, scrape.
14
Docker MCP
Start/stop/inspect containers. Useful for deployment and environment workflows.
15
Sentry MCP
Pull error reports, analyze stack traces, identify production error patterns through Claude.
16
Codebase Memory MCP
Converts codebase into a persistent knowledge graph. Claude remembers project structure and patterns across sessions.
Productivity & Communication
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Server
Notes
17
Google Drive MCP
Read/write Google Drive files. Bridges Claude and cloud documents.
18
Slack MCP
Read messages, search, post to channels, send DMs. Enables Slack-based automations.
19
Google Calendar MCP
Full calendar CRUD. Build scheduling automations and daily briefings.
20
Gmail MCP
Read/send/search/organize email. Build triage systems and inbox automations.
21
Notion MCP
Read/write Notion pages and databases. Sync Notion with other tools.
22
Linear MCP
Manage Linear issues and projects. Create tickets, update status, track progress.
23
Obsidian MCP
Connect Claude to an Obsidian vault. Read notes, search knowledge base, create new notes.
Data & Analytics
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Server
Notes
24
Snowflake MCP
Natural language → SQL against Snowflake. Enterprise-grade data access.
25
BigQuery MCP
Connect to Google BigQuery for large-scale data analysis.
26
Supabase MCP
Full Supabase integration: database, auth, storage.
27
MongoDB MCP
Connect to MongoDB. Query collections and aggregate data.
AI & Models
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Server
Notes
28
ElevenLabs MCP
Generate speech from text. Add voice output to AI pipelines.
29
Hugging Face MCP
Access HF models and datasets. Search hub, download models, run inference.
30
Replicate MCP
Run open-source AI models: image gen, video, audio transcription.
Infrastructure & DevOps
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Server
Notes
31
AWS MCP
Manage EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch through Claude.