Official photons MCP servers
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Singular focus. Precise target.
Photons are single-file TypeScript MCP servers that supercharge AI assistants with focused capabilities. Each photon delivers ONE thing exceptionally well - from filesystem operations to cloud integrations.
Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), photons are:
This is the official Photon marketplace maintained by Portel. It comes pre-configured with Photon - no manual setup needed.
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Repository: github.com/portel-dev/photons
| Photon | Focus | Tools | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS S3 | Cloud object storage | 11 | - |
| Boards | Modern Kanban Boards Photon Task management for humans and AI. Use named instances (_use('project-name')) for per-project boards. Perfect for project planning, AI working memory across sessions, and human-AI collaboration on shared tasks. | 19 | ⚡🎨📡 |
| Code Diagram | Mermaid visualization from source code | 3 | 🔌📦 |
| Daemon Features | Scheduled Jobs, Webhooks, Locks, Pub/Sub | 4 | 📡 |
| Demo | Feature showcase Comprehensive demonstration of Photon runtime features: return types, parameters, progress indicators, user input (elicitation), state management, and UI formats. | 14 | ⚡ |
| Deploy Pipeline | Multi-step workflow with checkpoints and approval gates | 3 | ⚡📡 |
| Docker | Container management | 10 | - |
| Expenses | Expenses — Track spending with budgets and summaries | 4 | - |
| Feature Showcase | Core Runtime Feature Demos Demonstrates every major Photon runtime feature with test methods to prove each one works. Run photon test feature-showcase to verify. | 10 | ⚡📡 |
| Filesystem | File and directory operations | 12 | - |
| Format Showcase | Auto-UI Format Demos Demonstrates every auto-UI format type with sample data so developers can see how each visualization looks and choose appropriately. Run any method in Beam to see the visual output. | 28 | 📡 |
| Git | Local git repository operations | 11 | - |
| GitHub Issues | Manage repository issues | 7 | - |
| Hello World | The simplest possible photon A photon is just a TypeScript class where each method becomes an MCP tool. | 3 | - |
| Input Showcase | Input Showcase | 6 | - |
| Jira | Issue tracking and project management | 10 | - |
| List | List — Simple reactive list for testing state sync A minimal task list using @stateful with constructor-injected state. Perfect for testing end-to-end synchronization across clients. | 3 | - |
| Calculator | Math expression evaluator Evaluate math expressions with functions like sqrt, sin, cos, mean, median, etc. | 1 | - |
| MongoDB | Flexible document-oriented database | 14 | - |
| PostgreSQL | Powerful relational database | 7 | - |
| Progressive Rendering | Same Data, Better Display Six methods return the same team data, each progressively enhanced. | 6 | - |
| Redis | High-performance in-memory data store | 18 | - |
| Truth Serum | Forces unfiltered honesty, no hedging or diplomacy | 10 | - |
| Slack | Send and manage messages | 7 | - |
| SQLite | File or in-memory SQL database | 9 | - |
| Tags | Test fixture: MCP Spec Tags Exercises ALL MCP standard annotations, content annotations, structured output, and icon image features. Used by tests/mcp-spec-tags.test.ts in the photon runtime. | 12 | - |
| Tasks Basic | Tasks Basic — Stateless task list A simple todo list that works during a session but loses state on restart. Compare with tasks-live to see what persistence adds. | 4 | - |