mcp-tooling

Use this skill when working with philschmid/mcp-cli — a lightweight Bun-based CLI for interacting with MCP servers from the shell. Use when the user asks about discovering MCP tools, calling MCP tools from the command line, reducing token consumption with dynamic tool discovery, or integrating MCP servers into shell scripts and AI agent workflows. Also use when encountering questions about mcp_servers.json configuration for CLI-based MCP access.

Use this skill when working with MCP gateways — infrastructure for running MCP servers off-host, sharing them between sessions/clients, and federating multiple servers behind a single endpoint. Use when the user asks about remote MCP servers, MCP multiplexing, sharing MCP tools across teams, securing MCP over networks, transport bridging (stdio to SSE/HTTP), or choosing between gateway solutions like Supergateway, mcp-proxy, ContextForge, Envoy AI Gateway, or AgentGateway.

Use this skill when working with mcp-proxy daemoning patterns — running a shared MCP proxy daemon that multiple Claude Code sessions can connect to simultaneously. Use when the user asks about sharing MCP servers across sessions, reducing MCP server overhead, running a single MCP proxy instance for multiple clients, configuring smart-mcp-proxy, or understanding the daemon lifecycle pattern from nsheaps/aitkit. Also use for the Serena de-duplication pattern — running project-level MCP servers at the user level to avoid duplicate instances across projects.

Use this skill when working with the mcp-use Python/TypeScript framework for building MCP servers, clients, and agents. Use when the user asks about creating MCP servers with Python decorators, building MCP agents with LangChain, connecting to multiple MCP servers programmatically, or using the mcp-use fullstack framework for MCP application development.

Use this skill when working with Apify's mcpc — a universal CLI client for MCP with persistent sessions, OAuth authentication, and interactive shell mode. Use when the user asks about connecting to remote MCP servers, managing MCP sessions, authenticating with OAuth for MCP, or using Apify's MCP platform. Also use when comparing MCP CLI tools or needing persistent named sessions.