Claude Code: setup, MCP servers and skills that actually work
Claude Code is a terminal agent; its power comes from the MCP servers and skills you add. Start with one server you will actually use, then add a skill for the task you repeat.
Setup in three steps
- Install Claude Code and sign in (see Anthropic's docs).
- Add one MCP server with
claude mcp add; keep the config in the project so a teammate can reproduce it. - Add a skill only for a task you repeat; read its instructions first.
claude mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp
Compare
| Tool | What it does | Install | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| upstash/context7 | 📇 ☁️ - Up-to-date code documentation for LLMs and AI code editors | — | 63,201 |
| eyaltoledano/claude-task-master | 📇 ☁️ 🏠 - Task management for AI-driven development: PRD parsing, task expansion, multi-pro | — | 28,236 |
| firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server | Official Firecrawl MCP Server - Adds powerful web scraping and search to Cursor, Claude an | — | 7,624 |
| vshulcz/deja-vu | Coding agent memory for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and 39 more, built from the session his | — | 1,232 |
| Mibayy/token-savior | MCP server that gets Claude to 97.9% (188/192) on a real coding benchmark at -80% active t | — | 1,182 |
| QGIS MCP | Connects QGIS Desktop to Claude for prompt-assisted project creation, layer loading and co | — | 1,127 |
| HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp | Open-source, self-hosted MCP gateway: turn any REST/OpenAPI, SOAP, GraphQL, OData or SQL A | — | 754 |
| jasonjmcghee/claude-debugs-for-you | 📇 🏠 - VS Code extension and MCP server for language-agnostic automatic debugging via break | — | 515 |
Why these links: every card points at the tool's own site — not a directory redirect — and nothing here is a paid placement. Numbers come from public sources and are shown so you can check them.
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