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Skillmd

Skillmd is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Search, fetch, lint, and install Agent Skills (SKILL.md) from the SkillMD registry. It has 190 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y skillmds.

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Install Skillmd

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skillmd": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skillmds"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SKILLMD_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env SKILLMD_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio skillmd -- npx -y skillmds

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skillmd": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skillmds"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SKILLMD_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "skillmd_token",
      "description": "SKILLMD_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "skillmd": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skillmds"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SKILLMD_TOKEN": "${input:skillmd_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (remote)

claude mcp add --transport http skillmd "https://api.skillmd.com/mcp"

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
SKILLMD_TOKENsecretNoSkillMD personal access token (enables skillmdlistsaved and personalized recommendations)
SKILLMD_APINoOverride the registry API base URL

About Skillmd

The registry that lints. Search, install, lint and publish Agent Skills ( SKILL.md ) for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 60+ other agents. This repo is the open-source toolchain behind skillmd.com : the CLI, the MCP server, the GitHub Action and the SKILL.md engine they share.

  • agent-skills
  • ai-agents
  • claude
  • cli
  • lint
  • mcp
  • model-context-protocol
  • sarif
  • skillmd
  • claude-code

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FAQ

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How do I install the Skillmd MCP server?

Add the command npx -y skillmds to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Skillmd free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (SKILLMD_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Skillmd actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 9, 2026. The latest release is v1.3.3, published Sep 19, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.