Template MCP Server

Template MCP Server is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Catalog of official Microsoft MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementations for AI-powered data access and tool integration. It has 3,804 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @azure/mcp-template.

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "template-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp-template"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio template-mcp-server -- npx -y @azure/mcp-template

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "template-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp-template"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "template-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp-template"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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).

About Template MCP Server

Template MCP server example. Catalog of official Microsoft MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementations for AI-powered data access and tool integration

Key facts

GitHub stars	3,804
License	MIT
Language	C#
Transport	stdio (local)
Packages	NuGet: `Microsoft.Template.Mcp` npm: `@azure/mcp-template` PyPI: `msmcp-template`
Auth	None declared
Works with	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code
Latest release	Azure.Mcp.Server-4.0.0-beta.3 (Oct 23, 2026)
Last commit	Oct 23, 2026
MCP registry name	`com.microsoft/template-server-name`

Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, last release Oct 23, 2026.

Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
Welcomes contributors13 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commit	Oct 23, 2026
Latest release	Azure.Mcp.Server-4.0.0-beta.3 (Oct 23, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months	10 or more
Releases, all time	183
Open issues	230
Open pull requests	94
Good first issues	1
Contributing guide	Yes
Security policy	Yes
Created	Apr 9, 2025

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