AC create-mcp-server
Build, iterate, and evaluate Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that expose external services as tools an LLM can call. Use when asked to "build an MCP server", "create an MCP tool", "wrap this API as MCP", "expose X to Claude", or when extending GSD with custom tool integrations. Covers research, schema/tool design, error handling, pagination, testing via MCP Inspector, and producing a 10-question eval set that proves the server actually enables real work.
Build, iterate, and evaluate Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that expose external services as tools an LLM can call.
As a process C 53/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, inputs and preconditions
How to improve
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
✓ No remarks against the Agent Skills spec
Process rating: all ten parameters 53/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 2 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (web, python) that frontmatter does not declare
- 100Steps. 34 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 1 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1643 tokens
- low The response is described with custom markup (8 tags): a typed call is more reliable
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +5Description quotes 4 example trigger phrases
- +3Description length 463: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 6 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 34 items
- +4Has examples (2 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 89.