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Practical, evidence-backed guides to MCP servers and agent skills — where they live, how to install them in every client, and which ones are actually worth it.
Which official MCP reference servers are deprecated?
npm marks 4 of the @modelcontextprotocol reference servers 'no longer supported'. Which ones, what still ships, and how …
How many MCP servers charge agents per call?
212 of the 12,662 capabilities tashan measures name x402 in their own description, and 254 advertise per-call payment of…
Where are Claude skills stored?
Claude Code loads skills from ~/.claude/skills (user) and .claude/skills (project). Exact paths for macOS, Linux, and Wi…
Best MCP servers for Claude Code (2026)
The top MCP servers for Claude Code, ranked by tashan's measured score — real adoption and upkeep, not stars or opinion.…
MCP 服务器怎么选？用 tashan score 看维护活跃度和真实采用量
面对上千个 MCP 服务器，怎么看出哪些还在维护、真的有人在用？tashan 用公开证据打分（tashan score = 维护 + 更新，按真实采用度加权），附带专家评级和安装方法。… · 中文
How to install an MCP server in Cursor
Add an MCP server to Cursor by editing ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project), then enabling it in Se…
How to tell if an MCP server is safe
MCP servers run with your agent's permissions. Judge safety by maintainer count, upkeep recency, permission surface (fil…
MCP vs agent skills vs CLI: which should you use?
MCP servers expose live tools over a protocol; agent skills are on-demand instruction folders (SKILL.md); CLIs are scrip…
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