MCP directory

A curated list of MCPs worth knowing about, organized by what they do. This isn't exhaustive - the ecosystem is growing by dozens of servers a week. It's opinionated. These are the ones I'd recommend someone starting out, plus the corners of the ecosystem worth exploring once you have the basics.

Productivity

• Gmail, read, search, label, draft. Official Google connector via Claude.ai.
• Google Calendar, list events, create events, find open times.
• Google Drive, read/search Drive files.
• Notion, search, read, create pages and databases. Official.
• Slack, read channels, send messages, search. Official.
• Linear / Jira, issue tracking (community MCPs for each).

Developer tools

• GitHub, issues, PRs, code search, repo management. First-party GitHub MCP available.
• Git (local), local repository operations. Included with many IDEs.
• Filesystem, read/write local files. Reference implementation from Anthropic.
• Shell, run shell commands (use with care + strict deny lists).
• Postgres / SQLite, query databases. Community servers widely available.

Design

• Figma, read designs, extract design tokens, generate code. Official.
• Canva, create and edit designs programmatically. Official.
• Miro, whiteboards, diagrams. Official.

Browser + desktop automation

• Claude-in-Chrome, official Chrome extension letting the agent drive the browser.
• Computer Use, screenshot + click + type at the OS level. For native apps.
• Playwright MCP, headless browser automation for research and scraping.

CRM + sales

• HubSpot, community MCPs available for contacts and deals.
• Salesforce, community MCPs (check permissions carefully).
• GoHighLevel, custom MCP required; community examples on GitHub.
• Apollo.io, prospecting data. Official.

Communications

• Twilio. SMS and voice. Community MCPs.
• Telegram bot, chat with your agent from anywhere. Good for headless notifications.

Data + research

• Context7, up-to-date library documentation. Very useful for coding agents.
• Web search. Brave Search, Tavily, Exa (all have MCP wrappers).
• Wikipedia / academic databases, community MCPs for research.

Cloud + deployment

• Vercel, deploy, check logs, manage projects. Official.
• Netlify, similar. Official.
• AWS / GCP, community MCPs (use sparingly, blast radius is huge).

Where to find more

• modelcontextprotocol.io, official site with server catalog
• GitHub topic: "mcp-server", hundreds of community servers
• mcp.so, community directory with ratings and categories
• Your own org's internal tools, anything with an API can become an MCP in a few hours