MCP Skills Server

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add mcp-skills-server -e MCP_SKILLS_DIR=... -e MCP_SKILLS_HOT_RELOAD=... -e MCP_SKILLS_LOG_LEVEL=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/srprasanna/mcp-skills-server:1.0.0

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-skills-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/srprasanna/mcp-skills-server:1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_SKILLS_DIR": "...",
        "MCP_SKILLS_HOT_RELOAD": "...",
        "MCP_SKILLS_LOG_LEVEL": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

MCP server that loads and serves skills from a mounted directory with hot reload.

Questions

MCP Skills Server is a local MCP server distributed as the oci package docker.io/srprasanna/mcp-skills-server:1.0.0.

Run: claude mcp add mcp-skills-server -e MCP_SKILLS_DIR=... -e MCP_SKILLS_HOT_RELOAD=... -e MCP_SKILLS_LOG_LEVEL=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/srprasanna/mcp-skills-server:1.0.0

Run: codex mcp add mcp-skills-server --env MCP_SKILLS_DIR=... --env MCP_SKILLS_HOT_RELOAD=... --env MCP_SKILLS_LOG_LEVEL=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/srprasanna/mcp-skills-server:1.0.0

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