MCP server list
Thousands of MCP servers exist; you need about a dozen. This list is curated for usefulness — official servers where they exist, with what each one actually does.
New to the concept? Start with what an MCP server is and the editor setup guide. Updated .
Code & development
The servers most developers install first.
Playwright
Microsoft (official)
Drive a real browser: navigate, click, fill forms, screenshot — the standard for web automation and testing.
Sentry
Sentry (official)
Pull error reports and stack traces into the conversation to debug production issues.
Documentation & knowledge
Get accurate, current context into the model.
Context7
Upstash
Fetches up-to-date, version-specific library documentation so the model stops hallucinating APIs.
Docs MD markdown share
this site
One tool: turn the markdown in your editor into a live shareable URL with expiry. No API key.
Data & databases
Let the assistant answer questions from real data.
Web, search & automation
Reach beyond the local machine.
Sequential Thinking
Anthropic reference
A scratchpad tool that helps models work through multi-step problems.
How were these chosen?
Preference order: an official server from the service's vendor beats a community clone; servers that expose a few well-designed tools beat kitchen sinks (every tool definition consumes context window); and anything here is actively maintained as of August 2026. The full firehose lives in the official modelcontextprotocol/servers repo and the community registry — this page is the short list.