Claude MCP Tools

A collection of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for extending Claude's capabilities.

What is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard developed by Anthropic that enables secure, two-way connections between AI models like Claude and external data sources, APIs, or tools.

MCP provides three main capabilities:

• Tools: Functions that can be called by Claude (with user approval)
• Resources: File-like data that can be read by clients
• Prompts: Pre-written templates that help users accomplish specific tasks

Servers in this Repository

This repository contains the following MCP servers:

1. news-search-server: A server that enables Claude to search for and retrieve recent news articles
2. wikipedia-server: Allows Claude to search and retrieve content from Wikipedia
3. analytics-server: A server for performing data analysis on CSV files

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Claude Desktop App installed (v1.2.0+)

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/henrygabriels/claude-mcp-tools.git
cd claude-mcp-tools

2. Set up a virtual environment and install dependencies:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure Claude Desktop to use these servers by editing your configuration file:

# On macOS
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
# On Windows
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add the following to your configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news-search": {
      "command": "python /absolute/path/to/claude-mcp-tools/news-search-server/server.py"
    },
    "wikipedia": {
      "command": "python /absolute/path/to/claude-mcp-tools/wikipedia-server/server.py"
    },
    "analytics": {
      "command": "python /absolute/path/to/claude-mcp-tools/analytics-server/server.py"
    }
  }
}

4. Restart Claude Desktop

Building Your Own MCP Server

To create your own MCP server, follow these steps:

1. Create a new directory for your server
2. Create a Python file with your server logic using the MCP SDK
3. Define the tools you want to expose
4. Add your server to the Claude Desktop configuration

See the official MCP quickstart guide for more details.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Resources

• MCP Official Documentation
• Anthropic MCP Announcement
• MCP GitHub Repositories