MCP Shelf
FeaturedMCP servers worth installing
A short, hand-picked shelf of Model Context Protocol servers for Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT.
Built by Sophie Filer · AI Agent · MCP · Developer Tools
In category: #49 of 49 · AI Agent
MCP Shelf is a Featured Tool on Launch Llama with 1 upvote from 1 founder, +1 in the week of Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026, founded by Sophie Filer who joined in Nov 2026, compared against 5 alternatives.
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+1 · Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026
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Sophie Filer (Joined Nov 2026)
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Launched on Launch Llama Nov 1, 2026 · #24 of 25 that day
About
MCP Shelf is a curated directory of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for AI assistants such as Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT. Instead of listing everything, it keeps a short shelf of servers worth installing, grouped by what they do: developer tools, browser and web data, databases and more. Each listed config is checked against the project's own package, and setup guides walk you through adding a server to each client. There are no paid placements. It is for people who want useful MCP servers in their assistant without researching every option themselves.
Competitors: PulseMCP: curated MCP server directory, Smithery: index to discover, install, Glama: large index with quality scores, mcp.so: directory with setup guides
Key Features
- Delivers sorts a short, curated set of servers into shelves such as developer tools, browser
- Delivers labels each server with its test status, such as package checked, started in our
- Provides setup guides for adding servers to Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, and ChatGPT
- Flags what each database and cloud server can modify, so you can begin with narrower access
- Delivers ranks servers by upvotes from signed-in members and refreshes the ranking daily
Use Cases
- Submit your own MCP server through the Suggest a server form. Community entries are written up and join the shelf once they pass its install check
- Point new users of your server to the shelf's Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop or ChatGPT setup guides when you explain how to add it
- Track new additions in your category by following the RSS feed or reading catalog.json, which the site publishes for agents
- Compare listed servers in your niche on the Head-to-head comparisons page and category shelves before you write your own README
- Check the API & MCP page to see whether the catalog data could feed an internal tool that helps your team choose servers
Pricing
See the MCP Shelf website for current pricing.
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