MCP Configuration Management

Overview

This skill helps you properly configure MCP servers in Claude Code. It ensures MCP servers are configured in the right location and scope to avoid unnecessary context pollution across all sessions.

Critical Concepts

Two Valid Configuration Locations

ONLY these two locations are valid for MCP configuration:

1. User/Local scope: ~/.claude.json

   • In the mcpServers field (global for all projects)
   • Or under specific project paths (project-specific in user config)

2. Project scope: .mcp.json in your project root

   • Checked into source control
   • Only affects the current project