Smithery Skill Reference

Product summary

Smithery is a managed platform for connecting AI agents to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Instead of implementing MCP protocol directly, handling OAuth flows, and managing credentials yourself, Smithery Connect provides a REST API and SDK that abstracts away authentication, token refresh, and connection lifecycle management. Use Smithery to add tools to LLMs, publish MCP servers for distribution, manage multi-user connections with scoped tokens, and integrate with frameworks like Vercel AI SDK. Key files: @smithery/api (SDK), @smithery/cli (CLI), SMITHERY_API_KEY (environment variable). Primary docs: https://smithery.ai/docs

When to use

Reach for Smithery when:

• Building AI agents that need access to external tools via MCP servers (GitHub, Exa search, Browserbase, etc.)
• You need to handle OAuth flows without managing redirect URIs, client IDs, or token refresh
• Building multi-user applications where different users connect to different MCP servers
• Publishing your own MCP server for distribution and discovery
• Integrating MCP tools with Vercel AI SDK or other LLM frameworks
• You need to scope API tokens for browser/mobile clients with fine-grained permissions
• Managing long-lived connections to MCP servers with automatic credential storage and refresh

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