mcp-patterns
MCP Patterns
Patterns for building, composing, and securing Model Context Protocol servers. Based on the 2025-11-25 specification — the latest stable release maintained by the Agentic AI Foundation (Linux Foundation), co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI.
Scaffolding a new server? Use Anthropic's
mcp-builderskill (claude install anthropics/skills) for project setup and evaluation creation. This skill focuses on patterns, security, and advanced features after initial setup.Deploying to Cloudflare? See the
building-mcp-server-on-cloudflareskill for Workers-specific deployment patterns.
Decision Tree — Which Rule to Read
What are you building?
│
├── New MCP server
│ ├── Setup & primitives ──────► rules/server-setup.md
│ ├── Transport selection ─────► rules/server-transport.md
│ └── Scaffolding ─────────────► mcp-builder skill (anthropics/skills)
│
├── Authentication & authorization
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