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The best MCP servers for Claude

MCP servers with documented setup for the Claude app, ranked by official status, usage, upkeep and security.

Picks
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ranked

The best MCP servers for Claude are Context7, Firecrawl and Playwright MCP. Each has documented setup for the Claude app, and the order comes from the data we hold: official status, GitHub stars or weekly downloads, documented setup, recent updates and security record.

A second list covers 21 official servers the vendor runs for you, such as Asana, Airtable and Linear. They are listed A to Z because they publish no usage counts.

Hosted servers are added to Claude as connectors, and local ones go in Claude Desktop's config file. Each server page has the exact steps. If you use the terminal, see MCP servers for Claude Code. New to connectors? Read what an MCP connector is.

Good for

  • You use the Claude app and want servers that are known to work there
  • You want Claude to read your docs, search the web or reach your work apps
  • You want to see which servers can change things before you connect them

The list

Ranked by the data we hold: official status, GitHub stars or weekly downloads, documented setup, recent updates and security record.

  1. 1Context7 logo
    Context7OfficialHosted or LocalAPI key

    Gives Claude, Cursor and other coding assistants the current docs for the library you are using, so they stop writing code for old versions.

    12score
  2. 2Firecrawl MCP Server logo
    Firecrawl MCP ServerOfficialHosted or LocalAPI key

    Lets your AI assistant search the web, read pages as clean text, crawl whole sites and click through dynamic pages.

    10.53score
  3. 3Playwright MCP logo
    Playwright MCPOfficialLocal

    Lets Claude, Cursor and other AI assistants open a real browser, click through websites and test web apps for you.

    9.84score
  4. 4Exa MCP Server logo
    Exa MCP ServerOfficialHosted or LocalOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor search the live web and read any page. Works with no account and no API key.

    9.72score
  5. 5Perplexity MCP Server logo
    Perplexity MCP ServerOfficialHosted or LocalOAuth

    Lets your AI assistant search the web and get cited answers and research reports from Perplexity.

    9.36score
  6. 6mcp-grafana logo
    mcp-grafanaOfficialHosted or Local

    Lets your AI assistant search Grafana dashboards, query your metrics and logs, and manage alerts and incidents.

    8.56score
  7. 7Azure DevOps Local MCP Server logo
    Azure DevOps Local MCP ServerOfficialLocalOAuth

    Lets your AI assistant read and update Azure DevOps work items, pull requests, pipelines, test plans and wikis from your own machine.

    8.07score
  8. 8Harness MCP Server logo
    Harness MCP ServerOfficialHosted or Local

    Lets your AI assistant check, run and fix Harness pipelines, deployments, feature flags and cloud costs.

    7.9score
  9. 9
    Resend MCP ServerOfficialHosted or LocalOAuth

    Lets your AI assistant send email, read your Resend inboxes, and manage contacts, broadcasts, domains and templates in your Resend account.

    7.76score
  10. 10SigNoz MCP Server logo
    SigNoz MCP ServerOfficialLocalAPI key

    Lets your AI assistant search SigNoz logs, traces and metrics, check alerts, and build dashboards.

    7.36score
  11. 11davinci-resolve-mcp logo
    davinci-resolve-mcpLocalNo sign-in

    Lets your AI assistant edit, organize, grade and render in DaVinci Resolve Studio by talking to it in plain words.

    7.34score
  12. 12
    Expo MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude Code, Cursor or Claude read Expo docs, run and fix EAS builds, and test your app in a simulator. Sign in with your Expo account.

    5.2score

Official servers the vendor hosts

Official servers run by the vendor, which publish no star or download counts, so they are listed A to Z rather than ranked. All 21 have documented Claude Desktop setup with no open reports, and setup documented in at least four apps.

  1. 1
    21st.devOfficialHostedAPI key

    Lets your coding assistant search 21st.dev's UI component library, add components to your project and draft new UI with 21st AI.

  2. 2
    AEM MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor read, edit and publish your AEM as a Cloud Service pages, content fragments and assets, signed in as you.

  3. 3
    AirtableOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor read and update your Airtable bases, build tables and draft automations. Sign in with Airtable, nothing to install.

  4. 4
    AsanaOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor find, create and update your Asana tasks and projects. You sign in with your Asana account, with nothing to install.

  5. 5
    Axiom MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets your AI assistant query your Axiom logs, traces and metrics, and create or change dashboards and monitors.

  6. 6
    ClayOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT or Codex find and enrich contacts and companies with Clay, research accounts and run your team's Clay Functions. Uses Clay credits.

  7. 7
    ClerkOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, Cursor, Codex or VS Code manage your Clerk apps, settings, users and domains, and pull ready-made Clerk code. You sign in with Clerk.

  8. 8
    FactSetOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets your AI assistant pull FactSet financials, estimates, prices, ownership and transcripts, within what your firm's FactSet plan covers.

  9. 9GitLab MCP Server logo
    GitLab MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, Cursor or VS Code search your GitLab projects, review merge requests and check pipelines, with no install.

  10. 10
    GoDaddy MCP ServerOfficialHostedNo sign-in

    Lets your AI assistant check if a domain name is free, show its price, and suggest names to register at GoDaddy.

  11. 11Linear logo
    LinearOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor find, create and update your Linear issues, projects and comments. You sign in with your Linear account, with nothing to install.

  12. 12
    Monarch MCP ConnectorOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini CLI answer questions about your Monarch spending, budgets and net worth. You sign in with your Monarch account.

  13. 13
    OpenRouterOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets your coding assistant look up OpenRouter models, prices, credits and rankings, and send test messages while you build.

  14. 14
    Pylon MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets your AI assistant search and update Pylon support issues, accounts and help articles, signed in as you.

  15. 15
    RampOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor search your Ramp spend, code expenses, approve requests and manage cards, with your own Ramp permissions.

  16. 16
    Replit MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Claude Code ask Replit Agent to build, change and publish Replit apps for you.

  17. 17
    statsig-mcp-serverOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex read and change your Statsig feature gates, experiments and dynamic configs in plain language.

  18. 18
    Sumo Logic MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, Codex or VS Code search your Sumo Logic logs, triage Cloud SIEM insights and alerts, and build dashboards, signed in as you.

  19. 19
    TickTickOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini check, add and complete your TickTick tasks from the chat.

  20. 20
    Todoist MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    Lets Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants read, add, update and complete your Todoist tasks and projects.

  21. 21
    TradingView MCP ServerOfficialHostedOAuth

    TradingView's own server lets Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor pull market data and manage your watchlists and price alerts.

Comparison

Our advice: add Context7 first for current docs, then Firecrawl or Exa for web research. Playwright MCP and Grafana are for browser work and monitoring, and Playwright MCP can act on pages, so keep approvals on.

ServerOfficialRunsSign-inToolsPopularityRisk
Context7This pageOfficialHostedLocalOptional key2556K/wkLow
FirecrawlOfficialHostedLocalAPI key28191K/wkMedium
Playwright MCPOfficialLocalNo sign-in7238.9KHigh
ExaOfficialHostedLocalNo sign-in45.2KLow
PerplexityOfficialHostedLocalAccount42.6KLow
GrafanaOfficialHostedLocalAccount or token1223.6KMedium

Our pick

Our advice: Context7 is the first server to add to Claude. It is official, documented for Claude Desktop, and only reads docs. Firecrawl and Exa come next for web research; Playwright MCP can act on pages, so approve what it does.

Our pick: Context7

Our advice: start with Context7, then add servers for the apps you already use.

Best for

  • Everyday coding: Context7, Playwright MCP
  • Web research: Firecrawl, Exa, Perplexity
  • Monitoring: Grafana, SigNoz
  • Work apps: Asana, Airtable, Linear (official hosted list)

Skip it if

  • You cannot review what a high-risk server is allowed to change
  • You want GitHub, Stripe, Figma or Notion in Claude: they have open reports, so check their pages first

How we ranked these

Score = official (+2) + log10(max(stars, weekly downloads)) + 0.25 per documented app + maintenance (+1) + risk (+0.5/0/-0.5) - unfixed advisories (0.5 each, max 1). Pool: approved PlugWiki server pages with a clean Claude Desktop entry.

More

The official hosted list is A to Z, not scored. Data as of 2026-11-03.

CriterionWeightHow it is measured
Official+2 when the company behind the product builds and maintains the server (is_official on the server record).
Adoptionlog10 of GitHub stars or weekly package downloads, whichever is larger.
Documented setup+0.25 per app (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT and others) whose setup is documented on the server page compatibility list.
Maintenance+1 when the repo had a commit in the 90 days before 2026-11-03, or the vendor hosts the server.
Security+0.5 low risk, -0.5 high risk (from the permissions review), -0.5 per security advisory with no fixed version (max -1).
PoolOnly servers whose PlugWiki page has been reviewed and approved and returns 200; archived servers are left out.
Claude filterOnly servers whose Claude Desktop row on their approved page is documented or verified with no open issues. Servers with open Claude Desktop reports, such as GitHub, Stripe, Figma, Sentry, Notion and Canva, are left out.
Official hosted listSecond list: official vendor-hosted servers that pass the same filter, publish no stars or downloads and so cannot be scored. Listed A to Z.

Data as of 2026-11-03

Questions

What are the best MCP servers for Claude?

Context7, Firecrawl and Playwright MCP. All three are official, have documented setup for the Claude app and were updated in the last 90 days.

How do I add an MCP server to Claude?

Add hosted servers as a connector, from Claude's directory or as a custom connector with the server's address. Local servers go in Claude Desktop's config file. Each server page has the exact steps in its install box.

Is this the same list as for Claude Code?

No. This list checks the Claude Desktop entry on each server page, and the Claude Code list checks the Claude Code entry. Firecrawl is here but not there, because its Claude Code entry has open reports.

Why are GitHub, Stripe, Figma and Notion not on this list?

Their Claude Desktop entry has open reported issues on their pages, and this list only takes servers with a clean documented entry. They are still ranked on the main list.

Which of these servers are safe to leave on?

Context7, Exa and Perplexity are rated low risk on their pages. Playwright MCP, Harness, Resend, Ramp and AEM are rated high risk because they can change things, so keep approvals on.

Do MCP servers work in the Claude mobile app?

Hosted ones do if you add them as a connector. Anthropic says custom connectors work across every Claude client, including the mobile apps. Local servers run only on your computer, so they work in Claude Desktop.

Do these servers cost money?

The servers are free to add. Firecrawl, Perplexity, Harness and some others need an account or key for the service behind them, which has its own plans.

What does a local server need that a hosted one does not?

Local servers run on your machine, so you edit Claude Desktop's config file and fully restart the app. Hosted servers need only an address and a sign-in. The Runs column in the table shows which kind each one is.

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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  1. Context7: Claude setup docs · context7.com
  2. Firecrawl MCP Server: Claude setup docs · docs.firecrawl.dev
  3. Playwright MCP: Claude setup docs · github.com
  4. Exa MCP Server: Claude setup docs · exa.ai
  5. Perplexity MCP Server: Claude setup docs · docs.perplexity.ai
  6. mcp-grafana: Claude setup docs · grafana.com
  7. Azure DevOps Local MCP Server: Claude setup docs · github.com
  8. Harness MCP Server: Claude setup docs · developer.harness.io
  9. Resend MCP Server: Claude setup docs · resend.com
  10. SigNoz MCP Server: Claude setup docs · signoz.io
  11. davinci-resolve-mcp: Claude setup docs · github.com
  12. Expo MCP Server: Claude setup docs · docs.expo.dev
  13. Replit MCP Server: Claude setup docs · docs.replit.com
  14. 21st.dev: Claude setup docs · 21st.dev
  15. AEM MCP Server: Claude setup docs · experienceleague.adobe.com
  16. Airtable: Claude setup docs · airtable.com
  17. Asana: Claude setup docs · help.asana.com
  18. Axiom MCP Server: Claude setup docs · axiom.co
  19. Clay: Claude setup docs · university.clay.com
  20. Clerk: Claude setup docs · clerk.com
  21. FactSet: Claude setup docs · claude.com
  22. GitLab MCP Server: Claude setup docs · docs.gitlab.com
  23. GoDaddy MCP Server: Claude setup docs · developer.godaddy.com
  24. Linear: Claude setup docs · linear.app
  25. Monarch MCP Connector: Claude setup docs · help.monarch.com
  26. OpenRouter: Claude setup docs · openrouter.ai
  27. Pylon MCP Server: Claude setup docs · support.usepylon.com
  28. Ramp: Claude setup docs · docs.ramp.com
  29. statsig-mcp-server: Claude setup docs · docs.statsig.com
  30. Sumo Logic MCP Server: Claude setup docs · sumologic.com
  31. TickTick: Claude setup docs · help.ticktick.com
  32. Todoist MCP Server: Claude setup docs · todoist.com
  33. TradingView MCP Server: Claude setup docs · tradingview.com
  34. Getting started with custom connectors using remote MCP · support.claude.com

Updated Nov 3, 2026.