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A directory of agent skills and MCP servers, sorted by the job you do. Summaries come from each project's own docs. Nothing here has been run yet.

Directory thesis

A skill is instructions. A server is a live connection. This directory sorts both / by the job you do — and it only says what the project's own docs already say.

Listings with a public source. Added 16 October 2026.

In this edition

29

Not a rank

Untested

lastTested is empty on every listing. We have not installed them against a live account.

Skills are instruction files. MCP servers are connections to another product.

Skills / servers

9/20

Marketing, sales, operations, finance, office docs, support, and content.

Job shelves

7

Capabilities

Seven jobs, each with its own shelf

Open a job to see which listings sit there. The hub page says what to try, what can change live records, and what we have not tested.

Writing help and web research, kept separate from logins that can change your ads or CRM.

Marketing SkillsAnthropic brand guidelinesFirecrawlHubSpot

8 listings on this shelf

Curated shelf/ 29

Newest listings

Everything in this edition was added on October 16, 2026. When dates tie, the latest entry in the directory file is shown first.

MCP server · Starting point

Figma

Figma's remote MCP server gives an agent design context from a file and can write native frames back to the canvas. Read tools are rate-limited, and Figma says write-to-canvas is free only during the current beta.

Content and design

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Free

MCP server

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs' official MCP project connects an agent to text-to-speech and related audio tools. The repository says its local server is deprecated and points people to a hosted server that signs in with OAuth.

Content and design

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Free

MCP server

Plain

Plain's hosted server connects an MCP client to a Plain workspace with about thirty tools, including replies and thread updates. You sign in with your Plain user, so actions carry that person's permissions.

Customer support

High risk · Copy and paste · Paid account

MCP server

Gorgias

Gorgias announced a first-party MCP server in open beta that reads helpdesk data from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP clients. The announcement says some writes, including macro edits and AI agent configuration, are still gated.

Customer support

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Paid account

MCP server

Help Scout

A community server for Help Scout that searches conversations, customers, organizations, reports, and Docs. Write actions such as replies, notes, tags, and assignment exist but stay off unless you opt in.

Customer support

Medium risk · Terminal · Paid account

MCP server

Freshdesk

Freshworks hosts an MCP server on your Freshdesk address so an AI app can work with tickets, contacts, and the knowledge base using an API key. Freshworks' help article includes create actions for tickets, notes, and solution articles.

Customer support

High risk · Copy and paste · Paid account

MCP server · Starting point

Intercom

Intercom's hosted server lets an agent search and fetch conversations and contacts in a US workspace. The repository documents six tools, all of them for finding and reading, using OAuth or a bearer token.

Customer support

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Paid account

Skill

Internal comms

An Anthropic skill for internal writing, with format notes for 3P updates, company newsletters, FAQs, status reports, leadership updates, and incident reports. It loads the matching example before it drafts.

Office docsOperations

Low risk · Copy and paste · Free

Skill

Doc co-authoring

An Anthropic skill that walks you through writing a spec, proposal, or other long document in three stages: context, drafting, and a read-through by a fresh chat. It is a writing process, not a file-format converter.

Office docs

Low risk · Copy and paste · Free

Skill

Anthropic PowerPoint

Anthropic's PowerPoint skill creates, reads, and edits pptx decks, including templates, notes, and comments. The deliverable is a slide file you should open, not a description of slides in the chat.

Office docsMarketing

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Free

Skill

Anthropic PDF

Anthropic's PDF skill reads and builds PDF files, including merge, split, forms, encryption, and OCR for scans. Give it the file on purpose. It is not a connection to a document system.

Office docs

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Free

Skill · Starting point

Anthropic Word documents

Anthropic's Word skill creates and edits docx files, including headings, tables, comments, and tracked changes. It works on the file, not on Google Docs or a shared drive, unless you move the file there yourself.

Office docs

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Free

MCP server

Stripe

Stripe's AI repository documents a hosted MCP server at mcp.stripe.com that signs in with OAuth, plus official skills and plugins for several AI apps. The README does not include a tool-by-tool list, so this entry does not invent one.

Finance

High risk · Copy and paste · Free

MCP server

Xero

Xero's official server connects an agent to a Xero organisation for contacts, the chart of accounts, and invoices. It uses Xero OAuth, and the README recommends a demo company before a live one.

Finance

High risk · Terminal · Paid account

MCP server

QuickBooks Online

Intuit's server lets an MCP client work with a QuickBooks Online company, including create, read, update, and delete on the records it supports, plus financial reports. It runs on your machine and needs an Intuit app for OAuth.

Finance

High risk · Terminal · Paid account

Skill · Starting point

Anthropic spreadsheets

Anthropic's spreadsheet skill creates and edits Excel files, with instructions to use real formulas and to recalculate them. It is for workbook files, not a live connection to accounting software.

FinanceOffice docs

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Free

MCP server

Google Workspace

A community server for driving Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Tasks, Contacts, and Chat through the Google account you connect. It also includes a command-line tool. It is not Google's own product.

OperationsOffice docs

High risk · Terminal · Free

MCP server

Slack MCP Server

A community Slack server that can read channels, threads, and direct messages, with posting turned off unless you enable it. It supports a token mode that does not install a Slack app, and a separate OAuth mode.

Operations

High risk · Terminal · Free

MCP server

Zapier

Zapier's official hosted server lets an MCP client use the apps you connect in Zapier. Zapier says that covers thousands of apps, for messages, data, and workflows, without you hosting a server.

Operations

High risk · One click · Free

MCP server

Atlassian

Atlassian's official hosted server connects an AI app to Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket, Loom, Compass, and related cloud products. It can search and also create or update work items and pages, using OAuth.

Operations

High risk · One click · Free

MCP server · Starting point

Notion

Notion's official hosted MCP server lets an agent search a workspace and read or edit pages as Markdown, using the person's existing Notion permissions. The GitHub project at the source link is a separate local server that Notion says is no longer actively maintained.

Operations

High risk · One click · Free

MCP server

Brave Search

Brave's official server connects an agent to the Brave Search API for web, image, video, and local results. Full local-business details require a Brave Search Pro plan; otherwise local search falls back to web results.

SalesMarketing

Low risk · Terminal · Paid account

MCP server

Tavily

Tavily's server gives an agent search, extract, map, and crawl tools against the live web. You can use Tavily's hosted address with an API key, or run the server yourself.

SalesMarketing

Low risk · Copy and paste · Free

MCP server · Starting point

Exa

Exa's official server searches the web and reads pages as clean text for an agent. The hosted server works anonymously with rate limits; higher limits and the Exa Agent tool need a sign-in or an API key.

SalesMarketing

Low risk · One click · Free

MCP server · Starting point

HubSpot

HubSpot hosts an MCP server at mcp.hubspot.com so an AI tool can read and update CRM data with the signed-in person's existing permissions. The GitHub repository at the source link is empty, so this entry follows HubSpot's own docs rather than code in that repo.

SalesMarketing

High risk · Copy and paste · Free

MCP server

Firecrawl

Firecrawl's official server lets an agent search, scrape pages into clean text, map a site, crawl, and interact with a page. A keyless hosted tier can search, scrape, and parse within limits; crawl, map, and the research agent need an API key.

MarketingSales

Medium risk · Copy and paste · Free

Skill

Anthropic canvas design

An Anthropic skill for original posters and other static art, exported as PNG or PDF. It tells the agent to invent a visual approach first, keep text minimal, and not copy an existing artist's work.

Content and design

Low risk · Copy and paste · Free

Skill

Anthropic brand guidelines

An Anthropic skill that restyles artifacts with Anthropic's own colors and fonts, including Poppins for headings and Lora for body text when those fonts are installed. It is Anthropic's look, not a way to load your company's brand.

MarketingContent and design

Low risk · Copy and paste · Free

Skill · Starting point

Marketing Skills

A free pack of instruction files that teach an AI agent marketing work such as conversion reviews, copy, SEO, ads, email, and launch planning. It is built for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other agents that can read the Agent Skills format.

MarketingSales

Low risk · Terminal · Free

Our methodology/ 01–04

How a listing gets its words.

The long version is on the methodology page. These four steps are the whole rule.

01

Read the source

Each summary is taken from that project's README or official docs. If the README is empty, the listing says which docs it follows.

  • Public source link
  • No invented features
02

Say it plainly

Two sentences a person in the job can read. Example prompts are tasks the source says the tool can do, not transcripts of a test.

  • Plain-English summary
  • Example prompt
03

Label the access

Risk, setup, and cost follow the rules on the methodology page. High risk means it can change records, send messages, or touch payments.

  • Risk
  • Setup
  • Cost
04

Leave it untested

lastTested stays empty until someone here actually runs the listing. Untested is a status, not a verdict and not a rank.

  • No star ratings
  • No subscriber counts
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