skill-to-mcp

Provides an MCP server that converts a collection of Claude Skills (organized as skill directories with SKILL.md YAML frontmatter) into MCP-accessible resources. It auto-discovers skills and exposes tools to list skills, fetch skill details (SKILL.md content plus file listings), and read related files within a skill directory with traversal protection.

Evaluated Mar 30, 2026 (21d ago)
Homepage ↗ Repo ↗ DevTools mcp fastmcp skills claude-skills retrieval filesystem agent-tools biocontextai
⚙ Agent Friendliness
64
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
51
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
36
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
70
Documentation
75
Error Messages
0
Auth Simplicity
95
Rate Limits
5

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
35
Auth Strength
15
Scope Granularity
80
Dep. Hygiene
70
Secret Handling
70

README states 'directory traversal protection' for get_skill_related_file, which is a strong scoped-access control. However, authentication/authorization is not described, and rate limiting is not mentioned. TLS/HTTPS requirements for HTTP transport are not documented here. Secrets are not discussed; likely low risk for secrets because the primary inputs are local paths and skill files, but details are not provided.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
0
Version Stability
55
Breaking Changes
40
Error Recovery
50
AF Security Reliability

Best When

You have a curated set of skill directories on disk and want an MCP client/agent to retrieve skill content and associated files safely and consistently.

Avoid When

You need strong user-level access control, rate limiting guarantees, or audited multi-tenant security controls out of the box.

Use Cases

  • Expose a local collection of Claude Skills to MCP-capable LLM apps
  • Programmatically browse skill metadata (name/description) for retrieval or planning
  • Fetch skill documentation/content and supporting files (scripts/references/examples) for downstream agents
  • Maintain multiple skill collections via different SKILLS_DIR configurations (dev/prod or domain-specific)

Not For

  • Serving remote or multi-tenant untrusted users (package appears oriented to local filesystem skills)
  • Providing a general-purpose file server over arbitrary paths (only skill-directory scoped access is intended)
  • Production SaaS deployments that require built-in user authentication/authorization

Interface

REST API
No
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
Yes
SDK
No
Webhooks
No

Authentication

Methods: none (based on provided documentation; authentication/authorization not described)
OAuth: No Scopes: No

The README describes local configuration for SKILLS_DIR and MCP transport options but does not describe any authentication mechanism.

Pricing

Free tier: No
Requires CC: No

Open-source package; no pricing info provided.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
none
Idempotent
True
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • Requires a correctly structured skills directory containing SKILL.md files; missing/malformed frontmatter may affect discovery/metadata extraction.
  • File access is scoped to the skill directory; requesting files outside that scope should be rejected.
  • For deployments using HTTP transport, the server is likely bound to your configured environment/host; ensure you don't expose it unintentionally on public networks.

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-30.

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