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MCP for Claude Code

MCP turns a coding agent into a client for the systems around your code. These guides cover the useful servers, the trust boundary, and the configuration that survives a restart.

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What is MCP in AI, and what it actually replaces

The protocol, the server, and the two comparisons everyone gets wrong: MCP is not an API replacement and it is not RAG.

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GitHub MCP server in Claude Code: setup, toolsets, and when not to

One command to add it, the per-toolset URLs to keep it small, and the honest comparison against the gh CLI you already have.

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Atlassian MCP in Claude Code: Jira and Confluence, properly wired

The endpoint that is actually current, why OAuth and API tokens cover different products, and the per-plan rate limits nobody mentions.

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Every guide in this cluster

The best MCP servers for Claude Code, and the ones to skip Fourteen servers that earn their context, the exact install command for each, and the popular ones Claude Code already makes redundant. 8 min Claude connectors vs Claude Code MCP servers A connector is an MCP server with a different front door. Which door you used decides where it lives, who controls it, and how you switch it off. 8 min GitHub MCP server in Claude Code: setup, toolsets, and when not to One command to add it, the per-toolset URLs to keep it small, and the honest comparison against the gh CLI you already have. 8 min Atlassian MCP in Claude Code: Jira and Confluence, properly wired The endpoint that is actually current, why OAuth and API tokens cover different products, and the per-plan rate limits nobody mentions. 8 min Remove an MCP server from Claude Code, and make it stay gone One command removes it. Five different mechanisms can put it back, and each needs a different fix. 7 min What is MCP in AI, and what it actually replaces The protocol, the server, and the two comparisons everyone gets wrong: MCP is not an API replacement and it is not RAG. 10 min
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