Connect MCP server
The MCP server
For agents and AI apps: every tool over the Model Context Protocol, at one address. Listed in the official MCP registry as com.pirateskills/pirateskills.
- Streamable HTTP
- Sign-in or API key
- 17 tools
The address
https://pirateskills.com/mcpThe public tools work before anyone signs in. A tool about the person asks them to sign in with their Pirate Skills account when it is called.
In an assistant
The step-by-step for each app, with screenshots of the menus, is on /agents. In short:
| App | Where |
|---|---|
| Claude | Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, then Connect |
| ChatGPT | Settings → Plugins → MCPs → Add MCP server, Streamable HTTP, then Authenticate |
| Claude Code | claude mcp add --transport http --scope user pirateskills https://pirateskills.com/mcp |
| Codex | codex mcp add pirateskills --url https://pirateskills.com/mcp, then codex mcp login pirateskills |
| Cursor | The Add to Cursor button on /agents |
Headless: a cloud session or CI
No browser to sign in with? Send your API key as a header instead.
claude mcp add --transport http pirateskills https://pirateskills.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $PIRATESKILLS_API_KEY"
codex mcp add pirateskills --url https://pirateskills.com/mcp \
--bearer-token-env-var PIRATESKILLS_API_KEYCursor with a key
In .cursor/mcp.json. Leave out headers to sign in in the browser instead.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pirateskills": {
"url": "https://pirateskills.com/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:PIRATESKILLS_API_KEY}" }
}
}
}Discovery
- The official MCP registry: com.pirateskills/pirateskills.
- The server and its tools without speaking MCP: /.well-known/mcp.json and the server card at /mcp/server-card.
- Only want to look things up? The public door has the search and the events, and needs no sign-in.
The admin door
/mcp/admin is for the Pirate Skills team only. An ordinary key or sign-in gets a not-found, and big changes still wait for a click on our admin page. Nothing in these docs opens it.