claude-mcp-cookbook

> 15 ready-to-use MCP server examples for building AI agents with Claude Desktop.

Stop reading MCP documentation. Start building.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets Claude Desktop talk to external tools — APIs, databases, scrapers. But the official docs are abstract. This cookbook gives you working code you can copy-paste.

git clone https://github.com/spinov001-art/claude-mcp-cookbook.git
cd claude-mcp-cookbook
pip install -r requirements.txt
python examples/web_scraper_server.py

Then add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-scraper": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["examples/web_scraper_server.py"]
    }
  }
}

| # | Server | What It Does | Difficulty | |---|--------|-------------|------------| | 1 | Web Scraper | Scrape any URL, extract text/links | ⭐ Easy | | 2 | Market Research | Company analysis from public data | ⭐⭐ Medium | | 3 | News Monitor | Track topics across news sources | ⭐ Easy | | 4 | GitHub Analyzer | Repo stats, trending repos, comparisons | ⭐ Easy | | 5 | arXiv Search | Find research papers by topic | ⭐ Easy | | 6 | SEO Auditor | Check page SEO, meta tags, speed | ⭐⭐ Medium | | 7 | Data Pipeline | ETL from APIs to local database | ⭐⭐ Medium | | 8 | Lead Generator | Find companies by industry/size | ⭐⭐ Medium | | 9 | Social Monitor | Track brand mentions on HN/Reddit | ⭐⭐ Medium | | 10 | PDF Analyzer | Extract and summarize PDF content | ⭐ Easy | | 11 | API Tester | Test any REST API endpoint | ⭐ Easy | | 12 | Code Reviewer | Static analysis + suggestions | ⭐⭐⭐ Advanced | | 13 | DB Explorer | Query SQLite/PostgreSQL naturally | ⭐⭐ Medium | | 14 | Email Drafter | Generate emails from templates | ⭐ Easy | | 15 | Competitor Tracker | Monitor competitor changes | ⭐⭐⭐ Advanced |

You (Claude Desktop) → MCP Protocol → Your Server (Python) → External Data

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