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mcp
20 registry resources · 12 mcp servers, 5 tutorials · roadmap: Streaming, Cloud, Agentic Data Engineering, Observability, Python + SQL, Data Processing, Warehousing
What this topic covers
DE//AGENT currently lists 20 resources under mcp: 12 mcp servers, 5 tutorials, 2 references. Everything below is derived from the live registry — counts, capabilities, verification state and security posture come from the curated records, never from marketing copy.
Also present: 1 skill.
What you can learn here
Documented learning objectives across these resources:
- Read a tool schema and predict its side effects — via MCP Tool Contract Auditor
- Classify tools by blast radius — via MCP Tool Contract Auditor
- Write a least-privilege MCP configuration — via MCP Tool Contract Auditor
- Configure the Kafka MCP server against a broker list — via Inspect Kafka topics and groups with the Kafka MCP server
- Inventory topics and read group lag with the four tools — via Inspect Kafka topics and groups with the Kafka MCP server
- Sample messages without leaking production PII — via Inspect Kafka topics and groups with the Kafka MCP server
- Install a registry skill and bind an MCP server with least-privilege credentials — via Wire cloud tooling — registry skills, MCP servers, and one review workflow
- Compose skills and MCP servers into a single review workflow — via Wire cloud tooling — registry skills, MCP servers, and one review workflow
7 more objectives live on the individual resource pages.
Where this fits in the learning roadmap
These resources map to stages: Streaming (2), Cloud (4), Agentic Data Engineering (9), Observability (2), Python + SQL (1), Data Processing (1), Warehousing (1). Follow the four-phase roadmap to place this topic inside a progression instead of learning it in isolation.
Compare the registry's options
Every entry, its shape and its trust state — sorted by the registry's composite score. This table is the honest version of a marketing comparison: no sponsored placements, no unverifiable claims.
| Resource | Type | Difficulty | Verification | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filesystem MCP Server | MCP server | beginner | community flags | 47.5 |
| Git MCP Server | MCP server | beginner | community flags | 47.5 |
| Fetch MCP Server | MCP server | beginner | community flags | 46 |
| PostgreSQL MCP Server | MCP server | beginner | community flags | 44.5 |
| DuckDB / MotherDuck MCP Server | MCP server | beginner | community flags | 44.4 |
| DataHub MCP Server | MCP server | intermediate | community flags | 42.2 |
| GitHub MCP Server | MCP server | beginner | community flags | 41.1 |
| MCP Tool Contract Auditor | Skill | advanced | community flags | 40.5 |
| AWS MCP Servers (Labs) | MCP server | advanced | community flags | 38.5 |
| dbt MCP Server | MCP server | intermediate | community flags | 38.2 |
| Kafka MCP Server | MCP server | advanced | community flags | 37.6 |
| Snowflake MCP Server (Labs) | MCP server | intermediate | community flags | 36 |
8 more in the full list below.
How scores are computed: source quality score.
Where to start
Highest composite score first:
- Filesystem MCP Server score 47.5 — beginner
- Git MCP Server score 47.5 — beginner
- Fetch MCP Server score 46 — beginner
Scores rank provenance, completeness and trust — read how verification works before adopting anything.
Good fits
Start here if you're new: Filesystem MCP Server, Git MCP Server, Fetch MCP Server, PostgreSQL MCP Server.
Reach for these with production experience: MCP Tool Contract Auditor, AWS MCP Servers (Labs), Kafka MCP Server.
Cautions and limitations
Security-flagged entries: Filesystem MCP Server (1 flag), Git MCP Server (1 flag), Fetch MCP Server (2 flags), PostgreSQL MCP Server (2 flags), DuckDB / MotherDuck MCP Server (1 flag), DataHub MCP Server (2 flags), GitHub MCP Server (3 flags), MCP Tool Contract Auditor (1 flag), AWS MCP Servers (Labs) (5 flags), dbt MCP Server (4 flags), Kafka MCP Server (2 flags), Snowflake MCP Server (Labs) (4 flags), BigQuery MCP Server (4 flags), Lineage tooling in practice: DataHub MCP and the lineage-graph plugin (2 flags). Flags mean the record declares capabilities like credential use or write access — read the security posture on each page before connecting.
Production use cases
- Filesystem MCP Server — Reference server that exposes a sandboxed set of directories as readable and (optionally) writable tools. Useful for pipelines that operate on local files. details
- Git MCP Server — Exposes local Git operations — status, diff, log, commit, branch — as tools, so an agent can inspect history and prepare changes without shelling out blindly. details
- Fetch MCP Server — Retrieves a URL and converts it to markdown for the model. Commonly used to read documentation during a task. details
- PostgreSQL MCP Server — Connects an agent to a Postgres database with a read-only query tool and schema introspection. The canonical example of a "database over MCP" server. details
Install and inspect
Real install commands from the registry — read the source before running any of them:
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /path/to/allowed/dirFilesystem MCP Server — review first
uvx mcp-server-git --repository /path/to/repoGit MCP Server — review first
uvx mcp-server-fetchFetch MCP Server — review first
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres postgresql://user:pass@host/dbPostgreSQL MCP Server — review first
Further study
Adjacent topics: tutorial (5 shared), review (2 shared), streaming (2 shared), lineage (2 shared), lag (2 shared), security (2 shared).
Study path: the roadmap places this topic in a progression · the scoring model explains the numbers · the trust rule catalog shows every security check these entries passed through.
Full resource list
| Resource | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Filesystem MCP Server | MCP server | 47.5 |
| Git MCP Server | MCP server | 47.5 |
| Fetch MCP Server | MCP server | 46 |
| PostgreSQL MCP Server | MCP server | 44.5 |
| DuckDB / MotherDuck MCP Server | MCP server | 44.4 |
| DataHub MCP Server | MCP server | 42.2 |
| GitHub MCP Server | MCP server | 41.1 |
| MCP Tool Contract Auditor | Skill | 40.5 |
| AWS MCP Servers (Labs) | MCP server | 38.5 |
| dbt MCP Server | MCP server | 38.2 |
| Kafka MCP Server | MCP server | 37.6 |
| Snowflake MCP Server (Labs) | MCP server | 36 |