# Skillful

> Use this tool when you need to streamline interactions with multiple MCP servers, reducing tool bloat and improving organization. Skillful combines downstream servers into grouped "Skills" and supports various transports, including STDIO, HTTP, and SSE. It is ideal for use cases where AI clients require access to multiple tools from different servers, using an mcp.json configuration format for easy setup and management.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/kurtisvg-skillful  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kurtisvg-skillful

## Description

Skillful is a Go-based MCP proxy that combines multiple downstream MCP servers into grouped "Skills," reducing tool bloat through progressive disclosure. It supports STDIO, HTTP, and SSE transports and uses an mcp.json configuration format to define how tools from multiple servers are organized and surfaced to AI clients.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.91
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/kurtisvg-skillful)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kurtisvg/skillful-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "kurtisvg-skillful"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kurtisvg-skillful` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kurtisvg-skillful/pull`

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SkillsRegistry indexes agent skills from public registries and GitHub. Skills we have analysed are scanned with Circle-IR and scored on six dimensions; each listing states its scan coverage. More: https://skillsregistry.net/llms.txt