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mcp-cli

Interface for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via CLI. Use when you need to interact with external tools, APIs, or data sources through MCP servers, list available MCP servers/tools, or call MCP tools from command line.
Description from the SKILL.md front matter.

Information source

Copied from the Awesome Copilot skills (GitHub) catalog (github/awesome-copilot), maintained by GitHub + community contributors.

SKILL.md: skills/mcp-cli/SKILL.md

Links are pinned to commit cb64ad1 (2026-10-16), the version we synced. Not reviewed by us.

Install

GitHub CLI v2.90+ (Copilot by default)

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot mcp-cli

For Claude Code

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot mcp-cli --agent claude-code

For Codex

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot mcp-cli --agent codex

Commands follow each host's documentation (GitHub Copilot, plus Claude Code, Codex, Cursor via gh skill docs). gh skill needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later and is in public preview.

Listed from GitHub + community contributors's catalog, not reviewed by us. Read the source before installing.

Catalog: Awesome Copilot skills (GitHub)
Information source: SKILL.md in github/awesome-copilot
Author: Not stated in the source
Source code: github/awesome-copilot
License: MIT (repository license)
Repository stars: 40,187 for github/awesome-copilot (the whole catalog repo)
Added to catalog: Not tracked for this source
Last change: 2026-10-16 (last push to the repo)

What it contains

Skills: 1

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