---
id: "mcp-reference-servers"
title: "MCP reference servers"
creator: "MCP project"
url: "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers"
level: "advanced"
category: "agents"
models: ["any"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)

# MCP reference servers

by MCP project

[Read the original →](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers)

Reference implementations to learn MCP server design from.

The repository supplies examples of servers for the Model Context Protocol. Use them to study implementation choices and check the current security guidance before exposing tools to an agent.

Level: [Advanced](/levels/index.md#advanced)
Models: any
Category: [Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)
Tags: [mcp](/tags/mcp/index.md), [tools](/tags/tools/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok

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