ktg-plugin-marketplace/plugins/ultra-cc-architect/skills/cc-architect-catalog/mcp-reference.md
Kjell Tore Guttormsen ab504bdf8c refactor(marketplace): split cc-architect from ultraplan-local into its own plugin
Extract `/ultra-cc-architect-local` and `/ultra-skill-author-local` plus all 7
supporting agents, the `cc-architect-catalog` skill (13 files), the
`ngram-overlap.mjs` IP-hygiene script, and the skill-factory test fixtures
from `ultraplan-local` v2.4.0 into a new `ultra-cc-architect` plugin v0.1.0.

Why: ultraplan-local had drifted into containing two distinct domains — a
universal planning pipeline (brief → research → plan → execute) and a
Claude-Code-specific architecture phase. Keeping them together forced users
to inherit an unfinished CC-feature catalog (~11 seeds) when they only
wanted the planning pipeline, and locked the catalog and the pipeline into
the same release cadence. The architect was already optional and decoupled
at the code level — only one filesystem touchpoint remained
(auto-discovery of `architecture/overview.md`), which already handles
absence gracefully.

Plugin manifests:
- ultraplan-local: 2.4.0 → 3.0.0 (description + keywords updated)
- ultra-cc-architect: new at 0.1.0 (pre-release; catalog is thin, Fase 2/3
  of skill-factory unbuilt, decision-layer empty, fallback list still
  needed)

What stays in ultraplan-local: brief/research/plan/execute commands, all
19 planning agents, security hooks, plan auto-discovery of
`architecture/overview.md` (filesystem-level contract, not code-level).

What moved (28 files via git mv, R100 — full history preserved):
- 2 commands, 8 agents, 1 skill catalog (13 files), 2 scripts, 8 fixtures

Documentation updates: plugin CLAUDE.md and README.md for both plugins,
root README.md (added ultra-cc-architect section, updated ultraplan-local
section), root CLAUDE.md (added ultra-cc-architect to repo-struktur),
marketplace.json (registered ultra-cc-architect), ultraplan-local
CHANGELOG.md (v3.0.0 entry with migration guidance).

Test verification: ngram-overlap.test.mjs passes 23/23 from new location.

Memory updated: feedback_no_architect_until_v3.md now points at the new
plugin and reframes the threshold around catalog maturity rather than an
ultraplan-local milestone.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-30 17:18:47 +02:00

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mcp-reference Model Context Protocol — external tools and resources exposed to Claude via MCP servers. reference mcp https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/mcp mcp-tool-protocol 2026-04-18 null approved

MCP — Reference

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the protocol Claude Code uses to talk to external tool servers. An MCP server advertises tools and resources; Claude Code surfaces them to Claude as callable tools.

Architecture

  • MCP server — a process (local or remote) that implements the protocol. Can be written in any language. Communicates over stdio, HTTP, or WebSocket.
  • Transport — stdio (local subprocess), SSE/HTTP (remote), or WebSocket. Stdio is the default for local servers.
  • Tools — callable functions the server exposes. Each has a name, description, and JSON schema for inputs.
  • Resources — readable entities the server exposes (files, database rows, API responses). Addressed by URI.
  • Prompts — optional; MCP can expose templated prompts.

Configuration

MCP servers are declared in:

  • .mcp.json — project-level MCP config.
  • ~/.claude.json or equivalent — user-level.
  • Plugin-bundled — a plugin can ship its own MCP server.

Each entry specifies command, args, transport, and optional auth.

Tool naming

Tools from MCP servers appear to Claude with a namespaced name: mcp__<server-name>__<tool-name>. This keeps names collision-free across servers.

Permissions

  • allowed-tools in settings or plugin frontmatter can include MCP tools by full name.
  • Some MCP servers require OAuth or API keys; those are configured in the server's own config, not Claude's.

Common uses

  • Exposing internal APIs to Claude without hand-wrapping them (one generic MCP server → many tools).
  • Cross-language tool servers (Python tool called from Claude Code running in Node).
  • Sandboxed access to external services with explicit scoping.

Failure modes

  • Server not running → tool calls fail; Claude sees an error string.
  • Server misbehaves → tool returns wrong schema; Claude may retry or hallucinate.
  • Authentication drift → 401s look like transient errors; diagnose by checking the server directly.
  • Security: an MCP server runs with the permissions of its own process. A malicious server is a supply-chain risk; audit before enabling.