00:00:00The year 2025 has been truly significant for AI, as we saw a wave of incredible models and tools, each one faster and more capable than the last.
00:00:08One of the most significant things that has been released has been the Model Context Protocol, which was released by Anthropic back in late 2024, and it really blew up.
00:00:17A lot of products and services were being built around it, and as this year wraps up, I want to share the six best MCPs that truly changed the way that I fundamentally look at development now.
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00:01:17Let's start with an MCP server that transformed the way I work with AI code editors.
00:01:22Context 7. Context 7 pulls all the up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples directly into the AI coding agent.
00:01:30This eliminates a lot of issues that arise during AI coding, such as mismatching of dependencies.
00:01:35Instead, it provides your AI agent with a knowledge base on how to use any library.
00:01:39It's available on multiple plans, including a free one that's limited to open source libraries.
00:01:44To use it, you simply sign up, create an API key, and install it into your preferred coding tool using the install commands.
00:01:50Once that's done, the MCP and all its tools will be ready to use in your project right away.
00:01:55Using the MCP, the model can look up the documentation of the framework I ask it to use.
00:02:00It then makes tool calls to retrieve documentation and quick start guides,
00:02:03implementing the task using that documentation as a reference.
00:02:07Unlike simple web search, which returns unstructured and often vague results,
00:02:11Context 7 retrieves relevant documentation snippets because they maintain a vector database of documentation
00:02:16which is frequently updated and use semantic search to get data whenever any query is encountered.
00:02:21There is also another tool that works in a similar way called Ref, which is basically a context-efficient version of Context 7.
00:02:28It links together features like Context 7 capabilities, web search, web scraping, and code search on a single platform.
00:02:34Ref uses semantic search, and unlike Context 7, which injects large documents into the context window,
00:02:40it exposes only the relevant part to your specific question.
00:02:43But its free plan contains very limited credits, after which you have to move to paid tiers.
00:02:48So unless you need those extra features, Context 7 is the better choice.
00:02:51This next MCP is really important in terms of context saving and acting as a bridge between all the MCPs, the Docker MCP.
00:02:58It actually uses two tools to let you connect with many MCPs directly within your AI agent.
00:03:03One key feature of this MCP is reducing tools exposed in the context.
00:03:07Docker maintains a catalog of verified MCP servers that you can trust.
00:03:11You just need to add a single MCP server to the AI client you are using and connect the MCPs you need to access in Docker.
00:03:17Then when you connect to your client and ask it to use any connected MCP,
00:03:21it will use tools like MCP Find and MCP Add to access the MCP via Docker and return the results to you.
00:03:27By using Docker MCP, only the tools required for the specific query are loaded which prevents the context from being bloated with unnecessary tools.
00:03:35So now your context window consists of only two tools even if the MCPs you have connected in Docker contain hundreds.
00:03:41It's also highly secure because all the tools run in a sandbox within Docker.
00:03:46The fundamental problem faced while using MCP is a bloated context window due to many tools exposed in the context window while only a few are actually needed.
00:03:54Cloudflare and Anthropic both highlighted this and Cloudflare gave the general concept of the solution, calling it code mode.
00:04:01Docker was actually the first one to fix this problem.
00:04:03We have previously made a video that demonstrates what code mode is and how it solves the problem.
00:04:08Code mode also allows dynamic MCP which enables AI agents to go beyond simply finding tools and create a JavaScript enabled tool that can call other MCP tools.
00:04:18We demonstrated this in our video showing how much time and context this feature actually saves.
00:04:23Now coming to my personal favorite and go-to MCP server for UI components, the ShadCN registry MCP server.
00:04:29ShadCN is a really cool library of UI components that are fully customizable and you can use them directly in your web applications.
00:04:36But if you use them directly in your UI without it, you might encounter a lot of issues because the AI agent does not have specific context of the components.
00:04:44But with this MCP, everything changes.
00:04:46This MCP allows you to get the components directly and install them.
00:04:50Now ShadCN MCP also lets you connect registries.
00:04:53A registry is basically an index that tells where to get particular components from and what their dependencies are to install them correctly.
00:05:00This MCP server allows you to interact with items from ShadCN registries and get components from them like Aseternity UI, Magic UI and many others.
00:05:09It's pretty simple to install.
00:05:10Just copy and paste the command and the MCP will be configured and ready to use right away.
00:05:15Adding custom registries is just as simple as adding a few lines of code to the components.json file.
00:05:20And honestly, I've used it a lot to build beautiful UI components.
00:05:24This is a fairly new one, but Google just announced a fully managed MCP server that gives you access to Google Cloud services.
00:05:30Launched alongside Gemini 3, this server introduces the Google Maps MCP.
00:05:35It allows agents to use location-based grounding, pulling accurate data directly from Google Maps and opens up new possibilities for your AI agents.
00:05:42The BigQuery MCP enables agents to interpret enterprise data while eliminating the issues of sensitive data in the context window.
00:05:49Additionally, they launched the Google Compute MCP, which allows the MCP to manage cloud services.
00:05:54And with the Kubernetes MCP, container operations have never been this simple.
00:05:58All of these new MCPs are remote and they're also not open source.
00:06:02Their quick start guides are linked on their GitHub repo, which I will link in the description below.
00:06:07But we can't go without mentioning the other Google services MCPs.
00:06:10These are open source and include Google Workspace, Firebase, Google Analytics, Flutter and many more.
00:06:15Out of all of them, I have used the Firebase MCP a lot in my projects.
00:06:19Since we run a YouTube channel and manage all our content, uploads, deadlines, research and systems in Notion, the Notion MCP has been the most helpful for us.
00:06:28It's super easy to install. Just run a single command and it's set up right away.
00:06:32You only need to authenticate it the first time you install it, and it comes equipped with all the tools needed to manage your Notion pages.
00:06:38Using this set of tools, it can search, fetch, create, update, move and handle a wide range of tasks within your connected workspace.
00:06:45There are other amazing uses for the Notion MCP as well.
00:06:48I personally use Claude and the Notion MCP to manage my team, content states, track the ideas we have in the pipeline and add new ideas or refine them.
00:06:57It has significantly helped me keep track of and simplify my day to day tasks and workflow using the Notion MCP.
00:07:03There is also an Obsidian MCP with similar capabilities just in case you don't use Notion for your tasks.
00:07:09The Obsidian MCP can do all of the same operations and manage your pages.
00:07:13Ending with one of the most powerful MCP servers that I honestly have started using in most of my projects, the Superbase MCP.
00:07:20Since we use Superbase for most of our backends in the smaller projects we ship, this MCP has been a tremendous help.
00:07:26It eliminates the need to manually write SQL queries or manage database schemas and configurations.
00:07:32With this MCP, your AI code editor can handle everything on its own, from database schema management to SQL operations.
00:07:39And you just have to direct it via prompting on the platform you're using.
00:07:42The installation process is pretty simple.
00:07:44You just need to log in to the MCP and authenticate it and all the tools will be available for use.
00:07:49After that, you simply ask your AI tool to create a proper database for you.
00:07:52It can handle everything from creating the project to managing costs and setting up the entire environment all by itself.
00:07:58That brings us to the end of this video.
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