MCP Server Builder
anthropics/skills
Guides the design and implementation of Model Context Protocol servers in TypeScript or Python, from tool naming and error messages to evaluation.
How a downstream app consumes the shared @kolu/surface stack (@kolu/surface · surface-app · surface-nix-host · surface-mcp) — declaring a typed reactive surface, serving it, consuming it (SolidJS…
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Install Surface
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote surface --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/surface .claude/skills/surface && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "surface" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/surface into .claude/skills/surface/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "surface", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/surfaceType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote surface --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/surface .agents/skills/surface && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "surface" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/surface into .agents/skills/surface/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "surface", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote surface --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/surface .cursor/skills/surface && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "surface" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/surface into .cursor/skills/surface/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "surface", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/srid/emanote.git --path .agents/skills/surface--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote surface --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/surface .gemini/skills/surface && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "surface" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/surface into .gemini/skills/surface/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "surface", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote surfaceInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/surface .github/skills/surface && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "surface" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/surface into .github/skills/surface/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "surface", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote surface --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/surface .opencode/skills/surface && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "surface" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/surface into .opencode/skills/surface/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "surface", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
surface- GitHub stars
- 963
- Token cost
- ~1.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 549 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 25
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
How a downstream app consumes the shared @kolu/surface stack (@kolu/surface · surface-app · surface-nix-host · surface-mcp) — declaring a typed reactive surface, serving it, consuming it (SolidJS…
- Works in 3 steps: Dial the host — getHostSession({host,… → Mirror inward —… → Re-serve — the local fragment served on…
- SKILL.md covers Who uses it — match the…, The spine (real import paths), Links (transport, swappable) and Mirror a remote surface…, plus 2 more sections
- Calls nix and pnpm
What it does
Surface is an agent skill from srid/emanote. How a downstream app consumes the shared @kolu/surface stack (@kolu/surface · surface-app · surface-nix-host · surface-mcp) — declaring a typed reactive surface, serving it, consuming it (SolidJS hooks or a CLI), and mirroring a remote surface over ssh. Grounded in the real consumers: kolu, pulam-web, drishti, odu, and the TUIs. Load when wiring a surface server/client/mirror, or reaching for getHostSession / a link / the .use() hooks. CHANGING the framework is gated separately — .claude/rules/surface.md (a…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Emanate a structured view of your plain-text notes.
Example prompts
- “/surface”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Dial the host — getHostSession({host, binary, resolveDrvPath}) (@kolu/surface-nix-host): long-lived, nix copys the agent closure, runs…
- Mirror inward — pumpRemoteSurface({source, session, makeSink, …}) (-nix-host) folds the remote agent's frames into a local…
- Re-serve — the local fragment served on /rpc/ws, accepted via acceptSurfaceSocket (@kolu/surface-app/server). Browsers connect with…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9d01037. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
nixpnpm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pnpm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Surface loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 145 tokens; SKILL.md has 549 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 549 words (~1,543 tokens).
“Declare a typed reactive surface once; the framework derives the oRPC contract, wires the server, and binds the Solid client hooks. This is the consumer guide — changing the framework needs a paired drishti PR (.claude/rules/surface.md).”
- name
- surface
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/surface of srid/emanote.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9d01037
Compare with similar skills
Surface next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface this skillsrid/emanote | 963 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| MCP Server Builderanthropics/skills | 180k | 62 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| MCP Server BuildershareAI-lab/learn-claude-code | 78k | 5 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MCP Integration for Pluginsanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 37k | 11 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Figma use_figma Plugin API Ruleswarpdotdev/warp | 65k | 4 repos | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Stitch to Remotion Walkthrough Videosgoogle-labs-code/stitch-skills | 8.4k | 6 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Surface
What does Surface do?
How a downstream app consumes the shared @kolu/surface stack (@kolu/surface · surface-app · surface-nix-host · surface-mcp) — declaring a typed reactive surface, serving it, consuming it (SolidJS…. Surface is an agent skill from srid/emanote. How a downstream app consumes the shared @kolu/surface stack (@kolu/surface · surface-app · surface-nix-host · surface-mcp) — declaring a typed reactive surface, serving it, consuming it (SolidJS hooks or a CLI), and mirroring a remote surface over ssh.
How do I install Surface in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/surface in srid/emanote) into .claude/skills/surface in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Surface in Codex?
Run `npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/surface in srid/emanote) into .agents/skills/surface in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Surface in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add srid/emanote --skill surface -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/surface, .gemini/skills/surface, .github/skills/surface and .opencode/skills/surface in your project.
What does Surface need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Surface needs the command-line tools its instructions call (nix and pnpm).
Does Surface access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Surface safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Surface use?
Surface has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Surface use?
About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Surface?
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Who maintains Surface?
srid (a GitHub user) maintains it in srid/emanote, which has 963 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 26, 2026.
Source: srid/emanote on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.