managing-mcp-servers

managing-mcp-servers is a skill in JetBrains/thinkrail, last changed 13 Oct 2026. It can run shell commands and name web addresses. Our pattern check flagged nothing at commit ef3d5b6 on 27 Oct 2026.

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit ef3d5b6 · 27 Oct 2026

Install

From the author

Use when the user asks to add, change, remove, enable or disable an MCP server, or when an MCP tool is missing, needs sign-in, fails, or was blocked. ThinkRail runs pi in-process, so there is no `pi` command to call.

Licence: Apache 2.0
Repo stars: 4.3k
Folder last changed: 13 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Publisher: JetBrains
Files: 1 file
Checked: ef3d5b6 (opens in a new tab) · 27 Oct 2026

Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit ef3d5b6, the one we checked, or the latest version.

No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity, and Claude Code for Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.

Pinned to commit ef3d5b6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
  mkdir .claude/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers/. .claude/skills/managing-mcp-servers/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.

Claude Code docs

Pinned to commit ef3d5b6, the one we checked.

Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.

Make managing-mcp-servers.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  out="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers "$out"/managing-mcp-servers &&
  (cd "$out" && zip -qr - managing-mcp-servers) > managing-mcp-servers.zip &&
  rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"

In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose managing-mcp-servers.zip.

On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.

Claude apps docs

Pinned to commit ef3d5b6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
  mkdir .agents/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers/. .agents/skills/managing-mcp-servers/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.

Codex docs

Pinned to commit ef3d5b6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&
  mkdir .cursor/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers/. .cursor/skills/managing-mcp-servers/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Cursor docs

Pinned to commit ef3d5b6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  mkdir -p .github/skills &&
  mkdir .github/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers/. .github/skills/managing-mcp-servers/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.

Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.

gh skill install JetBrains/thinkrail packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers/SKILL.md@ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 --agent github-copilot --scope project

Copilot & VS Code docs

Pinned to commit ef3d5b6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&
  mkdir .gemini/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers/. .gemini/skills/managing-mcp-servers/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running session, run /skills reload.

Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.

gemini skills install https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail.git --path packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers --scope workspace

Gemini CLI docs

Pinned to commit ef3d5b6, the one we checked.

Codex, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Goose, Amp and Zed all read .agents/skills; Claude Code and Kiro list only their own folders.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q ef3d5b636ed511603f52dc6bfb3658bbb9178a49 &&
  mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
  mkdir .agents/skills/managing-mcp-servers &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/skills/managing-mcp-servers/. .agents/skills/managing-mcp-servers/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.

npx skills@1.7.4 add JetBrains/thinkrail --skill managing-mcp-servers

Agent Skills docs

What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit ef3d5b6. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

What it can touch: Scripts or outside hosts

Runs shell commands
Its instructions or files give the agent commands to run on your computer.
Names web addresses
It mentions outside web addresses the agent may visit. We list them but don't follow them.

Pattern check

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit ef3d5b6 · 27 Oct 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit ef3d5b6 on 27 Oct 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

How the check works Report an incorrect finding

Outside links we did not follow

https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/readonly
https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/

Format check

Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

Agent Skills specPasses
The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.
- Note
  There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2
  Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.
Claude CodePasses
Claude apps & API uploadPasses
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Note
  The description is 216 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
  Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes
VS Code & CopilotPasses

SKILL.md

Files

1 file

Path	Size
SKILL.md (opens in a new tab)	3.3 KB

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SKILL.md

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