📝 System Prompts MCP Server

Access system prompts from AI tools in your workflow. Browse and fetch prompts from Devin, Cursor, Claude, GPT, and more. Model-aware suggestions help you find the perfect prompt for your LLM.

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes a collection of system prompts, summaries, and tool definitions from popular AI tools as MCP tools for AI coding environments like Cursor and Claude Desktop.

Why Use System Prompts MCP?

• 🔍 Automatic Discovery – Every prompt in prompts/ is automatically exposed as an MCP tool

• 🎯 Model-Aware Suggestions – Get prompt recommendations based on your LLM (Claude, GPT, Gemini, etc.)

• 📚 Comprehensive Collection – Access prompts from Devin, Cursor, Claude, GPT, and more

• 🚀 Easy Setup – One-click install in Cursor or simple manual setup

• 🔧 Extensible – Add your own prompts and they're automatically available

Related MCP server: Prompts MCP Server

Quick Start

Ready to explore system prompts? Install in seconds:

Install in Cursor (Recommended):

🔗 Install in Cursor

Or install manually:

npm install -g system-prompts-mcp-server
# Or from source:
git clone https://github.com/JamesANZ/system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools.git
cd system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools && npm install && npm run build

Features

Core Tools

• list_prompts – Browse available prompts with filters (service, flavor, provider)

• get_prompt_suggestion – Get ranked prompt suggestions for your LLM and keywords

• <service>-<variant>-<flavor> – Direct access to any prompt (e.g., cursor-agent-system, devin-summary)

Automatic Discovery

• Scans prompts/ directory for .txt, .md, .yaml, .yml, .json files

• Each file becomes a dedicated MCP tool

• Infers metadata (service, variant, LLM family, persona hints)

Persona Activation

• Each tool call includes a reminder for the model to embody the loaded prompt

• Helps models behave like the original service (Devin, Cursor, etc.)

Installation

Cursor (One-Click)

Click the install link above or use:

cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=system-prompts-mcp&config=eyJzeXN0ZW0tcHJvbXB0cy1tY3AiOnsiY29tbWFuZCI6Im5weCIsImFyZ3MiOlsiLXkiLCJzeXN0ZW0tcHJvbXB0cy1tY3Atc2VydmVyIl19fQ==

Manual Installation

Requirements: Node.js 18+ and npm

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/JamesANZ/system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools.git
cd system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools
npm install
npm run build

# Run server
npm start

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "system-prompts-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "PROMPT_LIBRARY_ROOT": "/absolute/path/to/system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools/prompts"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after configuration.

Usage Examples

List Available Prompts

Browse prompts with optional filters:

{
  "tool": "list_prompts",
  "arguments": {
    "service": "cursor",
    "flavor": "system",
    "limit": 10
  }
}

Get Prompt Suggestions

Find the best prompt for your LLM and use case:

{
  "tool": "get_prompt_suggestion",
  "arguments": {
    "userLlm": "claude-3.5-sonnet",
    "keywords": ["code", "pair programming"]
  }
}

Access a Specific Prompt

Call a prompt directly by its tool name:

{
  "tool": "cursor-agent-system",
  "arguments": {}
}

Get structured metadata only:

{
  "tool": "cursor-agent-system",
  "arguments": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}

Adding Your Own Prompts

Add prompts by placing files in the prompts/ directory:

Supported formats: .txt, .md, .yaml, .yml, .json

Directory structure:

prompts/My Service/
  ├── System Prompt.txt     → Tool: "my-service-system-prompt-system"
  └── tools.json            → Tool: "my-service-tools-tools"

• Directory names become the service name

• File names create tool variants

• Files are automatically classified as system prompts, tools, or summaries

After adding prompts, restart the MCP server. Use list_prompts to find your custom prompts.

Custom directory: Set PROMPT_LIBRARY_ROOT environment variable to use a different location.

Use Cases

• AI Tool Developers – Reference and adapt prompts from successful AI tools

• Researchers – Study how different tools structure their system prompts

• Developers – Find the perfect prompt for your LLM and use case

• Prompt Engineers – Compare and learn from proven prompt patterns

Technical Details

Built with: Node.js, TypeScript, MCP SDK
Dependencies: @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, zod
Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux

Environment Variables:

• PROMPT_LIBRARY_ROOT (optional): Override prompt root directory (defaults to prompts/)

Project Structure:

• src/ – TypeScript MCP server implementation

• dist/ – Compiled JavaScript

• prompts/ – Prompt library and original documentation

Contributing

⭐ If this project helps you, please star it on GitHub! ⭐

Contributions welcome! Feel free to adapt the discovery logic, add tests, or extend metadata inference for new prompt formats.

License

See the original repository for license information.

Support

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