# Suede Skills MCP (npm · suede-skills-mcp)

Read-only access to 71 Suede skills: discovery, install options, SEO audits, A-F grading.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- npm · `suede-skills-mcp`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp/suede-skills-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp/suede-skills-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `suede-skills-mcp`
- Version: `0.19.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-21.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 48/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 5 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 87/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 940 tokens (~58/item across 16 items; 9 tools + 7 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 11 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Suede Skills MCP server?

Suede Skills MCP runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y suede-skills-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp -- npx -y suede-skills-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "suede-skills-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "suede-skills-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp -- npx -y suede-skills-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "suede-skills-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg suede-skills-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "suede-skills-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "suede-skills-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y suede-skills-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "suede-skills-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-17 (score 72, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-16 (score 57)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `list_suede_skills` (~67 tokens)

List Suede Skills

List Suede skills available through the current MCP profile.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Optional area filter (which plugin bundle ships the skill).
- `specialty` (string): Optional specialty filter (how the pack is browsed): ship, craft, found, earn, position.

Output parameters:

- `skills` (array)

### `list_suede_specialties` (~57 tokens)

List Suede Specialties

List the pack's specialities, their sub-lanes, and how many skills each holds. Call this first to pick a specialty, then pass it to list_suede_skills or search_suede_skills.

Output parameters:

- `specialties` (array)

### `search_suede_skills` (~89 tokens)

Search Suede Skills

Rank Suede skills against a task description and return the best-matching routes.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Optional area filter.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum matches to return, up to 25.
- `query` (string, required): Task, problem, or intent to route.
- `specialty` (string): Optional specialty filter: ship, craft, found, earn, position.

Output parameters:

- `matches` (array)
- `query` (string)

### `get_suede_skill` (~66 tokens)

Get Suede Skill

Return details for one Suede skill, optionally including its full SKILL.md instructions.

Input parameters:

- `includeBody` (boolean): Include the skill's SKILL.md instructions instead of catalog metadata only.
- `name` (string, required): Skill name, with or without a leading dollar sign.

Output parameters:

- `body` (string|null)
- `bodyTruncated` (boolean)
- `found` (boolean)
- `skill` (object)

### `suede_install_options` (~37 tokens)

Suede Install Options

Return public Codex skill, local plugin, MCP, and skill-copy install options.

Input parameters:

- `surface` (string): Install surface to explain.

Output parameters:

- `plugins` (array)
- `surface` (string)

### `suede_copy_seo_audit` (~90 tokens)

Suede Copy SEO/AEO/AI EO Audit

Create a Suede-specific SEO/AEO/AI EO copy audit scaffold for a page, repo, or docs surface.

Input parameters:

- `copy` (string): Optional pasted copy to audit.
- `pageType` (string): Page or docs type when no URL is available.
- `primaryIntent` (string): Primary search intent or reader action.
- `url` (string): Optional URL to audit.

Output parameters:

- `primaryIntent` (string|null)
- `target` (string|null)

### `suede_visibility_grade` (~106 tokens)

Suede Visibility Grade

Create a Suede A-F visibility and CTA grading scaffold for a public page, docs surface, repo page, launch page, or campaign page.

Input parameters:

- `copy` (string): Optional pasted page copy.
- `notes` (string): Optional context, screenshot notes, or constraints.
- `pageType` (string): Page or docs type when no URL is available.
- `primaryAction` (string): Main action the page should drive.
- `url` (string): Optional URL to grade.

Output parameters:

- `primaryAction` (string|null)
- `target` (string|null)

### `suede_code_grade` (~132 tokens)

Suede Code Grade

Create a Suede A-F code grading scaffold for a diff, PR, branch, MCP server, plugin, API, app surface, public-site change, or release candidate.

Input parameters:

- `context` (string): Optional pasted context or review notes.
- `diff` (string): Optional pasted diff or change summary.
- `intent` (string): Intended behavior or release goal.
- `notes` (string): Optional constraints, verification notes, or risk context.
- `repo` (string): Optional repository or project path.
- `target` (string): Target repo, PR, branch, diff, file, or change to grade.

Output parameters:

- `intent` (string|null)
- `target` (string|null)

### `suede_qa_checklist` (~80 tokens)

Suede QA Checklist

Generate a multi-lane QA checklist for Suede skills, local plugin notes, MCP servers, docs, or public pages.

Input parameters:

- `scope` (string): QA depth, such as fast, full, release, seo, or mcp.
- `target` (string): Target repo, URL, skill, MCP server, page, or change.

Output parameters:

- `scope` (string)
- `target` (string|null)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp/suede-skills-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 72
- 2026-09-20: 72
- 2026-09-19: 72
- 2026-09-18: 72
- 2026-09-17: 72
- 2026-09-16: 57

## Common questions

### What is the Suede Skills MCP server?

Suede Skills MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.JasonColapietro/suede-skills-mcp. Read-only access to 71 Suede skills: discovery, install options, SEO audits, A-F grading. This page covers its npm package (suede-skills-mcp).

### Is the Suede Skills MCP server safe to use?

Suede Skills MCP scores 72 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 21 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Suede Skills MCP server expose?

Suede Skills MCP exposes 9 tools: list_suede_skills, list_suede_specialties, search_suede_skills, get_suede_skill, suede_install_options, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 724 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Suede Skills MCP server still maintained?

Suede Skills MCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Suede Skills MCP server under?

Suede Skills MCP declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/suede-skills-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/suede-skills-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills
- Website: https://jasoncolapietro.github.io/suede-creator-skills/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp/suede-skills-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp/suede-skills-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jasoncolapietro-suede-skills-mcp/suede-skills-mcp