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Lesson 6 of 6 10 min

Ship and Extend

Package your server, document usage, and define the next tools to add.

Ship and Extend

Outcome

Package your MCP so it is easy to reuse and improve.

Ship Checklist

  • README.md includes install, config, and tool examples.
  • npm run build works from a clean checkout.
  • Tool names and schemas are stable.
  • Errors are actionable (what failed + how to fix).

Suggested Next Tools

  1. repo_health — run checks and summarize failures.
  2. changed_files_summary — explain the current diff.
  3. search_codebase — project-tuned code search with filters.

Course Complete

You now have the core skill this platform focuses on:

Use Codex effectively by giving it custom MCP capabilities.

If you can add and validate a new tool quickly, you are ready to build domain-specific MCP servers.