Best Developer tools MCP servers
Developer-tools MCP servers are the general-purpose primitives an agent leans on while it works: reading and writing files on disk, running code in a sandbox, and the other low-level building blocks that aren't tied to one SaaS product. The filesystem server is the quiet workhorse of the category — it gives an agent scoped, auditable access to read, edit, and search files within directories you explicitly allow, which is how most coding workflows actually touch your project. When choosing tools here, the security posture is everything: prefer servers that constrain access to an allow-list of directories or an isolated sandbox rather than the whole machine, and grant the narrowest scope that still lets the agent do its job.
6 servers
Fetch
Anthropic (reference)
Reference MCP server that fetches a URL and converts the page to clean, token-efficient markdown for the agent to read.
Memory
Anthropic (reference)
Reference MCP server giving an agent a persistent local knowledge graph of entities, relations, and observations.
Time
Anthropic (reference)
Reference MCP server that gives an agent reliable current-time lookups and timezone conversion using the IANA database.
Filesystem
Anthropic (reference)
Reference MCP server for secure local file access: read, write, edit, search, and explore within allowed directories.
Docker
Docker
Docker's official MCP Gateway: run, secure, and aggregate containerized MCP servers behind one endpoint, with on-demand discovery from the Docker MCP Catalog.
Kubernetes
containers (Red Hat)
Native Kubernetes and OpenShift MCP server: list, inspect, and manage cluster resources, pods, and Helm releases directly through the Kubernetes API.