Two design skills · both proven

mcp-builder vs slides

Both skills were run through Claude twice: once on a fixed brief without the skill, once with it. The briefs differ because each is written for the job the skill claims to do, so compare each skill against its own baseline, then decide which difference matters for your work.

mcp-builder

Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python (FastMCP) or Node/TypeScript (MCP SDK).

Category: Design
Source: anthropics/skills
License: Not stated
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Build an MCP server in TypeScript that gives an agent read access to a team's Linear-style issue tracker through a REST API: tools to search issues, get one issue with comments, and list a project's open issues by priority. Present it as a single HTML page with the full source of each file, the tool schemas, how errors and pagination are handled, and how to run and connect it.”
Skill commit: dbd4588

Without the skillWith mcp-builder

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Without, runWith mcp-builder, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

Download the with-skill page

slides

Create strategic HTML presentations with Chart.js, design tokens, responsive layouts, copywriting formulas, and contextual slide strategies.

Category: Design
Source: nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill
License: MIT
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Make an 8-slide HTML presentation for a seed pitch: Tallyroom, software that lets independent gyms take class bookings and payments in one place. Revenue $18,000 a month, growing 14% month over month, 140 gyms, raising $1.5M. Include the problem, product, traction with a chart, business model, market, team of three, and the ask.”
Skill commit: bf41cbc

Without the skillWith slides

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Without, runWith slides, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

Download the with-skill page

We don’t pick a winner for you: the pages are the evidence. Both proofs can be repeated with the brief, model and commit shown above. See alternatives to mcp-builder or alternatives to slides.