A side-by-side look at the @ark Ui MCP and Skill of Skills MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose @ark Ui MCP for developer tools work; choose Skill of Skills for developer tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose @ark Ui MCP when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Skill of Skills tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
@ark Ui MCP
No confirmed install command for @ark Ui MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
@ark Ui MCP is categorized under Developer Tools and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Skill of Skills belongs to Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick @ark Ui MCP for developer tools work and Skill of Skills for developer tools.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client. @ark Ui MCP has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
@ark Ui MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Skill of Skills is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add ark-ui-mcp and skill-of-skills as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, @ark Ui MCP has a quality signal of 37/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 5,421 GitHub stars. Skill of Skills has 51/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 64 GitHub stars.