A side-by-side look at the Skill of Skills and Starreel MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Skill of Skills for developer tools work as a local process; choose Starreel for developer tools. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Skill of Skills when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Starreel 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.
No confirmed install command for Starreel yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Frequently asked questions
Skill of Skills is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. Starreel belongs to Developer Tools and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Pick Skill of Skills for developer tools work and Starreel 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. Starreel has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Skill of Skills is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Starreel has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. 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 skill-of-skills and starreel as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Skill of Skills has a quality signal of 51/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 64 GitHub stars. Starreel has 37/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.