Mcp api

Skill benmilne-com/agents/skills/mcp-api

Query and search benmilne.com content via MCP REST paths and JSON-RPC tools.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add benmilne-com/agents --skill mcp-api

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SKILL.md

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MCP API — benmilne.com

Machine-readable interfaces for autonomous agents integrating with Ben Milne's published archive.

Capabilities

Paginated posts: GET https://benmilne.com/mcp/v1/posts
Single post: GET https://benmilne.com/mcp/v1/post/{id}
Search: GET https://benmilne.com/mcp/v1/search?query=
MCP JSON-RPC: POST https://benmilne.com/mcp (initialize, tools/list, tools/call)

Tools

The MCP server exposes 3 tools via tools/list:

list_posts — Browse, filter, and paginate all published posts. Supports optional category and tag filters.
get_post — Retrieve a single post with full HTML content by numeric ID.
search_posts — Full-text search across all published posts by keyword.

Quick start

# List tools
curl -X POST https://benmilne.com/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

# Search for posts about stablecoins
curl -X POST https://benmilne.com/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_posts","arguments":{"query":"stablecoin"}}}'

Notes

Attribution is included in JSON envelopes. Prefer JSON for agents; use Accept: text/markdown on essay routes for prose.

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.

Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most mcp tooling skills give in 351 tokens

Counted across 638 of the 750 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-08-07

Create ten complex or independent read-only evaluation questionsin 69 of 638, across 15 files
Test servers using MCP Inspectorin 61 of 638, across 19 files
Provide actionable error messages with specific next stepsin 54 of 638, across 12 files
Prioritize comprehensive API coverage over specific workflows or workflow toolsin 54 of 638, across 12 files
Use TypeScript and Streamable HTTP for remote servers or clientsin 54 of 638, across 8 files
Define structured output schemas where possiblein 50 of 638, across 8 files
Use Zod or Pydantic for input schemasin 47 of 638, across 5 files
Fetch MCP specification pages with markdown suffixin 46 of 638, across 4 files
Load framework documentation using WebFetchin 45 of 638, across 3 files
Verify each evaluation answer independentlyin 45 of 638, across 3 files
Implement API client with authentication and paginationin 45 of 638, across 3 files
Define input schemas with validationin 27 of 638, across 9 files

Said here and by no other author read

Use list_posts to browse posts
Use get_post to retrieve a single post by ID
Use search_posts to search posts by keyword
Prefer JSON format for agent interactions

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