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Connect Claude

Connect Claude to an Agent Finder either as a Skill (Claude Code) or a remote MCP connector (claude.ai, Desktop, mobile). They work well together — the MCP connector gives Claude the search tool; the Skill gives it the finder menu, the remembered choice, and the "never auto-install" behavior.

Option A — Skill (Claude Code)

Custom skills are currently Claude Code only — the claude.ai web app and Claude Desktop don't support uploading your own skills yet.

Install (recommended). The connectors repo is a Claude Code plugin marketplace, so it's two commands:

/plugin marketplace add ards-project/connectors
/plugin install agentfinder@ard-connectors

Install (manual). Copy the skill folder from the connectors repo into your skills directory — ~/.claude/skills/ (personal) or .claude/skills/ (project):

cp -r connectors/skills/agentfinder ~/.claude/skills/

How to invoke it

Just ask Claude in plain language — the skill triggers on intent:

"Find me an MCP server for querying Postgres."

"What skills are available for making PowerPoint decks?"

The first time, Claude shows a menu of Agent Finders — GitHub Agent Finder, Hugging Face Discover, or your own — and remembers your pick (saved in ~/.agentfinder/finders.json). After that it searches your saved finder directly; say switch agent finder to change. It presents a numbered list of matches; pick one and it shows how to install that resource — it never installs anything on its own.

Option B — Remote MCP connector

This gives Claude a native search tool across claude.ai, Desktop, and mobile.

  1. Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
  2. Name it Agent Finder and paste the remote MCP URL — GitHub's Agent Finder is https://agentfinder.github.com/api/v1/mcp (or use your own discovery service).
  3. If the server requires sign-in, complete the OAuth flow when prompted.

Older Claude Desktop (no native remote connectors)? Bridge it with mcp-remote in claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-finder": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://agentfinder.github.com/api/v1/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

How to invoke it

Ask Claude to find a capability and it calls the connector's search tool, then presents the results. Pair it with the Skill (Option A) so it offers the Agent Finder menu, remembers your choice, and never auto-installs.

Endpoint

Examples use GitHub's Agent Finder (https://agentfinder.github.com/api/v1); Hugging Face Discover (https://huggingface-hf-discover.hf.space/search) works the same way. Point at either — or any compliant ARD discovery service — see Endpoints.