# Context Awesome

This MCP server lets an agent search curated collections of tools, libraries, and resources. Use it when a task needs references or focused research.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 61
- Author: bh-rat
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/bh-rat/context-awesome
- Updated: 2026-06-10
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/context-awesome

## What it does

Context Awesome gives an agent access to curated awesome lists and the entries inside them. It can locate relevant categories, then return tools, libraries, and other resources for a topic. The project describes coverage of more than 8500 lists and over 1mn+ listed rows.

The server exposes three operations: `find_awesome_section` discovers matching categories, `search_awesome_items` searches individual entries, and `get_awesome_items` retrieves entries from a known list and section. The npm package `context-awesome` offers the same actions through the `sections`, `search`, and `items` CLI commands.

MCP clients can use the hosted endpoint at `https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp`; a local setup runs through `npx context-awesome-mcp`. Both interfaces use the same backend, so switching to the CLI does not create a separate local collection.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http context-awesome https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add context-awesome -- npx -y context-awesome
```

### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add context-awesome --url https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add context-awesome -- npx -y context-awesome
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "context-awesome": {
            "url": "https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "context-awesome": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "context-awesome"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "context-awesome": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "context-awesome": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "context-awesome"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http context-awesome https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add context-awesome npx -y context-awesome
```

## When to use it
- find relevant sections across awesome lists
- search for tools and libraries by topic
- gather learning resources for a subject
- retrieve entries from a known list
- research options for a technical task

## Example prompts
- Find awesome-list sections related to graph databases.
- Search for libraries and tools that handle PostgreSQL rate limiting.
- Gather resources about vector databases and return the most relevant entries.

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