Building a listed tool
Shaun Smith
Named behind 4 listings on Anchor Terminal.
What Shaun builds
Fetch (MCP reference server) C · Web search APIs
Python reference server with a single 'fetch' tool that retrieves a URL and converts HTML to markdown, with pagination (start_index/max_length) and raw mode.
Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Filesystem (MCP reference server) C · Databases & files
Reference server for secure local file operations (read, write, edit, search, directory listing) restricted to allowed directories supplied as arguments or via MCP Roots.
Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Memory (MCP reference server) C · Databases & files
Knowledge-graph persistent memory reference server (entities, relations, observations) stored as JSONL at MEMORY_FILE_PATH.
Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Sequential Thinking (MCP reference server) B · Reasoning scaffolds
Single-tool reference server (
sequentialthinking) that structures step-by-step reasoning with numbered thoughts, revisions and branches; no external calls.Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Cliff Hall Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol
- David Soria Parra Co-creator and Lead Maintainer, Model Context Protocol
- Den Delimarsky Lead Maintainer, Model Context Protocol
- Jonathan Hefner Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol
- Justin Spahr-Summers Co-inventor, Lead Maintainer Emeritus, Model Context Protocol
- Ola Hungerford Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol
- Tadas Antanavicius Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol
Questions
Who is Shaun Smith?
Shaun Smith is reference servers maintainer at Model Context Protocol.
What does MCP project (reference servers) make?
Anchor Terminal lists Fetch (MCP reference server), Filesystem (MCP reference server), Memory (MCP reference server) and Sequential Thinking (MCP reference server) from MCP project (reference servers). Python reference server with a single 'fetch' tool that retrieves a URL and converts HTML to markdown, with pagination (start_index/max_length) and raw mode.
How are Shaun's tools graded?
Fetch (MCP reference server) is graded C, 57.6 out of 100; Filesystem (MCP reference server) is graded C, 59.4 out of 100; Memory (MCP reference server) is graded C, 54.4 out of 100; Sequential Thinking (MCP reference server) is graded B, 62.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (6)
- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/2026-07-28/getting-started/intro
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_Context_Protocol
- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/community/governance
- https://jspahrsummers.com/
- https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2025-12-09-mcp-joins-agentic-ai-foundation/
- https://github.com/dsp
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