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  "markdown": "Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol.\n\n- GitHub: https://github.com/evalstate\n\n## What Shaun builds\n\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fetch-reference-server.md), graded C, 57.6/100, in 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 2026-10-28.\n- [Filesystem (MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/filesystem-reference-server.md), graded C, 59.4/100, in Databases \u0026 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 2026-10-28.\n- [Memory (MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/memory-reference-server.md), graded C, 54.4/100, in Databases \u0026 files. Knowledge-graph persistent memory reference server (entities, relations, observations) stored as JSONL at MEMORY_FILE_PATH. Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol, researched 2026-10-28.\n- [Sequential Thinking (MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sequential-thinking-reference-server.md), graded B, 62.7/100, in 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 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Cliff Hall](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/cliff-hall/), Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol\n- [David Soria Parra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-soria-parra/), Co-creator and Lead Maintainer, Model Context Protocol\n- [Den Delimarsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/den-delimarsky/), Lead Maintainer, Model Context Protocol\n- [Jonathan Hefner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jonathan-hefner/), Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol\n- [Justin Spahr-Summers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/justin-spahr-summers/), Co-inventor, Lead Maintainer Emeritus, Model Context Protocol\n- [Ola Hungerford](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ola-hungerford/), Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol\n- [Tadas Antanavicius](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tadas-antanavicius/), Reference servers maintainer, Model Context Protocol\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Shaun Smith?\n\nShaun Smith is reference servers maintainer at Model Context Protocol.\n\n### What does MCP project (reference servers) make?\n\nAnchor 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.\n\n### How are Shaun's tools graded?\n\nFetch (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.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/2026-07-28/getting-started/intro\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_Context_Protocol\n- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/community/governance\n- https://jspahrsummers.com/\n- https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2025-12-09-mcp-joins-agentic-ai-foundation/\n- https://github.com/dsp\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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