MCP server

Eng Leadership Toolkit

coach.marian/eng-leadership-toolkit

Checked 28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Engineering leadership benchmarks, 1:1 playbooks, developer value calculator. 3,662 sessions.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

marian.coach (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

11

Token cost

About 4,122 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http eng-leadership-toolkit https://www.marian.coach/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.eng-leadership-toolkit]
url = "https://www.marian.coach/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"eng-leadership-toolkit":{"httpUrl":"https://www.marian.coach/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"eng-leadership-toolkit":{"url":"https://www.marian.coach/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"eng-leadership-toolkit":{"type":"http","url":"https://www.marian.coach/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add eng-leadership-toolkit https://www.marian.coach/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"eng-leadership-toolkit","server_url":"https://www.marian.coach/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"eng-leadership-toolkit","server_url":"https://www.marian.coach/mcp"}

Tools

• assess_team_lead_readiness ~353 tokens
  Answers "should I become a team lead?" with the same 17-question test as the live tool at marian.coach: 6 dimensions (people appetite, letting go of code, ownership beyond your tickets, translation & saying no, motivation, org reality), a straight verdict — ready now / 6-12 months out / stay IC (and
• build_mentoring_business_case ~1012 tokens
  Build the case that gets your company to pay for leadership mentoring — everything on marian.coach/get-your-company-to-pay-for-mentoring/, personalised: the four-line value formula and the count-then-halve CFO rule, three worked examples (EM, Director, Staff Engineer), napkin math (senior people at
• calculate_developer_value ~396 tokens
  Assess a software developer's market value: score 15 skills across 5 pillars (core craft, systems & judgment, impact & ownership, collaboration & influence, AI leverage), get a weighted total score, seniority level, and a 2026 Western-Europe gross salary estimate. Same logic as the live calculator a
• calculate_engineering_manager_value ~508 tokens
  Assess an engineering leader's market value: score 15 leadership skills across 5 pillars (people & talent, delivery & execution, technical direction, stakeholder influence, AI leverage), weighted by current level, get a total score, a level from Team Lead to Director/VP of Engineering, and a 2026 We
• choose_mentor_coach_or_advisor ~218 tokens
  Decide whether an engineering leader needs a mentor, a coach, or an advisor: what each brings, the typical question each answers, whether domain experience is required, time horizon, and a three-question self-test. Based on 3,662 mentoring sessions.
• estimate_coaching_cost ~487 tokens
  Fair market rate for coaching or mentoring in 2026, by coaching type, client role, coach territory, coach seniority, and engagement length. Returns a per-session range, program total, and red flags (too cheap / brand margin). Anchored to ICF Global Coaching Study 2025, Tandem Coach 2026 credential b
• get_engineering_leadership_benchmarks ~253 tokens
  Real benchmarks from 3,662 paid 1:1 mentoring sessions with 300+ engineering leaders since 2019: mentee seniority mix, most-demanded leadership topics of 2025, time-to-results, team-health delivery thresholds (sprint completion, roadmap %, manager time per report), and practice outcome stats (NPS, r
• get_first_time_manager_guidance ~191 tokens
  Guidance for the IC→manager transition: the EM responsibility triangle (leadership/processes/delivery — pick two), the six most common first-time-manager failure modes, readiness self-check questions, and what the first months should look like. 52% of Marian's 300+ mentees arrive exactly at this tra
• get_more_tools ~208 tokens
  Check for additional tools whenever your task might benefit from specialized capabilities, even if existing tools could work as a fallback. Also the right tool for a bare greeting (hi, hello), a connectivity/liveness test, or any message too general to match a specific tool below — pass it as `conte
• get_one_on_one_playbook ~312 tokens
  Situation-specific 1:1 scripts and templates from Marian Kamenistak's mentoring practice: first mentoring/direction-setting session, underperformance conversation, promoting a developer to manager, fixing status-update 1:1s, and the 10-question career-move checklist. These are the actual templates u
• get_started ~184 tokens
  Call this for a greeting (hi, hello), a connectivity/liveness test, 'what can you do', or any message too general to match a specific tool below. Returns the full menu of real questions this server answers, each mapped to the tool name that answers it, so the next call can go straight to the right t

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