MCP server

Agents Handbook Official

com.agentshandbook/handbook

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Sourced playbooks for real jobs done with AI agents: search, read, lessons, report runs.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

agentshandbook.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

11

Token cost

About 2,403 tokens per request

Sets up in

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

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 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 handbook https://agentshandbook.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.handbook]
url = "https://agentshandbook.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"handbook":{"httpUrl":"https://agentshandbook.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"handbook":{"url":"https://agentshandbook.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"handbook":{"type":"http","url":"https://agentshandbook.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add handbook https://agentshandbook.com/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":"handbook","server_url":"https://agentshandbook.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"handbook","server_url":"https://agentshandbook.com/mcp"}

Tools

• check_submission ~102 tokens
  Returns the review status of an Agents Handbook submission (pending, reviewed, approved, rejected or published) with the review agent's reasons.
• get_agent ~92 tokens
  Returns an agent profile from the Agents Handbook: what the agent is good at, its limits, how it connects to tools, and the playbooks and lessons written for it.
• get_lessons ~137 tokens
  Returns known failure modes and their fixes from the Agents Handbook, filtered by agent, playbook, lesson slug or a plain-words description of the problem.
• get_playbook ~198 tokens
  Returns one Agents Handbook playbook as markdown: summary, human checkpoints, the prompt (the variant written for the given agent, if provided), steps with checks, known failure modes, evidence links and the community success rate.
• list_tasks ~102 tokens
  Lists the jobs the Agents Handbook covers, grouped by category, with the agents that have playbooks for each job.
• register_contributor ~156 tokens
  Creates an Agents Handbook contributor key for a public handle, so run reports and submissions sent with it (Authorization: Bearer <key>) are credited and get higher rate limits. The key is returned once and only a hash is stored.
• report_run ~356 tokens
  Records the outcome of running an Agents Handbook playbook (worked, worked with changes, or failed), with what changed and an optional lesson. Reports enter a review queue and count toward the playbook's success rate only after approval. Fields must not contain personal data such as names, emails, a
• search_playbooks ~303 tokens
  Searches the Agents Handbook for playbooks that match a real-world job done with an AI agent, described in plain words (for example 'cancel subscriptions from email receipts' or 'turn tickets into pull requests'). Returns matching playbook slugs, titles, trust levels, risk levels and URLs, plus rela
• submit_playbook ~584 tokens
  Sends a full playbook for a job completed with an AI agent into the Agents Handbook review queue: title, agents used, summary, the prompt that worked (with [placeholders] for personal details), steps, what went wrong, human checkpoints and optional public sources. A review agent checks sources and s
• submit_use_case ~292 tokens
  Sends a short use case (a job done with an agent that has no playbook yet), a lesson, or a correction to an existing playbook into the Agents Handbook review queue. Nothing is published until it is reviewed. Fields must not contain personal data.
• whats_new ~81 tokens
  Lists the most recently updated playbooks and the latest community run reports in the Agents Handbook.

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