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MCP server discovery, tool invocation, and provider catalog integration. Load when a task involves external services, third-party tools, or when the user asks about MCP servers.

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  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/nixopus/nixopus/blob/HEAD/api/skills/mcp-integrations/SKILL.md

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MCP Integrations

When a task involves external services, third-party tools, or capabilities beyond core Nixopus (e.g. databases, monitoring, CI/CD, analytics, logging, storage, auth providers), proactively check whether an MCP integration can help.

These are runtime tools, not skill files. Use search_tools / load_tool to find and load them — do NOT use skill_read or skill_search.

  1. Run search_tools("mcp") then load_tool(...) to load MCP tools.
  2. Call discover_mcp_tools to list tools from all enabled MCP servers. Each tool entry includes server_id, tool name, description, and inputSchema.
  3. Call call_mcp_tool to invoke a specific tool: pass server_id (UUID from discover_mcp_tools), tool_name (exact name string), and arguments (a JSON object matching the tool's inputSchema — use proper types: strings, numbers, booleans, not everything as strings).
  4. If no relevant integration exists, call list_mcp_provider_catalog to show what integrations the user can enable.

Also use these tools when the user explicitly asks about MCP servers — list, add, update, delete, or test connections.