The Best MCP Servers for Engineering Teams in 2026
Ten official MCP servers worth connecting to Claude Code or Cursor, what each one is for, how to add it, and how to avoid installing too many.
Context layer
Posts from the Thor team on the context layer AI agents and teams can trust.
GitHub MCP Server Setup: Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code
How to connect GitHub's official MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code, which toolsets to turn on, and the context it can't give your agent.
Linear MCP Server Setup for Claude Code and Cursor
How to connect Linear's MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code in a few minutes, what it can do, and the context it can't give your agent.
Thor vs. Unblocked: Two Kinds of Context for Agents
Thor and Unblocked both give coding agents team context, but they do different jobs. What each one reads, what it can change, pricing, and when to use which.
What "Context" Means When Every Tool Claims It
A bigger context window and a checked answer aren't the same thing. Here's the distinction most "AI context" pitches skip.
The Real Cost of Stale Context, One Day at a Time
No single moment in this day goes wrong. By Friday, the release plan and the code don't agree. Here's where it actually happened.
CLAUDE.md Best Practices, Plus a Sample File to Copy
What belongs in CLAUDE.md, what doesn't, and a sample file you can copy. Plus the one kind of context a static file can't keep current.
When Your Agent Confidently Does the Wrong Thing
An agent that reads a stale ticket does exactly what it says, wrong parts included. See what sourced, reversible, governed context actually stops.