---
title: "Manage MCP and skills"
description: "Store, install, enable, and sync shared capabilities across supported apps."
version: "en"
---

> Documentation Index
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# Manage MCP and skills

MCP servers and skills can both be distributed to multiple apps, but their
sync models differ:

- OcHub stores MCP JSON and writes it into enabled apps.
- The skills CLI installs skills, while per-app toggles on each card control
  distribution.

## App support

| App | MCP | Skills |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Claude Code | Supported | Supported |
| Claude Desktop | Not supported | Not supported |
| Codex | Supported | Supported |
| Grok Build | Supported | Not supported |
| OpenCode | Supported | Supported |
| OpenClaw | Not supported | Not supported |
| Hermes | Supported | Supported |

App toggles appear only where the capability is actually supported. OcHub does
not manage native Claude Desktop or OpenClaw extensions through these pages.

## Import existing MCP configuration

1. Open **MCP servers**.
2. Select **Import from app**.
3. OcHub scans supported apps and adds only servers that are not already in
   its shared store.
4. Review the app list on each card, then select **Sync to apps**.

Importing does not delete unknown entries from an app automatically. A partial
failure lists the entries that could not be imported.

## Add an MCP server manually

Select **Add**, enter a name, optional description, and server JSON.

A stdio example:

```json
{
  "type": "stdio",
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"]
}
```

An SSE example:

```json
{
  "type": "sse",
  "url": "https://example.com/sse"
}
```

Choose at least one target app before saving. The JSON must be an object.
Commands, arguments, environment variables, and related fields are converted
to the format expected by each target tool.

> **Verify command provenance**
>
> A stdio MCP runs its `command` locally. Sync only packages and commands you
> trust, and verify that the command is on the target tool's `PATH`.

## Enable and sync MCP

1. Toggle apps on or off on each server card.
2. After making several changes, select **Sync to apps**.
3. Restart the target CLI so it reloads configuration.
4. If the server is missing, check that the app is enabled, the config
   directory is correct, and the server transport is supported by the tool.

After deleting an MCP server from OcHub, sync again to update the managed live
configuration. Deletion cannot be undone, so copy the JSON first if needed.

## Install a skill from the marketplace

1. Open **Skills → Discover** and choose Marketplace search.
2. Search for a use case such as `pdf`, `frontend`, or `testing`.
3. Select target apps under Install to.
4. Select **Install** on the skill card.
5. Return to Installed and confirm the skill and its source.

## Discover skills from a repository

1. Switch the Discover page to Repository browser.
2. Enter `owner/repo`, `owner/repo@branch`, or a full GitHub URL.
3. Add the repository, then select **Refresh discovery**.
4. Install the skills you need from the results.

Disabling a repository removes it from discovery without uninstalling existing
skills. Deleting the repository also does not uninstall those skills.

## Update and distribute skills

- **Check for updates** compares local and remote versions.
- Update individually or use **Update all**.
- Per-app toggles control where the skill is synced.
- **Directory** opens the local install; **Repository** opens its remote source.
- Uninstalling asks the skills CLI to remove the skill from enabled apps.

Marketplace search and updates require network access. If the skills CLI is
unavailable, use [Advanced features → CLI maintenance](/advanced#cli-tool-maintenance)
to inspect its installation and `PATH`.

For Claude plugin integration, Codex directories, and OpenCode or Hermes
differences, see the [Claude guide](/claude/configure),
[Codex guide](/codex/configure), [OpenCode guide](/opencode/configure), and
[Hermes guide](/hermes/configure).

Source: https://docs.ochub.org/guides/mcp-skills/index.mdx