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Context Awesome<br>Give your AI agents access to 8,500+ awesome lists with over 1.3M curated resources.<br>What are Awesome Lists?<br>Community-curated collections of the best tools, libraries, and resources on any topic - from ML frameworks to design tools. This MCP server lets your agents recommend high-quality, vetted resources instead of random search results.<br>Browse the IndexSubmit your List<br>8,500+<br>Awesome Lists
1.3M<br>Curated Resources
36,000+<br>Sections
Explore the Index<br>Every list is extracted into structured, agent-ready data and refreshed automatically. Here's what's inside right now.<br>PopularRecently UpdatedMost Resources<br>ListSourceStarsResourcesUpdatedbuild-your-own-xMaster programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.<br>/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x519k35919 hours agoawesome😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics<br>/sindresorhus/awesome479k70119 hours agopublic-apisA collective list of free APIs<br>/public-apis/public-apis444k1.6k18 hours agofree-programming-books:books: Freely available programming books<br>/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books391k11k7 hours agoawesome-pythonAn opinionated list of Python frameworks, libraries, tools, and resources<br>/vinta/awesome-python305k56718 hours agoawesome-selfhostedA list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers<br>/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted301k1.3k18 hours agothe-book-of-secret-knowledgeA collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.<br>/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge230k74 hours agocomputer-science🎓 Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science!<br>/ossu/computer-science205k6818 hours agoawesome-goA curated list of awesome Go frameworks, libraries and software<br>/avelino/awesome-go176k3k18 hours agoprompts.chatf.k.a. Awesome ChatGPT Prompts. Share, discover, and collect prompts from the community. Free and open source — self-host for your organization with complete privacy.<br>/f/prompts.chat164k214 hours ago
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What is Context Awesome?<br>Context Awesome is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides instant access to the entire awesome lists ecosystem on GitHub. It enables AI agents to discover and retrieve high-quality, community-curated resources across any domain.
Demo: Using Context Awesome with Claude to find machine learning resources
✓Search across 8,500+ awesome lists with semantic understanding<br>✓1mn+ awesome curated resources.<br>✓Direct integration with Claude, Cursor, and VS Code<br>✓Token-optimized responses for efficient context usage
Installation<br>Quick Setup (Hosted Server)<br>Context Awesome is available as a hosted MCP server. No installation required! Just add the configuration to your MCP client:<br>Cursor<br>Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new global MCP server<br>"mcpServers": {<br>"context-awesome": {<br>"url": "https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp"
Claude Code<br>Run in terminal:<br>claude mcp add --transport http context-awesome https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp
Windsurf<br>Add to MCP config:<br>"mcpServers": {<br>"context-awesome": {<br>"serverUrl": "https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp"
VS Code<br>Add to settings:<br>"mcp": {<br>"servers": {<br>"context-awesome": {<br>"type": "http",<br>"url": "https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp"
Claude Desktop<br>Settings → Connectors → Add Custom Connector<br>• Name: Context Awesome<br>• URL: https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp
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Local Installation (For Development)<br>1. Clone and Build<br>git clone https://github.com/bh-rat/context-awesome.git<br>cd context-awesome<br>npm install<br>npm run build
2. Configure for Local Use<br>Add to your MCP client configuration:<br>"mcpServers": {<br>"context-awesome": {<br>"command": "node",<br>"args": ["/path/to/context-awesome/build/index.js"],<br>"env": {<br>"CONTEXT_AWESOME_API_HOST": "https://api.context-awesome.com"
3. Run the Server<br># Default (stdio transport)<br>npm run start<br># HTTP transport<br>npm run start -- --transport http --port 3001
Available MCP Tools<br>find_awesome_section<br>Discovers sections and categories across awesome lists matching your search query.<br>Parameters: query, confidence, limit
get_awesome_items<br>Retrieves items from a specific list or section with token limiting for optimal context usage.<br>Parameters: listId, section, tokens, offset
Example Queries<br>→ "Find the best machine learning resources for Python"<br>→ "What are the best resources for authoring technical books?"<br>→ "Show me testing tools from awesome-rust"<br>→ "Get React component libraries from awesome lists"<br>→ "Find database ORMs in Go awesome lists"
Additional Installation Methods<br>Cline{<br>"mcpServers": {<br>"context-awesome": {<br>"url": "https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp"<br>Zed{<br>"context_servers": {<br>"context-awesome": {<br>"url": "https://www.context-awesome.com/api/mcp"<br>Augment CodeClick hamburger menu<br>Select Settings →...