Which MCP tools to ship first when users ask about Claude
Paying users ask about Claude. Your OpenAPI file lists forty endpoints. MCP v1 needs five to ten actions ranked from support, not from the schema.
Export Claude-related support tags, turn the top five into one-sentence tools, and write specs before code.
The result
A ranked v1 tool list with specs, auth notes, and a fixed Build quote you can checkout without guessing.
What breaks today
Founders open the API docs, pick ten endpoints that look important, and start coding. Three weeks later the MCP server has tools nobody asked for and misses the one action users mention in churn interviews.
Today
You guess from the OpenAPI spec, build eight tools, and discover users only wanted export plus status check. Scope creeps. The founder pauses core product for two weeks.
After scope
You rank five to ten actions from real requests, write specs with excludes, and ship MCP plus CLI from one SDK in ten to fourteen days with a fixed price.
When to use this guide
Pick this workflow if one of these matches your week.
- Support keeps tagging tickets with Claude, Cursor, or automation.
- You know you need MCP but debate tool #4 vs tool #12.
- A prospect asked on a sales call and you had nothing to demo.
- You want a fixed Build quote before committing €2,900.
How to do it
Fixed scope, async delivery, and a handoff call. Same process on every Tookay Build.
- 01
Export the last twenty Claude-related threads
Tag each thread with the action the user wanted: search, create, export, summarize, status. Count tags. The top five become v1 candidates.
- 02
Write one sentence per tool
Each tool does one job a user can explain without reading your docs. Tubask ships three: search YouTube, summarize a video, pull timestamped quotes. You probably need five to ten, not twenty.
- 03
Map auth and quotas
Does the action need a user session or a server key? What breaks at 100 calls per day? Note it in the spec before checkout.
- 04
Lock excludes
No SAML, SCIM, or custom enterprise IdP in v1. No greenfield auth if the product has no login yet. Max ten tools on the signed list.
What good output looks like
Structured enough to forward or build on.
Sample result
Ranked v1 tools: 1. create_export — POST /exports, user API key 2. get_export_status — GET /exports/:id 3. list_recent_exports — GET /exports?limit=10
Out of scope v1: billing, team admin, bulk delete
Auth: per-user API keys already in product
Fixed Build quote: €2,900 · 10–14 days
Tips that save time
- If you have zero support history, use sales call notes and churn reasons instead.
- Skip tools that need background jobs the user cannot poll in chat.
- Pair every MCP tool with a CLI command on the same handler.
- Audit fee credits toward Build if you continue within 60 days.
Common questions
Key takeaways
- Start from support and sales notes, not the full API surface.
- One job per tool. Same handler behind MCP and CLI.
- Write v1 specs before checkout. That is the Audit deliverable.
Continue reading
Related scoping guides.
- Audit or Build: which offer fits your week4m
A clear path: Audit when scope is fuzzy, Build when the tool list is on paper. Same €2,900 total if you do both.
- Ship MCP and CLI from one SDK7m
One TypeScript SDK in the client repo: MCP tools and CLI commands call the same functions, with connect docs for both surfaces.
Ready to scope your v1?
Fifteen-minute fit call. Fixed price. MCP and CLI in your repo in ten to fourteen days.